Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bad Sachsa, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 24435
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24435.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bad Sachsa, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Kuckanstal
Römerstein
Trogstein Quarry
Zorge

Latitude: 51°34'32"N
Longitude: 10°31'28"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.575555555556,10.524444444444

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Covellite	Fluorite	Gypsum	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite

Anhydrite ()*	Athabascaite ()*	Berzelianite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Clausthalite ()*	Crookesite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Klockmannite ()*
Naumannite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sabatierite ()*	Tiemannite ()*	Umangite ()*

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg Mg O Pb S Se Si Tl

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Corundum Covellite Fluorite Gypsum None Not in a structural group Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	59794	1588
Athabascaite ()*	None	Cu₅Se₄	1	59796	18
Berzelianite ()*	None	Cu_2-xSe (x ≈ 0.12)	1	59796	66
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	59796	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	59792,59796	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	59796	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	59796	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	59796	2600
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe	1	59796	281
Crookesite ()*	None	Cu₇TlSe₄	1	59796	14
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	59793,59794	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	59793	9617
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	59794	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	59796	14640
Klockmannite ()*	Covellite	Cu_5.2Se₆	1	59796	63
Naumannite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ag₂Se	1	59796	192
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	59792	61156
Sabatierite ()*	None	Cu₆TlSe₄	1	59796	5
Tiemannite ()*	Sphalerite	HgSe	1	59796	83
Umangite ()*	None	Cu₃Se₂	1	59796	71

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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