Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Fromm Shaft, Kamsdorf, Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, Thuringia, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 66
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2.6

mindat Locality ID: 270802
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-270802.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fromm Shaft, Kamsdorf, Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, Thuringia, 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

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Covellite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group
Rutile

Antlerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Brochantite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Malachite ()*	Manganite ()*	Posnjakite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Tenorite ()*

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: Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn O S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Covellite Malachite None Not in a structural group
Rutile

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Antlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu²⁺₃(SO₄)(OH)₄	66	2.6	246
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	66	2.6	3250
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	66	2.6	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	66	2.6	11547
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	66	2.6	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	66	2.6	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	66	2.6	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	66	2.6	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	66	2.6	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	66	2.6	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	66	2.6	9895
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	66	2.6	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	66	2.6	770
Posnjakite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·H₂O	66	2.6	309
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	66	2.6	3106
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	66	2.6	1101

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
	Kristen002525	66	2.6	Tertiary							Yes			Ni, Co, As, Ag, Bi	5566	Kamsdorf, Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, Thuringia, Germany	Thuringa and Harz Mountains	Kissin (1993)		GC19_113	age of Kobaltrücken that dispalced Kupfershiefer deposits, remobilized components of Kupfershiefer ores

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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