Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Schlackental Slag Locality, Oberschulenberg, Bockswies Veins, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 219
Youngest recorded age at locality: 165

mindat Locality ID: 41032
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-41032.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Schlackental Slag Locality, Oberschulenberg, Bockswies Veins, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Caledonite	Connellite	Gypsum	Ktenasite	Linarite	Malachite
Melanterite	None	Not in a structural group	Sphalerite	Sulphur

Anglesite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Caledonite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Connellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Langite ()*	Leadhillite ()*
Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Schulenbergite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Sulphur ()*	Susannite ()*

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: C Ca Cl Cu Fe H O Pb S Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Cl Cu Fe H O Pb S Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Caledonite Connellite Gypsum Ktenasite Linarite Malachite
Melanterite None Not in a structural group Sphalerite Sulphur

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	219	165	2734
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	219	165	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	219	165	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	219	165	359
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	219	165	4979
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	219	165	295
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	219	165	2970
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	219	165	6890
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	219	165	593
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	219	165	265
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	219	165	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	219	165	12537
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	219	165	915
Schulenbergite ()*	Ktenasite	(Cu,Zn)₇(SO₄)₂(OH)₁₀·3H₂O	219	165	142
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	219	165	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	219	165	2045
Susannite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	219	165	99

2 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
	Co-00075	205	177	191	U-Th-Pb						Yes			Co, Ni, Hg, Cu	21652	Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany	Clausthal/Bad Grund	Bielicki and Tischendorf (1991)	10.1007/BF00321987	CMP106_440
	Co-00076	219	165	192	U-Pb						Yes			Co, Ni, Hg, Cu	21652	Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany	Clausthal/Bad Grund	Bielicki and Tischendorf (1991)	10.1007/BF00321987	CMP106_440

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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