Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Lautenthal Smelter (Silberhütte Smelter) Slag Locality, Lautenthal, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 6030
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-6030.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Arc

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lautenthal Smelter (Silberhütte Smelter) Slag Locality, Lautenthal, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 51°52'14"N
Longitude: 10°17'12"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.870555555556,10.286666666667

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.

Alum	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Caledonite	Chalcophyllite	Chalcopyrite	Chenite
Connellite	Copper	Corundum	Devilline	Diaspore	Dundasite	Gypsum	Hydrotalcite	Ktenasite	Linarite
Malachite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Nadorite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Symplesite	Tetrahedrite

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: Ag Al As Ba Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H Mg Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alum Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Caledonite Chalcophyllite Chalcopyrite Chenite
Connellite Copper Corundum Devilline Diaspore Dundasite Gypsum Hydrotalcite Ktenasite Linarite
Malachite Marcasite Melanterite Nadorite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite
Symplesite Tetrahedrite

56 IMA Minerals at location:

Alum-(Na) ()*	Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Aurichalcite ()*	Baryte ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Caledonite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chenite ()*	Comblainite ()*
Connellite ()*	Copper ()*	Cumengeite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Devilline ()*
Dundasite ()*	Elyite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrocalumite ()*	Hydrocerussite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*
Lanarkite ()*	Langite ()*	Lautenthalite ()*	Leadhillite ()*	Legrandite ()*
Linarite ()*	Litharge ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Massicot ()*
Melanterite ()*	Metavivianite ()*	Perite ()*	Posnjakite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Ramsbeckite ()*	Rosasite ()*	Schulenbergite ()*	Serpierite ()*
Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Susannite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Wroewolfeite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Alum-(Na) ()*	Alum	NaAl(SO₄)₂·12H₂O	12
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	919
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	359
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcophyllite	Cu₁₈Al₂(AsO₄)₄(SO₄)₃(OH)₂₄·36H₂O	194
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chenite ()*	Chenite	CuPb₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	40
Comblainite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Ni₄Co³⁺₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₂·3H₂O	5
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	295
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3846
Cumengeite ()*	None	Pb₂₁Cu₂₀Cl₄₂(OH)₄₀·6H₂O	43
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2970
Devilline ()*	Devilline	CaCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	366
Dundasite ()*	Dundasite	PbAl₂(CO₃)₂(OH)₄·H₂O	97
Elyite ()*	None	CuPb₄(SO₄)O₂(OH)₄·H₂O	85
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1689
Hydrocalumite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Ca₄Al₂(OH)₁₂(Cl,CO₃,OH)₂·4H₂O	30
Hydrocerussite ()*	None	Pb₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	201
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1066
Lanarkite ()*	None	Pb₂O(SO₄)	97
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	593
Lautenthalite ()*	Devilline	PbCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	18
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	265
Legrandite ()*	None	Zn₂(AsO₄)(OH)·H₂O	20
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	987
Litharge ()*	None	PbO	139
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Massicot ()*	None	PbO	202
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	915
Metavivianite ()*	Symplesite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·6H₂O	26
Perite ()*	Nadorite	PbBiO₂Cl	27
Posnjakite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·H₂O	309
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Ramsbeckite ()*	None	Cu₁₅(SO₄)₄(OH)₂₂·6H₂O	68
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	454
Schulenbergite ()*	Ktenasite	(Cu,Zn)₇(SO₄)₂(OH)₁₀·3H₂O	142
Serpierite ()*	Devilline	Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	292
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Susannite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	99
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317
Wroewolfeite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	95

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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