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Locality Name:
Lautenthal, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 270
Youngest recorded age at locality: 164

mindat Locality ID: 22875
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22875.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lautenthal, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany": 22
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 19

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Drachenhöhlental Slag Locality
Forest Slag Locality
Friederike Mine
Gegen Valley
Hölltal Slag Locality
Kleines Drecktal Slag Locality
König David Mine
Lautenthal Smelter (Silberhütte Smelter) Slag Locality
Lautenthal Veins
Sandersloch Slag Locality
Steigertalkopf
Tränkebachtal Quarry
Trogtal Quarries
Wolfshagen

Latitude: 51°53'5"N
Longitude: 10°17'35"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.884722222222,10.293055555556

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Alum	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenolite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Caledonite	Chalcophyllite
Chalcopyrite	Chenite	Clay	Cobaltite	Connellite	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Covellite	Devilline
Diaspore	Dundasite	Gypsum	Hexahydrite	Hydrotalcite	Ktenasite	Löllingite	Linarite	Malachite	Marcasite
Melanterite	Mica	Millerite	Nadorite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Picromerite	Prehnite
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Skutterudite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Sulphur	Symplesite	Tetrahedrite
Ullmannite	Vivianite

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mn N Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Se Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alum Apatite Aragonite Arsenolite Arsenopyrite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Caledonite Chalcophyllite
Chalcopyrite Chenite Clay Cobaltite Connellite Copper Coronadite Corundum Covellite Devilline
Diaspore Dundasite Gypsum Hexahydrite Hydrotalcite Ktenasite Löllingite Linarite Malachite Marcasite
Melanterite Mica Millerite Nadorite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Perovskite Picromerite Prehnite
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Skutterudite Sphalerite Spinel Sulphur Symplesite Tetrahedrite
Ullmannite Vivianite

99 IMA Minerals at location:

Alum-(Na) ()*	Anglesite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Annabergite ()*
Aragonite ()*	Arsenolite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bornhardtite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Caledonite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcomenite ()*	Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chenite ()*
Clausthalite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Comblainite ()*	Connellite ()*	Copper ()*
Covellite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Cumengeite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Delafossite ()*
Devilline ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dundasite ()*	Elyite ()*	Erythrite ()*
Eucairite ()*	Ferroselite ()*	Freboldite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrocalumite ()*
Hydrocerussite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Lanarkite ()*	Langite ()*	Lautenthalite ()*
Leadhillite ()*	Legrandite ()*	Linarite ()*	Litharge ()*	Malachite ()*
Manganite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Massicot ()*	Melanterite ()*	Metavivianite ()*
Millerite ()*	Molybdomenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nickelboussingaultite ()*	Nickelhexahydrite ()*
Nickeline ()*	Nickelskutterudite ()*	Orcelite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pararammelsbergite ()*
Parasymplesite ()*	Penroseite ()*	Perite ()*	Posnjakite ()*	Prehnite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rammelsbergite ()*
Ramsbeckite ()*	Ranciéite ()*	Redgillite ()*	Retgersite ()*	Rosasite ()*
Schulenbergite ()*	Selenium ()*	Serpierite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Susannite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tiemannite ()*
Trogtalite ()*	Ullmannite ()*	Umangite ()*	Wroewolfeite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alum-(Na) ()*	Alum	NaAl(SO₄)₂·12H₂O			1	59870	12
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			1	59870	2734
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)			1	59882	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			2	59870,59873	3092
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O			1	59882	445
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	270	164	4	59870,59873,59880,59882	3250
Arsenolite ()*	Arsenolite	As₂O₃			1	59882	231
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	59870	9052
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆			2	59870,59875	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			2	59873,59878	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			6	59865,59866,59870,59873,59878,59882	11547
Bornhardtite ()*	Spinel	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂Se₄	270	164	1	59880	5
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆			2	59870,59875	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			4	59870,59873,59879,59882	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆			2	59867,59870	359
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	270	164	4	59868,59870,59875,59880	4979
Chalcomenite ()*	None	Cu(Se⁴⁺O₃)·2H₂O	270	164	1	59880	40
Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcophyllite	Cu₁₈Al₂(AsO₄)₄(SO₄)₃(OH)₂₄·36H₂O			1	59870	194
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	270	164	8	59865,59869,59870,59873,59878,59880,59882,59884	27198
Chenite ()*	Chenite	CuPb₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			2	59868,59870	40
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe	270	164	1	59880	281
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS			1	59882	966
Comblainite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Ni₄Co³⁺₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₂·3H₂O			1	59870	5
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O			1	59870	295
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			2	59870,59884	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	59884	4165
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆			1	59865	599
Cumengeite ()*	None	Pb₂₁Cu₂₀Cl₄₂(OH)₄₀·6H₂O			1	59870	43
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			2	59870,59884	2970
Delafossite ()*	None	Cu¹⁺Fe³⁺O₂			1	59884	144
Devilline ()*	Devilline	CaCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O			1	59870	366
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	59882	9895
Dundasite ()*	Dundasite	PbAl₂(CO₃)₂(OH)₄·H₂O			1	59870	97
Elyite ()*	None	CuPb₄(SO₄)O₂(OH)₄·H₂O			2	59868,59870	85
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O			1	59882	814
Eucairite ()*	None	CuAgSe	270	164	1	59880	54
Ferroselite ()*	Marcasite	FeSe₂	270	164	2	59880	51
Freboldite ()*	Nickeline	CoSe	270	164	1	59880	4
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			4	59869,59870,59873,59882	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			3	59865,59866,59870	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	270	164	1	59880	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			3	59870,59873,59882	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	270	164	3	59866,59870,59880	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O			2	59870,59875	1689
Hydrocalumite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Ca₄Al₂(OH)₁₂(Cl,CO₃,OH)₂·4H₂O			1	59870	30
Hydrocerussite ()*	None	Pb₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	59870	201
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆			3	59870,59873,59875	1066
Lanarkite ()*	None	Pb₂O(SO₄)			1	59870	97
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O			2	59870,59875	593
Lautenthalite ()*	Devilline	PbCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O			1	59870	18
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	59870	265
Legrandite ()*	None	Zn₂(AsO₄)(OH)·H₂O			1	59870	20
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂			3	59867,59870,59875	987
Litharge ()*	None	PbO			1	59870	139
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			7	59865,59869,59870,59873,59875,59878,59884	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)			1	59865	770
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			1	59870	5674
Massicot ()*	None	PbO			1	59870	202
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O			1	59870	915
Metavivianite ()*	Symplesite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·6H₂O			2	59864,59870	26
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS			1	59882	1066
Molybdomenite ()*	None	PbSe⁴⁺O₃	270	164	1	59880	15
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	59879	17380
Nickelboussingaultite ()*	Picromerite	(NH₄)₂Ni(SO₄)₂·6H₂O	0	0	1	59882	6
Nickelhexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Ni(SO₄)·6H₂O			1	59882	37
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs			1	59882	633
Nickelskutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	(Ni,Co,Fe)As₃			1	59882	176
Orcelite ()*	None	Ni_5-xAs₂ (x = 0.25)			1	59882	36
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS			1	59882	767
Pararammelsbergite ()*	Löllingite	NiAs₂			1	59882	52
Parasymplesite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O			1	59882	124
Penroseite ()*	Pyrite	(Ni,Co,Cu)Se₂	270	164	1	59880	14
Perite ()*	Nadorite	PbBiO₂Cl			2	59864,59870	27
Posnjakite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·H₂O			1	59870	309
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	59882	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			3	59865,59870,59882	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	59865	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl			1	59873	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			9	59865,59866,59869,59870,59873,59878,59879,59882,59884	61156
Rammelsbergite ()*	Löllingite	NiAs₂			1	59882	233
Ramsbeckite ()*	None	Cu₁₅(SO₄)₄(OH)₂₂·6H₂O			1	59870	68
Ranciéite ()*	None	(Ca,Mn²⁺)_0.2(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂·0.6H₂O			1	59865	177
Redgillite ()*	None	Cu₆(SO₄)(OH)₁₀·H₂O			1	59867	45
Retgersite ()*	None	Ni(SO₄)·6H₂O			1	59882	55
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂			2	59870,59875	454
Schulenbergite ()*	Ktenasite	(Cu,Zn)₇(SO₄)₂(OH)₁₀·3H₂O			1	59870	142
Selenium ()*	Sulphur	Se	270	164	1	59880	143
Serpierite ()*	Devilline	Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O			1	59870	292
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			4	59865,59866,59873,59882	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	59870	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)			2	59870,59875	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			4	59869,59870,59873,59882	21482
Susannite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	59870	99
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	59870	5317
Tiemannite ()*	Sphalerite	HgSe	270	164	1	59880	83
Trogtalite ()*	Pyrite	CoSe₂	270	164	1	59880	10
Ullmannite ()*	Ullmannite	NiSbS			1	59882	293
Umangite ()*	None	Cu₃Se₂	270	164	1	59880	71
Wroewolfeite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O			1	59870	95

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Kristen002402	270	164	Late Permian to Late Jurassic											1814	Trogtal Quarries, Lautenthal, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany	Trogtal	Cabral et al. (2012)	10.3190/jgeosci.129	JG57_265

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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