Mineral Evolution Database
Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.
Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

Ages for Smithsonite at Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany

The cyan highlights indicate which age entries were selected as the "best" for assigning the mineral an age of 310Ma - 260Ma at this locality

Age range from children

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
Alexandra-0427	310	260		Quartz	Pb,Zn,Cu,Ag,Sn,Au	1832	Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany	Seifert (2008)	BOOK_MPLMEV_2008

Mineralization age

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
Alexandra-0427	310	260		Quartz	Pb,Zn,Cu,Ag,Sn,Au	1832	Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany	Seifert (2008)	BOOK_MPLMEV_2008
Alexandra-0428	310	260			Ag,Sb,Pb,Zn,Au,Sn	15807	Brand-Erbisdorf, Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany	Seifert (2008)	BOOK_MPLMEV_2008

Locality age

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
Co-00069	319	289			Co,Ni,Cu	1832	Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany	Bielicki and Tischendorf (1991)	CMP106_440
Co-00070	461	433			Co,Ni,Cu	1832	Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany	Bielicki and Tischendorf (1991)	CMP106_440
Cu-00001	215	205			Cu	13863	Gersdorf, Roßwein, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany	Bielicki and Tischendorf (1991)	CMP106_440
Cu-00002	188	162			Cu	13863	Gersdorf, Roßwein, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany	Bielicki and Tischendorf (1991)	CMP106_440
Cu-00003	183	159			Cu	15974	Halsbrücke, Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany	Bielicki and Tischendorf (1991)	CMP106_440
Cu-00004	307	265			Cu	15974	Halsbrücke, Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany	Bielicki and Tischendorf (1991)	CMP106_440
Cu-00005	196	188			Cu	15974	Halsbrücke, Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany	Bielicki and Tischendorf (1991)	CMP106_440
Cu-00006	317	309			Cu	15974	Halsbrücke, Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany	Bielicki and Tischendorf (1991)	CMP106_440
MD42_337-00020	328	320				31865	Niederbobritzsch, Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany	Romer et al. (2007)	MD42_337
MD42_337-00021	326	314	Zircon			31865	Niederbobritzsch, Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany	Romer et al. (2007)	MD42_337

Locality age (remote)

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
Giersdorf_00000648	327	315	Uraninite	Uraninite		287390	Kirchberg, Zwickau, Saxony, Germany	Förster (1999)	MM63_239