Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Osterode, Lower Saxony, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 260
Youngest recorded age at locality: 260

mindat Locality ID: 24723
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24723.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Förste
Riefensbeek-Kamschlacken
Schimpf Quarry

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Gypsum	None	Talc

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: C Ca H Mg O S Si Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Clay Gypsum None Talc

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Dolomite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Magnesite ()*
Talc ()*

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
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	260	260	2	60007,60008	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	260	260	1	60010	1252
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	260	260	1	60010	9895
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	260	260	3	60007,60008,60010	6890
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	260	260	1	60010	1487
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	260	260	1	60010	3337

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
	sedcu-00430	260	260	Permian										Cu	24723	Osterode, Lower Saxony, Germany	Osterode	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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