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Locality Name:
Silberner Nagel Mine, Stolberg, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 249413
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-249413.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Silberner Nagel Mine, Stolberg, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 As C Ca Cd Cl Cu Fe H O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As C Ca Cd Cl Cu Fe H O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyrite
DiasporeGypsumKtenasiteLinariteMarcasiteNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite
SulphurTetrahedriteWurtzite

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Beudantite  (*)
Bournonite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Linarite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Schulenbergite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S29620702793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)29620702734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)29620703250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS29620709052
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)62962070413
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS329620701089
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)629620701633
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)29620704979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2296207027198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS296207024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)29620707437
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS2962070717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O29620706890
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)629620701066
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)22962070987
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS229620705674
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS329620701425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2296207039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl29620701725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2211207061156
Schulenbergite  (*)Ktenasite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O2962070142
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)29620706417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS296207021482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS29620702045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1329620705317


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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