Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Albertine Mine, Harzgerode, Harzgerode Mining District, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 8390
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-8390.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Albertine Mine, Harzgerode, Harzgerode Mining District, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 51°37'58"N
Longitude: 11°8'11"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.632777777778,11.136388888889

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.

Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Fluorite	Millerite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

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: As C Ca Cu F Fe Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As C Ca Cu F Fe Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Fluorite Millerite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Millerite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	296	289	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	296	289	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	296	289	27198
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	296	289	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	296	289	24243
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	296	289	1066
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	296	289	767
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	296	289	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	296	289	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	296	289	21482

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
	Hg-00077	296	289		U-Pb, K-Ar, Rb-Sr						Yes		Cinnabar, Mercury, Metacinnabar, Tiemannite, Tischendorfite	Hg	22226	Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany		Möller et al. (1984); Baumann et al. (1991)

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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