Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Claus-Friedrich Mine, Beerberg, St Andreasberg District, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 6010
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-6010.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Latitude: 51°42'30"N
Longitude: 10°31'42"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.708333333333,10.528333333333

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	Arsenic	Calcite	Fluorite	Lillianite	None	Wollastonite	Xanthoconite

Acanthite ()*	Arsenic ()*	Calcite ()*	Diaphorite ()*	Fizélyite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Kermesite ()*	Miargyrite ()*	Pitticite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*
Pyrostilpnite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Stibarsen ()*	Wollastonite ()*

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 As C Ca F Fe H O Pb S Sb Si

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Arsenic Calcite Fluorite Lillianite None Wollastonite Xanthoconite

14 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
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As	138.3	133.1	379
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	138.3	133.1	27770
Diaphorite ()*	None	Ag₃Pb₂Sb₃S₈	138.3	133.1	126
Fizélyite ()*	Lillianite	Ag₅Pb₁₄Sb₂₁S₄₈	138.3	133.1	54
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	138.3	133.1	9617
Kermesite ()*	None	Sb₂OS₂	138.3	133.1	230
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	138.3	133.1	300
Pitticite ()*	None	[Fe,AsO₄,SO₄,H₂O] (?)	138.3	133.1	140
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	138.3	133.1	1425
Pyrostilpnite ()*	Xanthoconite	Ag₃SbS₃	138.3	133.1	84
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	138.3	133.1	586
Stibarsen ()*	Arsenic	SbAs	138.3	133.1	48
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	138.3	133.1	1247

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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