Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Giepenbach Mine (Gertrud Mine), Trautenstein, Tanne, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 296
Youngest recorded age at locality: 289

mindat Locality ID: 34152
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-34152.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Arc

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Giepenbach Mine (Gertrud Mine), Trautenstein, Tanne, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 51°41'46"N
Longitude: 10°44'57"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.696111111111,10.749166666667

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Caledonite	Chalcopyrite	Linarite	Minium	None	Pyrite
Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Vivianite

Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Annabergite ()*	Caledonite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcophanite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Erythrite ()*	Galena ()*	Lanarkite ()*
Leadhillite ()*	Linarite ()*	Minium ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*
Ranciéite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Todorokite ()*

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 Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Sr Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Caledonite Chalcopyrite Linarite Minium None Pyrite
Rocksalt Sphalerite Vivianite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	296	289	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	296	289	3092
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	296	289	445
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	296	289	359
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	296	289	4979
Chalcophanite ()*	None	ZnMn⁴⁺₃O₇·3H₂O	296	289	197
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	296	289	27198
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	296	289	814
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	296	289	24243
Lanarkite ()*	None	Pb₂O(SO₄)	296	289	97
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	296	289	265
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	296	289	987
Minium ()*	Minium	Pb²⁺₂Pb⁴⁺O₄	296	289	247
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	296	289	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	296	289	1725
Ranciéite ()*	None	(Ca,Mn²⁺)_0.2(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂·0.6H₂O	296	289	177
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	296	289	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	296	289	21482
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	296	289	433

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
	Hg-00077	296	289		U-Pb, K-Ar, Rb-Sr						Yes		Cinnabar, Mercury, Metacinnabar, Tiemannite, Tischendorfite	Hg	22226	Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany		Möller et al. (1984); Baumann et al. (1991)

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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