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Locality Name:
Rieder, Gernrode, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 296
Youngest recorded age at locality: 289

mindat Locality ID: 255003
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-255003.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rieder, Gernrode, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Greywacke Quarry

Latitude: 51°43'6"N
Longitude: 11°10'49"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.718333333333,11.180277777778

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	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel

Ankerite ()*	Berzelianite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Clausthalite ()*	Covellite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Hematite ()*	Klockmannite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Tiemannite ()*	Trogtalite ()*	Tyrrellite ()*
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: C Ca Co Cu Fe Hg Mg Ni O Pb S Se Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Corundum Covellite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel

16 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	296	289	1	63232	3092
Berzelianite ()*	None	Cu_2-xSe (x ≈ 0.12)	296	289	1	63232	66
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	296	289	1	63232	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	296	289	1	63232	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	296	289	1	63232	27198
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe	296	289	1	63232	281
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	296	289	1	63232	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	296	289	1	63232	9895
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	296	289	1	63232	14640
Klockmannite ()*	Covellite	Cu_5.2Se₆	296	289	1	63232	63
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	296	289	1	63232	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	296	289	1	63232	61156
Tiemannite ()*	Sphalerite	HgSe	296	289	1	63232	83
Trogtalite ()*	Pyrite	CoSe₂	296	289	1	63232	10
Tyrrellite ()*	Spinel	Cu(Co,Ni)₂Se₄	296	289	1	63232	17
Umangite ()*	None	Cu₃Se₂	296	289	1	63232	71

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
	Hg-00077	296	289		U-Pb, K-Ar, Rb-Sr						Yes		Cinnabar, Mercury, Metacinnabar, Tiemannite, Tischendorfite	Hg	22226	Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany		Möller et al. (1984); Baumann et al. (1991)

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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