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:
Silbermarie Mine (Herzog Ludwig Mine), Trautenstein, Tanne, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 255802
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-255802.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Silbermarie Mine (Herzog Ludwig Mine), Trautenstein, Tanne, 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

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.

Aragonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Covellite	Diaspore	Malachite	Mica	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Covellite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	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 K O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Covellite Diaspore Malachite Mica None Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	296	289	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	296	289	3250
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	296	289	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	296	289	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	296	289	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	296	289	4165
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	296	289	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	296	289	7437
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	296	289	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	296	289	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	296	289	39462
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)

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