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Locality Name:
Wolfsberg, Stolberg, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 296
Youngest recorded age at locality: 207

mindat Locality ID: 228980
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-228980.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wolfsberg, Stolberg, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Graf Jost-Christian Mine
Spükekopf

Latitude: 51°33'10"N
Longitude: 11°5'10"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.552777777778,11.086111111111
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si Sr Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAragoniteArsenicArsenoliteArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteChalcostibite
ClayDadsoniteDiasporeFluoriteGypsumKaoliniteNoneNot in a structural groupOrpimentPyrite
PyrochloreQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteStibniteSulphurTetrahedriteZinkenite

44 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenic  (*)
Arsenolite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)
Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Cervantite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chalcostibite  (*)Dadsonite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Heteromorphite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Magnesite  (*)Orpiment  (*)Plagionite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Realgar  (*)Robinsonite  (*)Semseyite  (*)Senarmontite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Strontianite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Valentinite  (*)Zinkenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S2962071633262793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)2962071633262734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)2962071633261588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)22962071633263092
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs296207163326379
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O3296207163326231
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2962071633269052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)29620716332611547
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O7296207163326450
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11296207163326843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS32962071633261089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)21120716332627770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)2962071633264979
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O4296207163326352
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS229620716332627198
Chalcostibite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuSbS2296207163326162
Dadsonite  (*)DadsonitePb23Sb25S60Cl29620716332615
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22962071633269895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22112071633269617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS29620716332624243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2962071633267437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O2962071633266890
Heteromorphite  (*)NonePb7Sb8S1929620716332638
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14296207163326784
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)42962071633265591
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)2962071633261487
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S3296207163326511
Plagionite  (*)NonePb5Sb8S17296207163326100
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS229620716332639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO221120716332661156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS296207163326712
Robinsonite  (*)NonePb4Sb6S1329620716332639
Semseyite  (*)NonePb9Sb8S21296207163326165
Senarmontite  (*)ArsenoliteSb2O3296207163326179
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)2962071633266417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS29620716332621482
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)296207163326446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S32962071633263418
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)296207163326589
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS2962071633262045
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S132962071633261803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S132962071633265317
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O3296207163326369
Zinkenite  (*)ZinkenitePb9Sb22S42296207163326228


2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Hg-00077296289 U-Pb, K-Ar, Rb-Sr    YesCinnabar, Mercury, Metacinnabar, Tiemannite, TischendorfiteHg22226Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany Möller et al. (1984); Baumann et al. (1991)   
Emily000542211207209±2Rb-Rscalcite-fluorite-quartz mineralization   YesCalcite, Fluorite, Quartz 156280Stolberg, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, GermanyRottleberode-StolbergJens et al. (2003)10.1016/S0016-7037(02)01223-1GCA67_1803 

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