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Locality Name:
Osterberg District, Gernrode, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 249311
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-249311.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Osterberg District, Gernrode, 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: As C Ca Cd Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteLinariteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
QuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSulphurWurtzite

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)Greenockite  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rosasite  (*)Siderite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)29628902734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)229628903092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS29628909052
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)62962890919
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S112962890843
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)296289027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)29628904979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2296289027198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS296289024243
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS2962890717
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O29628901689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)629628901066
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)22962890987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2296289012537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2296289039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2296289061156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)22962890454
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)29628906417
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)29628902473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS296289021482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS29628902045


1 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)   

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