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Locality Name:
Stolberg, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 296
Youngest recorded age at locality: 207

mindat Locality ID: 156280
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156280.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Stolberg, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany": 23
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 17

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Dietersdorf
Großer Auerberg
Hayn
Rottleberode
Schwenda
Silberbach Mine
Silberner Nagel Mine
Wolfsberg

Latitude: 51°34'8"N
Longitude: 11°2'52"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.568888888889,11.047777777778
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: Ag Al As B Ba C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenoliteArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteBrochantite
CalciteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteClayCopperCorundumCovelliteCubaniteCyanotrichiteDadsonite
DiasporeFeldsparFluoriteGypsumHydrotalciteKaoliniteKaňkiteKtenasiteLepidocrociteLinarite
MalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOrpimentPyritePyrochlore
QuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteStibniteSulphurTetrahedriteTourmalineVivianiteWavellite
WoodwarditeWurtziteZinkenite

92 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Antlerite  (*)
Aragonite  (*)Arsenic  (*)Arsenolite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Beudantite  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Cervantite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chalcostibite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Cyanotrichite  (*)Dadsonite  (*)Diaphorite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Freieslebenite  (*)Fülöppite  (*)Galena  (*)Gearksutite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gorceixite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Heteromorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Kaňkite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Lepidocrocite  (*)Linarite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Malachite  (*)Manganite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Orpiment  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Parasymplesite  (*)Pitticite  (*)
Plagionite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Ranciéite  (*)Realgar  (*)Robinsonite  (*)
Schorl  (*)Schulenbergite  (*)Schultenite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Semseyite  (*)
Senarmontite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Strengite  (*)Strontianite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Vaesite  (*)Valentinite  (*)Variscite  (*)Villamanínite  (*)Wavellite  (*)
Woodwardite  (*)Zinkenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S296207263324,633262793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)296207563305,63307,63310,63324,633262734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)296207263316,633261588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2296207263313,633263092
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)4296207163317246
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)296207263317,633243250
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs296207163326379
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O3296207163326231
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS296207663305,63307,63313,63317,63324,633269052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22962071633175509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)296207963305,63307,63310,63314,63315,63317,63318,63323,6332611547
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6296207363305,63307,63324413
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O7296207163326450
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11296207663305,63307,63308,63310,63312,63326843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS3296207663305,63307,63310,63312,63324,633261089
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6296207263317,633241633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)211207663305,63307,63315,63317,63323,6332627770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)296207463305,63307,63324,633264979
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O4296207163326352
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2962071633155707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2296207963305,63307,63314,63315,63317,63318,63323,63324,6332627198
Chalcostibite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuSbS2296207163326162
Copper  (*)CopperCu296207263315,633173846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS296207363313,63315,633174165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3296207263305,63307802
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O2962071633172970
Cyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)2296207163317179
Dadsonite  (*)DadsonitePb23Sb25S60Cl29620716332615
Diaphorite  (*)NoneAg3Pb2Sb3S8296207263305,63307126
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22962071633269895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2211207663314,63315,63317,63318,63323,633269617
Freieslebenite  (*)NoneAgPbSbS3296207263305,63307105
Fülöppite  (*)NonePb3Sb8S15296207263305,6330755
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS296207963305,63307,63312,63314,63315,63317,63318,63324,6332624243
Gearksutite  (*)NoneCaAlF4(OH)·H2O29620716331768
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)296207763305,63314,63315,63317,63318,63324,633267437
Gorceixite  (*)AluniteBaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6296207163310121
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS296207163324717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O296207763305,63307,63315,63316,63317,63324,633266890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3296207763308,63310,63314,63315,63317,63318,6332314640
Heteromorphite  (*)NonePb7Sb8S1929620716332638
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)6296207263312,633241066
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14296207263312,63326784
Kaňkite  (*)KaňkiteFe3+(AsO4)·3.5H2O296207263305,6330738
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)42962071633265591
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)296207163317581
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2296207163324987
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)2962071633261487
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2296207463305,63307,63315,6331712537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)296207163317770
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2296207363313,63323,633245674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O296207163315915
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS2296207263305,63307300
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl296207263305,633071107
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)229620716330517380
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S3296207163326511
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)2962071633102349
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS296207263305,63307767
Parasymplesite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O296207263305,63307124
Pitticite  (*)None[Fe,AsO4,SO4,H2O] (?)296207263305,63307140
Plagionite  (*)NonePb5Sb8S17296207363305,63307,63326100
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3296207363305,63307,633241425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22962071163305,63307,63308,63310,63314,63315,63317,63318,63323,63324,6332639462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO22962071633173106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl2962071633241725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82962071633139056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22112071263305,63307,63308,63309,63310,63314,63315,63317,63318,63323,63324,6332661156
Ranciéite  (*)None(Ca,Mn2+)0.2(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2·0.6H2O296207163317177
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS296207163326712
Robinsonite  (*)NonePb4Sb6S1329620716332639
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)296207263308,633102705
Schulenbergite  (*)Ktenasite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O296207163324142
Schultenite  (*)NonePb(AsO3OH)296207263305,6330730
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O296207263305,633071153
Semseyite  (*)NonePb9Sb8S21296207363305,63307,63326165
Senarmontite  (*)ArsenoliteSb2O3296207363305,63307,63326179
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)2962071163305,63307,63310,63312,63314,63315,63317,63318,63323,63324,633266417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS296207863305,63307,63308,63310,63312,63313,63324,6332621482
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)296207263305,63326446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3296207263305,633263418
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O296207163310263
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)296207163326589
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS296207563305,63307,63310,63324,633262045
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S132962071633261803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13296207763305,63307,63313,63315,63317,63324,633265317
Vaesite  (*)PyriteNiS2296207263305,63307106
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O3296207363305,63307,63326369
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O296207163310301
Villamanínite  (*)PyriteCuS2296207263305,6330710
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O296207163310374
Woodwardite  (*)Woodwardite Hydrotalcite(Cu1-xAlx)(SO4)x/2(OH)2·nH2O (x < 0.5, n < 3x/2)29620716331757
Zinkenite  (*)ZinkenitePb9Sb22S42296207363305,63307,63326228


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
Hg-00077296289 U-Pb, K-Ar, Rb-Sr    YesCinnabar, Mercury, Metacinnabar, Tiemannite, TischendorfiteHg22226Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany Möller et al. (1984); Baumann et al. (1991)   
Emily000542211207209±2Rb-Rscalcite-fluorite-quartz mineralization    Calcite, Fluorite, Quartz 156280Stolberg, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, GermanyRottleberode-StolbergJens et al. (2003)10.1016/S0016-7037(02)01223-1GCA67_1803 

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