Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Catharina Neufang Mine, St Andreasberg, St Andreasberg District, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 6008
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-6008.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Catharina Neufang Mine, St Andreasberg, St Andreasberg District, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 51°42'50"N
Longitude: 10°30'47"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.713888888889,10.513055555556

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.

Acanthite	Allargentum	Alunite	Analcime	Arsenic	Arsenolite	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Copper	Cubanite
Feldspar	Fluorite	Nickeline	None	Rocksalt	Stilbite	Wurtzite

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Antimony ()*	Argentopyrite ()*
Arsenic ()*	Arsenolite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Breithauptite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cubanite ()*	Dyscrasite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Jarosite ()*
Miargyrite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Schultenite ()*
Silver ()*	Stephanite ()*	Stilbite-Ca ()*	Valentinite ()*

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 Cu F Fe H K Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As C Ca Cu F Fe H K Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allargentum Alunite Analcime Arsenic Arsenolite Arsenopyrite Calcite Copper Cubanite
Feldspar Fluorite Nickeline None Rocksalt Stilbite Wurtzite

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	138.3	133.1	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	138.3	133.1	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	138.3	133.1	1627
Antimony ()*	Arsenic	Sb	138.3	133.1	363
Argentopyrite ()*	Cubanite	AgFe₂S₃	138.3	133.1	53
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As	138.3	133.1	379
Arsenolite ()*	Arsenolite	As₂O₃	138.3	133.1	231
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	138.3	133.1	9052
Breithauptite ()*	Nickeline	NiSb	138.3	133.1	175
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	138.3	133.1	27770
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	138.3	133.1	802
Dyscrasite ()*	Allargentum	Ag_3+xSb_1-x (x ≈ 0.2)	138.3	133.1	180
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	138.3	133.1	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	138.3	133.1	24243
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	138.3	133.1	2228
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	138.3	133.1	300
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	138.3	133.1	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	138.3	133.1	1425
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	138.3	133.1	9056
Schultenite ()*	None	Pb(AsO₃OH)	138.3	133.1	30
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	138.3	133.1	5186
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	138.3	133.1	586
Stilbite-Ca ()*	Stilbite	NaCa₄(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·28H₂O	138.3	133.1	268
Valentinite ()*	None	Sb₂O₃	138.3	133.1	369

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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