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Locality Name:
Luise Mine, Rottleberode, Stolberg, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 21649
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-21649.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Luise Mine, Rottleberode, Stolberg, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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 As Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Mn O Pb S Sb Si 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumCovelliteCyanotrichite
DiasporeFluoriteGypsumHydrotalciteLepidocrociteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartz
RocksaltRutileTetrahedriteWoodwardite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Antlerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Cyanotrichite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gearksutite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Manganite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Ranciéite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Woodwardite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)42962070246
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)29620703250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS29620709052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)229620705509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)296207011547
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)629620701633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)211207027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2296207027198
Copper  (*)CopperCu29620703846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS29620704165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O29620702970
Cyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)22962070179
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF221120709617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS296207024243
Gearksutite  (*)NoneCaAlF4(OH)·H2O296207068
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)29620707437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O29620706890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3296207014640
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)2962070581
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2296207012537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)2962070770
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2296207039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO229620703106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2211207061156
Ranciéite  (*)None(Ca,Mn2+)0.2(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2·0.6H2O2962070177
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)29620706417
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1329620705317
Woodwardite  (*)Woodwardite Hydrotalcite(Cu1-xAlx)(SO4)x/2(OH)2·nH2O (x < 0.5, n < 3x/2)296207057


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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