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Locality Name:
Goslar, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 393
Youngest recorded age at locality: 327

mindat Locality ID: 23921
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23921.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Goslar, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Astfeld
Grane Reservoir
Großfürstin Alexandra Mine
Langelsheim
Rammelsberg
Weißer Hirsch Mine

Latitude: 51°54'10"N
Longitude: 10°24'8"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.902777777778,10.402222222222
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 Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Ti W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAluniteAmorphousAnalcimeAndalusiteAnthonyiteApatiteAragoniteArsenic
ArsenoliteArsenopyriteAtacamiteBaryteBotryogenBournoniteBrochantiteCalciteCaledoniteChalcanthite
ChalcophylliteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteCheniteClaringbulliteClayColumbiteConnelliteCopiapiteCopper
CoquimbiteCoronaditeCorundumCovelliteCyanotrichiteDevillineDiasporeDundasiteEpsomiteFeldspar
FleischeriteGypsumHalotrichiteHexahydriteHydrotalciteKhademiteKieseriteKobelliteKtenasiteLöllingite
LinariteMalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMeliliteMeneghiniteMicaMilleriteMolybdeniteNadorite
NickelineNolaniteNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePhenakitePicromeritePolybasitePyriteQuartz
RocksaltRutileRömeriteSpangoliteSphaleriteSpinelStarkeyiteStibniteSulphurTetrahedrite
ValleriiteVivianiteVoltaiteWoodwarditeWurtziteZircon

178 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Adamite  (*)Akaganeite  (*)Åkermanite  (*)Albite  (*)
Allophane  (*)Analcime  (*)Anatase  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)
Annabergite  (*)Antlerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenolite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Asbolane  (*)Ashoverite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)Beaverite-(Zn)  (*)Beudantite  (*)Bianchite  (*)
Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Boleite  (*)Bornite  (*)Botallackite  (*)
Botryogen  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Boyleite  (*)Brianyoungite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Butlerite  (*)Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Calumetite  (*)
Cassiterite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcophyllite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chenite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Claringbullite  (*)Claudetite  (*)
Connellite  (*)Copiapite  (*)Copper  (*)Coquimbite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cumengeite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Cyanotrichite  (*)Devilline  (*)Diaboleite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Dundasite  (*)Elyite  (*)Emplectite  (*)Epsomite  (*)
Erythrite  (*)Ferberite  (*)Ferrihydrite  (*)Ferrohexahydrite  (*)Freibergite  (*)
Galena  (*)Galenobismutite  (*)Gibbsite  (*)Glauberite  (*)Glaucocerinite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Goslarite  (*)Graphite  (*)Gudmundite  (*)
Gunningite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halotrichite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)
Hübnerite  (*)Hydrocerussite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Kapellasite  (*)Khademite  (*)Kobellite  (*)Köttigite  (*)Ktenasite  (*)
Lanarkite  (*)Langite  (*)Laurionite  (*)Lautenthalite  (*)Leadhillite  (*)
Linarite  (*)Linnaeite  (*)Litharge  (*)Löllingite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mallestigite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Massicot  (*)
Melanterite  (*)Meneghinite  (*)Millerite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Monohydrocalcite  (*)Morenosite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nahcolite  (*)Namuwite  (*)
Nealite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Olivenite  (*)Opal  (*)Orthoserpierite  (*)
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Paralaurionite  (*)Parasymplesite  (*)Paratacamite  (*)Perite  (*)
Pharmacolite  (*)Phosgenite  (*)Picromerite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Polybasite  (*)
Posnjakite  (*)Pseudoboleite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Ramsbeckite  (*)Reinerite  (*)
Retgersite  (*)Römerite  (*)Rozenite  (*)Rutile  (*)Scholzite  (*)
Schulenbergite  (*)Schultenite  (*)Serpierite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)
Simonkolleite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Spangolite  (*)Spertiniite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Strontianite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Susannite  (*)Sweetite  (*)Szomolnokite  (*)
Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tooeleite  (*)Valleriite  (*)Voltaite  (*)
Willemite  (*)Woodruffite  (*)Woodwardite  (*)Wroewolfeite  (*)Zinc  (*)
Zincite  (*)Zincocopiapite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1598462793
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)259842,59846254
Akaganeite  (*)Coronadite(Fe3+,Ni2+)8(OH,O)16Cl1.25·nH2O15984263
Åkermanite  (*)MeliliteCa2MgSi2O715984250
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)3933831598538803
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O393383159853470
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O3933831598531627
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO23933831598532162
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)393327559842,59844,59846,59852,598532734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21598463092
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O159846445
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)4393383259842,59853246
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)393383459842,59844,59846,598533250
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O3159842231
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS393383259846,598539052
Asbolane  (*)Not in a structural groupMn4+(O,OH)2·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)x(OH)2x·nH2O159846143
Ashoverite  (*)NoneZn(OH)21598426
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3159842544
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6159844919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2393327359852,59853,598555509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)393383359842,59844,5985311547
Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)AlunitePb(Fe3+2Cu)(SO4)2(OH)6159842132
Beaverite-(Zn)  (*)NonePb(Fe3+2Zn)(SO4)2(OH)61598424
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6259842,59844413
Bianchite  (*)HexahydriteZn(SO4)·6H2O39338315985340
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi3933831598531966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S33933831598531935
Boleite  (*)NoneKAg9Pb26Cu24Cl62(OH)4815984265
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4393383259846,598535516
Botallackite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)315984249
Botryogen  (*)BotryogenMgFe3+(SO4)2(OH)·7H2O39338315985345
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11393383159853843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS33933831598531089
Boyleite  (*)StarkeyiteZn(SO4)·4H2O39338315985323
Brianyoungite  (*)NoneZn3(CO3)(OH)4259842,5984479
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6393383559842,59844,59846,59853,598551633
Butlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupFe3+(SO4)(OH)·2H2O15984226
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)393383459842,59844,59846,5985327770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6393383359842,59844,59853359
Calumetite  (*)AnthonyiteCaCu4(OH)8Cl2·3.5H2O15984211
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO23933831598535171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)393327659842,59844,59846,59852,59853,598554979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O393327459842,59852,59853,59855925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S393383259846,598535707
Chalcophyllite  (*)ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24·36H2O159844194
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2393327559842,59845,59846,59852,5985327198
Chenite  (*)CheniteCuPb4(SO4)2(OH)615984240
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O393383259844,598533531
Claringbullite  (*)ClaringbulliteCu2+4FCl(OH)615984213
Claudetite  (*)NoneAs2O315984235
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O259842,59844295
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O393327259852,59853382
Copper  (*)CopperCu393383259846,598533846
Coquimbite  (*)CoquimbiteAlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12·6H2O393327159850136
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS393383359842,59846,598534165
Cumengeite  (*)NonePb21Cu20Cl42(OH)40·6H2O15984243
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O393383359842,59844,598532970
Cyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)2159842179
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O393383459842,59844,59846,59853366
Diaboleite  (*)PerovskiteCuPb2Cl2(OH)415984257
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2393383259846,598539895
Dundasite  (*)DundasitePbAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·H2O15984297
Elyite  (*)NoneCuPb4(SO4)O2(OH)4·H2O259842,5984485
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS2393383159853246
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O393383159853484
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O159842814
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)393383159853551
Ferrihydrite  (*)NolaniteFe3+10O14(OH)215984486
Ferrohexahydrite  (*)HexahydriteFe2+(SO4)·6H2O15984221
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12393383159853663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS393327559842,59846,59852,59853,5985524243
Galenobismutite  (*)KobellitePbBi2S4393383159853192
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)3159855504
Glauberite  (*)NoneNa2Ca(SO4)2393383159853137
Glaucocerinite  (*)Woodwardite Hydrotalcite(Zn1-xAlx)(SO4)x/2(OH)2·nH2O (x < 0.5, n > 3x/2)15984220
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)393383359842,59844,598537437
Gold  (*)CopperAu39338315985330554
Goslarite  (*)EpsomiteZn(SO4)·7H2O393383259853,59855188
Graphite  (*)NoneC3933831598532812
Gudmundite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeSbS393383159853170
Gunningite  (*)KieseriteZn(SO4)·H2O39338315985348
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O393383459842,59844,59846,598536890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O393383159853409
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O339338315985314640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O393327559842,59844,59846,59852,598531689
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)393383159853469
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)2259842,59844201
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)6393383459842,59844,59846,598531066
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14393383159853784
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)63933831598532228
Kapellasite  (*)AtacamiteCu3Zn(OH)6Cl21598422
Khademite  (*)KhademiteAl(SO4)F·5H2O39338315985315
Kobellite  (*)KobellitePb11(Cu,Fe)2(Bi,Sb)15S3539338315985387
Köttigite  (*)VivianiteZn3(AsO4)2·8H2O15984460
Ktenasite  (*)Ktenasite DevillineZnCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·6H2O393383359842,59844,5985375
Lanarkite  (*)NonePb2O(SO4)15984297
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O393383559842,59844,59846,59853,59855593
Laurionite  (*)NonePbCl(OH)15984249
Lautenthalite  (*)DevillinePbCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O15984418
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2259842,59844265
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2393383459842,59844,59853,59855987
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S4393383159853249
Litharge  (*)NonePbO259842,59844139
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2393383159853762
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)393383159853451
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O439338315985314899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2393327659842,59844,59845,59852,59853,5985512537
Mallestigite  (*)FleischeritePb3Sb(SO4)(AsO4)(OH)6·3H2O1598425
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS23933831598535674
Massicot  (*)NonePbO259842,59844202
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O393327359844,59852,59853915
Meneghinite  (*)MeneghinitePb13CuSb7S24393383159853158
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS1598461066
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl259842,598461107
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS23933831598535800
Monohydrocalcite  (*)NoneCa(CO3)·H2O259842,5984455
Morenosite  (*)EpsomiteNi(SO4)·7H2O39338315985384
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)239338315985317380
Nahcolite  (*)NoneNaH(CO3)15984478
Namuwite  (*)KtenasiteZn4(SO4)(OH)6·4H2O15984458
Nealite  (*)NonePb4Fe(AsO3)2Cl4·2H2O0015984210
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs159846633
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)159842492
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1598462994
Orthoserpierite  (*)NoneCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O15984440
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS159846767
Paralaurionite  (*)NonePbCl(OH)15984246
Parasymplesite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O159842124
Paratacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu3(Cu,Zn)Cl2(OH)6159842158
Perite  (*)NadoritePbBiO2Cl15984227
Pharmacolite  (*)GypsumCa(AsO3OH)·2H2O159846105
Phosgenite  (*)NonePb2(CO3)Cl2159842142
Picromerite  (*)PicromeriteK2Mg(SO4)2·6H2O15984244
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6259842,59844477
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]393383159853716
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O259842,59844309
Pseudoboleite  (*)NonePb31Cu24Cl62(OH)4815984233
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS33933831598531425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2393383259846,5985339462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO23933831598533106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl393327359846,59852,598531725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8393383259846,598539056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2393383459842,59845,59853,5985561156
Ramsbeckite  (*)NoneCu15(SO4)4(OH)22·6H2O259842,5984468
Reinerite  (*)NoneZn3(AsO3)21598443
Retgersite  (*)NoneNi(SO4)·6H2O393383259846,5985355
Römerite  (*)RömeriteFe2+Fe3+2(SO4)4·14H2O393383159853115
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O393383159853293
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO23933831598535614
Scholzite  (*)NoneCaZn2(PO4)2·2H2O39338315985320
Schulenbergite  (*)Ktenasite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O259842,59844142
Schultenite  (*)NonePb(AsO3OH)15984230
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O393383359842,59844,59853292
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)359842,59845,598466417
Silver  (*)CopperAg393383259846,598535186
Simonkolleite  (*)NoneZn5(OH)8Cl2·H2O0015984211
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)393327559842,59844,59846,59852,598532473
Spangolite  (*)SpangoliteCu6Al(SO4)(OH)12Cl·3H2O259842,59844105
Spertiniite  (*)NoneCu(OH)215984217
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS393327559842,59846,59852,59853,5985521482
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)393383159853589
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS3933831598532045
Susannite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2259842,5984499
Sweetite  (*)NoneZn(OH)21598424
Szomolnokite  (*)KieseriteFe(SO4)·H2O393383159853139
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO3933831598531101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S133933831598535317
Tooeleite  (*)NoneFe3+6(AsO3)4(SO4)(OH)4·4H2O15984410
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]393383159853237
Voltaite  (*)VoltaiteK2Fe2+5Fe3+3Al(SO4)12·18H2O393383159853111
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO4159842303
Woodruffite  (*)NoneZn2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10·4H2O15984225
Woodwardite  (*)Woodwardite Hydrotalcite(Cu1-xAlx)(SO4)x/2(OH)2·nH2O (x < 0.5, n < 3x/2)15984257
Wroewolfeite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O259842,5984495
Zinc  (*)NoneZn15984252
Zincite  (*)WurtziteZnO259842,5984498
Zincocopiapite  (*)CopiapiteZnFe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O39338315985311
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)3933831598535251


4 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
Co-00077349331340U-Th-Pb      Co, Ni, Mo, Cu28664Rammelsberg, Goslar, Harz, Lower Saxony, GermanyRammelsbergBielicki and Tischendorf (1991)10.1007/BF00321987CMP106_440 
Co-00078351327339U-Pb      Co, Ni, Mo, Cu28664Rammelsberg, Goslar, Harz, Lower Saxony, GermanyRammelsbergBielicki and Tischendorf (1991)10.1007/BF00321987CMP106_440 
sedexmvt-00123393383Middle Devonian host rock age      1818Rammelsberg Mine, Rammelsberg, Goslar, Harz, Lower Saxony, GermanyRammelsbergTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 
sedznpb-00210393388Middle Devonian, Eifelian        1818Rammelsberg Mine, Rammelsberg, Goslar, Harz, Lower Saxony, GermanyRammelsbergSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070571Rammelsberg, Goslar, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germanyhttps://rruff.info/R070571

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