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Locality Name:
Wolkenhügel Mine, Bad Lauterberg, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 6025
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-6025.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Arc

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wolkenhügel Mine, Bad Lauterberg, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 51°40'25"N
Longitude: 10°28'38"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.673611111111,10.477222222222

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: Al As Ba Bi C Ca Ce Cl Co Cu F Fe H Hg K La Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr V Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba Bi C Ca Ce Cl Co Cu F Fe H Hg K La Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr V Y Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAllophaneAndalusiteAragoniteBaryteBastnäsiteBismutiteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyrite
ChalcostibiteClayCorundumDevillineDiasporeFluoriteGypsumLepidocrociteMalachiteMarcasite
MeneghiniteMicaMixiteNoneNot in a structural groupPharmacosideritePyriteQuartzRhabdophaneRocksalt
RutileSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedriteVivianiteVolborthite

51 IMA Minerals at location:
Agardite-(Ce)  (*)Agardite-(Y)  (*)Aikinite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Ankerite  (*)
Aragonite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)
Beyerite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)Cerianite-(Ce)  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Cinnabar  (*)Conichalcite  (*)Cornwallite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Devilline  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Emplectite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Lavendulan  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhabdophane-(La)  (*)Romanèchite  (*)Roscoelite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Strontianite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Volborthite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Agardite-(Ce)  (*)MixiteCeCu2+6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O043
Agardite-(Y)  (*)MixiteYCu2+6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O090
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS30315
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)01588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)203092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteBa0.5Fe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·5H2O0150
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)BastnäsiteCe(CO3)F0304
Beyerite  (*)BismutiteCaBi2O2(CO3)2096
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S301935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)0716
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)601633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)01252
Cerianite-(Ce)  (*)FluoriteCeO2094
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O03531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS02600
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)0363
Cornwallite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)40175
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O02970
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O0366
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS20246
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O0814
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Lavendulan  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5H2O0149
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)0581
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)0492
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO203106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rhabdophane-(La)  (*)RhabdophaneLa(PO4)·H2O013
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O100312
Roscoelite  (*)MicaKV3+2(Si3Al)O10(OH)20253
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S303418
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)0589
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1301803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317
Volborthite  (*)VolborthiteCu3V2O7(OH)2·2H2O0155



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