Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Wolfshagen, Lautenthal, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 29419
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29419.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wolfshagen, Lautenthal, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Heimberg Quarry (Möncheholz Quarry)
Ochsen Valley

Latitude: 51°54'37"N
Longitude: 10°19'50"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.910277777778,10.330555555556

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	Arsenolite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Cobaltite	Copper	Covellite	Gypsum	Hexahydrite
Löllingite	Malachite	Millerite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Picromerite	Prehnite	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Skutterudite	Sphalerite	Ullmannite	Vivianite

Anhydrite ()*	Annabergite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenolite ()*	Baryte ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Delafossite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Erythrite ()*	Galena ()*
Gypsum ()*	Malachite ()*	Millerite ()*	Nickelboussingaultite ()*	Nickelhexahydrite ()*
Nickeline ()*	Nickelskutterudite ()*	Orcelite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pararammelsbergite ()*
Parasymplesite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rammelsbergite ()*
Retgersite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Ullmannite ()*

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: Al As Ba C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg N Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Arsenolite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Cobaltite Copper Covellite Gypsum Hexahydrite
Löllingite Malachite Millerite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Perovskite Picromerite Prehnite Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Skutterudite Sphalerite Ullmannite Vivianite

34 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
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)			1	59882	1588
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O			1	59882	445
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			1	59882	3250
Arsenolite ()*	Arsenolite	As₂O₃			1	59882	231
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	59882	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	59882	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			2	59882,59884	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS			1	59882	966
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	59884	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	59884	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			1	59884	2970
Delafossite ()*	None	Cu¹⁺Fe³⁺O₂			1	59884	144
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	59882	9895
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O			1	59882	814
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	59882	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	59882	6890
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	59884	12537
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS			1	59882	1066
Nickelboussingaultite ()*	Picromerite	(NH₄)₂Ni(SO₄)₂·6H₂O	0	0	1	59882	6
Nickelhexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Ni(SO₄)·6H₂O			1	59882	37
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs			1	59882	633
Nickelskutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	(Ni,Co,Fe)As₃			1	59882	176
Orcelite ()*	None	Ni_5-xAs₂ (x = 0.25)			1	59882	36
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS			1	59882	767
Pararammelsbergite ()*	Löllingite	NiAs₂			1	59882	52
Parasymplesite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O			1	59882	124
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	59882	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			1	59882	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			2	59882,59884	61156
Rammelsbergite ()*	Löllingite	NiAs₂			1	59882	233
Retgersite ()*	None	Ni(SO₄)·6H₂O			1	59882	55
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	59882	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	59882	21482
Ullmannite ()*	Ullmannite	NiSbS			1	59882	293

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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