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Locality Name:
Niederröblingen (Helme), Copper Slate Deposits, Sangerhausen, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 276406
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-276406.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Niederröblingen (Helme), Copper Slate Deposits, Sangerhausen, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Bernard Koenen Shafts I And II

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 Co Cu Fe Ni O Pb S Sr Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskiteRocksaltSkutterudite
Sphalerite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Anhydrite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Djurleite  (*)Galena  (*)Maucherite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Nickelskutterudite  (*)
Silver  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)2602601634551588
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS42602601634555516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)26026016345527770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)2602601634551252
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS226026016345527198
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S16260260163455300
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS26026016345524243
Maucherite  (*)NoneNi11As8260260163455161
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs260260163455633
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Skutterudite Perovskite(Ni,Co,Fe)As3260260163455176
Silver  (*)CopperAg2602601634555186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs3260260163455531
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS26026016345521482



1 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
sedcu-00433260260Permian     Yes Cu146102Sangerhausen, Saxony-Anhalt, GermanySangerhausenCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 


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