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:
Altenau, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 146090
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146090.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Altenau, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Englische Krone Mine
Silver Smelter Slag Locality

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

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.

Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chenite	Magnetoplumbite	Malachite	None	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: Al C Ca Cu Fe H Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chenite Magnetoplumbite Malachite None Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chenite ()*	Diaoyudaoite ()*
Elyite ()*	Galena ()*	Malachite ()*	Posnjakite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	59747	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	59746	27198
Chenite ()*	Chenite	CuPb₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	59747	40
Diaoyudaoite ()*	Magnetoplumbite	NaAl₁₁O₁₇	1	59747	7
Elyite ()*	None	CuPb₄(SO₄)O₂(OH)₄·H₂O	1	59747	85
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	59746	24243
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	59746	12537
Posnjakite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·H₂O	1	59747	309
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0		61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	59746	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R130276	Silver Smelter Slag Locality, Altenau, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany	https://rruff.info/R130276

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