Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sieber, St Andreasberg District, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 31720
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31720.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sieber, St Andreasberg District, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Bertha Adit
Henriette Mine
König Mine
Siebertal (Klocker Smelter) Slag Locality

Latitude: 51°41'45"N
Longitude: 10°25'20"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.695833333333,10.422222222222

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.

Allophane	Andalusite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum
Covellite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Pharmacosiderite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Skutterudite
Sphalerite	Stannite	Sulphur	Tyrolite

Ankerite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bariopharmacosiderite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bohdanowiczite ()*
Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Clausthalite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Idaite ()*	Klockmannite ()*
Langite ()*	Malachite ()*	Metazeunerite ()*	Olivenite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Selenium ()*	Siderite ()*	Skutterudite ()*	Strontianite ()*
Tiemannite ()*	Tyrolite ()*	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: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H Hg O Pb S Se Si Sr U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Andalusite Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Cobaltite Copper Corundum
Covellite Malachite None Not in a structural group Perovskite Pharmacosiderite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Skutterudite
Sphalerite Stannite Sulphur Tyrolite

33 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	138.3	133.1	1	59912	3092
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	138.3	133.1	1	59912	5509
Bariopharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	Ba_0.5Fe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·5H₂O	138.3	133.1	1	59912	150
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	138.3	133.1	2	59912,59914	11547
Bohdanowiczite ()*	None	AgBiSe₂	138.3	133.1	1	59912	41
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	138.3	133.1	1	59912	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	138.3	133.1	1	59912	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	138.3	133.1	2	59912,59914	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	138.3	133.1	1	59914	1252
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	138.3	133.1	1	59912	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	138.3	133.1	2	59912,59914	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	138.3	133.1	2	59911,59912	3531
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe	138.3	133.1	1	59912	281
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	138.3	133.1	1	59912	966
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	138.3	133.1	1	59912	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	138.3	133.1	1	59912	2970
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	138.3	133.1	1	59912	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	138.3	133.1	2	59912,59914	14640
Idaite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃FeS₄	138.3	133.1	1	59912	142
Klockmannite ()*	Covellite	Cu_5.2Se₆	138.3	133.1	1	59912	63
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	138.3	133.1	1	59912	593
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	138.3	133.1	2	59912,59914	12537
Metazeunerite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	138.3	133.1	1	59912	182
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	138.3	133.1	1	59912	492
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	138.3	133.1	1	59912	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	138.3	133.1	1	59911	61156
Selenium ()*	Sulphur	Se	138.3	133.1	1	59912	143
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	138.3	133.1	1	59912	6417
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	138.3	133.1	1	59912	531
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	138.3	133.1	1	59914	589
Tiemannite ()*	Sphalerite	HgSe	138.3	133.1	1	59912	83
Tyrolite ()*	Tyrolite	Ca₂Cu₉(AsO₄)₄(CO₃)(OH)₈·11H₂O	138.3	133.1	1	59912	245
Umangite ()*	None	Cu₃Se₂	138.3	133.1	1	59912	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
	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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