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Locality Name:
Treseburg, Thale, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 296
Youngest recorded age at locality: 289

mindat Locality ID: 67968
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-67968.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Treseburg, Thale, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Adit At The Mittelkopf
Arthur Mine
Burgfelsen
Frieda Mine
Sponbleek
Treseburg Mine
Weisser Hirsch Mine
Wiederteuferei

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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 B C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAragoniteAxiniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteCaledoniteChalcopyriteCyanotrichiteDiaspore
GypsumLinariteMalachiteNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Axinite-(Fe)  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cyanotrichite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gibbsite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Linarite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rosasite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)22962891633593419
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)2962891633622734
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6296289163362919
Axinite-(Fe)  (*)AxiniteCa4Fe2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)2296289163359260
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)62962891633571633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)296289263359,6336227770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6296289163362359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)296289263357,633624979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS229628916336227198
Cyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)2296289163357179
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS29628916336224243
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)3296289163357504
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2962891633577437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O2962891633626890
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2296289163362987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2296289263357,6336212537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS229628916336239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2296289263359,6336261156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)2296289163362454
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)2962891633622473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS29628916336221482



1 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
Hg-00077296289 U-Pb, K-Ar, Rb-Sr    YesCinnabar, Mercury, Metacinnabar, Tiemannite, TischendorfiteHg22226Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany Möller et al. (1984); Baumann et al. (1991)   


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