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Locality Name:
Biseschacht, Iberg, Bad Grund, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 6018
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-6018.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Biseschacht, Iberg, Bad Grund, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 51°49'2"N
Longitude: 10°15'11"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.817222222222,10.253055555556
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn O Pb S Sb Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCorundumMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartz
RocksaltRutileTetrahedrite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)21916503250
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)219165011547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS421916505516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)219165027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)21916504979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2219165027198
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O21916502970
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)221916509895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS219165024243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3219165014640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2219165012537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2219165039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO221916503106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2219165061156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)21916501711
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)21916506417
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1321916505317


2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Cu-00009205177191±14U-Th-Pb    Yes Hg, Cu28797Bad Grund, Harz, Lower Saxony, GermanyClausthal/Bad GrundBielicki and Tischendorf (1991)10.1007/BF00321987CMP106_440 
Cu-00010219165192±27U-Pb    Yes Hg, Cu28797Bad Grund, Harz, Lower Saxony, GermanyClausthal/Bad GrundBielicki and Tischendorf (1991)10.1007/BF00321987CMP106_440 

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