Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Oder Valley, St Andreasberg District, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 138.3
Youngest recorded age at locality: 133.1

mindat Locality ID: 29196
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29196.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Oder Valley, St Andreasberg District, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Engelsburg Pond
Kobold Mine
Morgenstern Mine
Neue Fröhlichkeit Mine
Neue Weintraube Mine
Neuer Theuerdank Mine
Oder Adit
Schachtelkopf
Stölzerner Stieg Mine

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.

Alunite	Andalusite	Apatite	Apophyllite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arseniosiderite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Brochantite
Calcite	Caledonite	Chalcopyrite	Covellite	Devilline	Diaspore	Fluorite	Gypsum	Koritnigite	Ktenasite
Löllingite	Linarite	Malachite	Marcasite	Minium	Mixite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Skutterudite	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite	Vivianite

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 Al As C Ca Ce Cl Co Cu F Fe H K La Mg Mo Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Andalusite Apatite Apophyllite Aragonite Arsenic Arseniosiderite Arsenopyrite Baryte Brochantite
Calcite Caledonite Chalcopyrite Covellite Devilline Diaspore Fluorite Gypsum Koritnigite Ktenasite
Löllingite Linarite Malachite Marcasite Minium Mixite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Perovskite
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Skutterudite Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Vivianite

60 IMA Minerals at location:

Adamite ()*	Agardite-(La) ()*	Anatase ()*	Anglesite ()*	Annabergite ()*
Arsenic ()*	Arseniosiderite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Bornite ()*
Brianyoungite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Caledonite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltkoritnigite ()*	Corkite ()*	Covellite ()*	Devilline ()*
Erythrite ()*	Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hörnesite ()*	Hydrocerussite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Köttigite ()*	Langite ()*	Linarite ()*	Löllingite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Minium ()*	Nickeline ()*
Olivenite ()*	Osarizawaite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Parasymplesite ()*	Pitticite ()*
Posnjakite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*
Safflorite ()*	Schulenbergite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Serpierite ()*	Skutterudite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Wulfenite ()*	Zincolivenite ()*

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
Adamite ()*	Andalusite	Zn₂(AsO₄)(OH)	138.3	133.1	1	59905	254
Agardite-(La) ()*	Mixite	LaCu²⁺₆(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O	138.3	133.1	1	59905	33
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	138.3	133.1	1	59905	2162
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	138.3	133.1	2	59903,59905	2734
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	138.3	133.1	2	59901,59905	445
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As	138.3	133.1	1	59906	379
Arseniosiderite ()*	Arseniosiderite	Ca₂Fe³⁺₃O₂(AsO₄)₃·3H₂O	138.3	133.1	3	59900,59902,59906	194
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	138.3	133.1	3	59900,59905,59906	9052
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	138.3	133.1	2	59901,59902	919
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	138.3	133.1	1	59905	5516
Brianyoungite ()*	None	Zn₃(CO₃)(OH)₄	138.3	133.1	1	59902	79
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	138.3	133.1	1	59908	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	138.3	133.1	4	59899,59900,59902,59905	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	138.3	133.1	1	59908	359
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	138.3	133.1	4	59899,59903,59905,59908	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	138.3	133.1	5	59899,59901,59902,59903,59905	27198
Cobaltkoritnigite ()*	Koritnigite	Co(AsO₃OH)·H₂O	138.3	133.1	1	59901	32
Corkite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	138.3	133.1	1	59905	151
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	138.3	133.1	1	59905	4165
Devilline ()*	Devilline	CaCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	138.3	133.1	1	59902	366
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	138.3	133.1	4	59902,59903,59905,59906	814
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O	138.3	133.1	1	59905	303
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	138.3	133.1	1	59899	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	138.3	133.1	6	59899,59901,59902,59903,59905,59908	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	138.3	133.1	1	59902	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	138.3	133.1	1	59905	6890
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	138.3	133.1	3	59901,59903,59905	1689
Hörnesite ()*	Vivianite	Mg₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	138.3	133.1	1	59905	103
Hydrocerussite ()*	None	Pb₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	138.3	133.1	2	59901,59902	201
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	138.3	133.1	2	59902,59903	1066
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	138.3	133.1	2	59901,59905	2228
Köttigite ()*	Vivianite	Zn₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	138.3	133.1	2	59901,59905	60
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	138.3	133.1	2	59901,59905	593
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	138.3	133.1	2	59899,59908	987
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	138.3	133.1	1	59900	762
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	138.3	133.1	6	59899,59901,59902,59903,59905,59908	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	138.3	133.1	1	59899	5674
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	138.3	133.1	2	59903,59905	1107
Minium ()*	Minium	Pb²⁺₂Pb⁴⁺O₄	138.3	133.1	2	59901,59903	247
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	138.3	133.1	2	59902,59905	633
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	138.3	133.1	2	59901,59905	492
Osarizawaite ()*	Alunite	Pb(Al₂Cu²⁺)(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	138.3	133.1	2	59901,59905	64
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	138.3	133.1	1	59905	767
Parasymplesite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	138.3	133.1	3	59900,59902,59906	124
Pitticite ()*	None	[Fe,AsO₄,SO₄,H₂O] (?)	138.3	133.1	3	59900,59905,59906	140
Posnjakite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·H₂O	138.3	133.1	1	59905	309
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	138.3	133.1	1	59903	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	138.3	133.1	2	59899,59905	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	138.3	133.1	3	59899,59903,59905	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	138.3	133.1	5	59899,59901,59903,59905,59908	61156
Safflorite ()*	Löllingite	CoAs₂	138.3	133.1	3	59899,59901,59902	317
Schulenbergite ()*	Ktenasite	(Cu,Zn)₇(SO₄)₂(OH)₁₀·3H₂O	138.3	133.1	2	59901,59905	142
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	138.3	133.1	1	59900	1153
Serpierite ()*	Devilline	Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	138.3	133.1	2	59901,59905	292
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	138.3	133.1	2	59899,59902	531
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	138.3	133.1	4	59901,59902,59903,59905	21482
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	None	CaCe(CO₃)₂F	138.3	133.1	1	59904	232
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	138.3	133.1	2	59903,59905	5317
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	138.3	133.1	1	59903	1655
Zincolivenite ()*	Andalusite	CuZn(AsO₄)(OH)	138.3	133.1	1	59901	60

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
	Kristen002289	138.3	133.1	135.7±2.6	40Ar/39Ar			adularia			Yes				6009	Bergmannstrost Mine, St Andreasberg, St Andreasberg District, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany	Bergmannstrost Vein	Mertz et al. (1989)	10.1007/BF00206715	MD24_9

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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