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

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

mindat Locality ID: 21651
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-21651.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Großer Auerberg, Stolberg, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Footpath To The Joseph's Cross
Quarry At The Holzchaussee

Latitude: 51°35'7"N
Longitude: 11°0'35"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.585277777778,11.009722222222
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 Ba C Cu Fe H K Na O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteBaryteBournoniteCalciteCorundumFeldsparNonePyriteQuartzSphalerite
SulphurTourmalineWavellite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Baryte  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Gorceixite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Schorl  (*)
Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Strengite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Variscite  (*)
Wavellite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)2962071633102734
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)29620716331011547
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11296207163310843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS32962071633101089
Gorceixite  (*)AluniteBaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6296207163310121
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O329620716331014640
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)2962071633102349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS229620716331039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2211207263309,6331061156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)2962071633102705
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)2962071633106417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS29620716331021482
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O296207163310263
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS2962071633102045
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O296207163310301
Wavellite  (*)WavelliteAl3(PO4)2(OH)3·5H2O296207163310374


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   YesCalcite, Fluorite, Quartz 156280Stolberg, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, GermanyRottleberode-StolbergJens et al. (2003)10.1016/S0016-7037(02)01223-1GCA67_1803 

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