Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Trautenstein, Tanne, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 255804
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-255804.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Trautenstein, Tanne, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Giepenbach Mine (Gertrud Mine)
Nasser Wolf Mine
Schaftrift Mine (Hühnerbalz Mine)
Silbermarie Mine (Herzog Ludwig Mine)

Latitude: 51°41'45"N
Longitude: 10°44'56"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.695833333333,10.748888888889

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Caledonite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Covellite	Devilline
Diaspore	Linarite	Malachite	Mica	Minium	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Vivianite	Wurtzite

Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Annabergite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Calcite ()*	Caledonite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcophanite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Covellite ()*	Devilline ()*	Erythrite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Greenockite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Lanarkite ()*	Langite ()*
Leadhillite ()*	Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*	Minium ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Ranciéite ()*	Siderite ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Todorokite ()*

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 Cd Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Caledonite Chalcopyrite Clay Covellite Devilline
Diaspore Linarite Malachite Mica Minium None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite Vivianite Wurtzite

33 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	296	289	1	63333	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	296	289	2	63333,63336	3092
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	296	289	1	63333	445
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	296	289	1	63336	3250
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	296	289	1	63334	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	296	289	2	63334,63336	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	296	289	1	63333	359
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	296	289	2	63333,63336	4979
Chalcophanite ()*	None	ZnMn⁴⁺₃O₇·3H₂O	296	289	1	63333	197
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	296	289	3	63333,63334,63336	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	296	289	1	63336	4165
Devilline ()*	Devilline	CaCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	296	289	1	63334	366
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	296	289	1	63333	814
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	296	289	3	63333,63334,63336	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	296	289	2	63334,63336	7437
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	296	289	1	63334	717
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	296	289	1	63334	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	296	289	1	63334	1066
Lanarkite ()*	None	Pb₂O(SO₄)	296	289	1	63333	97
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	296	289	1	63334	593
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	296	289	1	63333	265
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	296	289	1	63333	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	296	289	2	63334,63336	12537
Minium ()*	Minium	Pb²⁺₂Pb⁴⁺O₄	296	289	1	63333	247
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	296	289	2	63334,63336	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	296	289	2	63333,63336	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	296	289	1	63333	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	296	289	2	63334,63336	61156
Ranciéite ()*	None	(Ca,Mn²⁺)_0.2(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂·0.6H₂O	296	289	1	63333	177
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	296	289	1	63336	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	296	289	2	63333,63334	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	296	289	3	63333,63334,63336	21482
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	296	289	1	63333	433

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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