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Locality Name:
Chrétien Vein, Neuenberg, Ste Marie-aux-Mines (Markirch), Haut-Rhin, Grand Est, France

Oldest recorded age at locality: 338
Youngest recorded age at locality: 270

mindat Locality ID: 13259
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-13259.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Extension

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chrétien Vein, Neuenberg, Ste Marie-aux-Mines (Markirch), Haut-Rhin, Grand Est, France": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Gott Hilft Gewiss
Istre Mine
Kobaltschacht
Lower Chrétien Mine
Middle Chrétien Mine
Tiefstollen
Upper Chrétien Mine

Latitude: 48°13'18"N
Longitude: 7°9'44"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.221666666667,7.1622222222222
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: Ag As Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pb S Sb Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteArsenicArsenopyriteCalciteCobaltiteCopperHureauliteLöllingiteMeneghiniteNickeline
NonePerovskiteQuartzSkutteruditeTetrahedriteVivianite

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Arsenic  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Berryite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Clinosafflorite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Glaucodot  (*)
Hörnesite  (*)Lautite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Nickelskutterudite  (*)
Parasymplesite  (*)Picropharmacolite  (*)Pitticite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rammelsbergite  (*)
Rauenthalite  (*)Safflorite  (*)Sainfeldite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Silver  (*)
Skutterudite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S338270254020,540212793
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O338270254020,54021445
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs338270354020,54021,54023379
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS338270254020,540219052
Berryite  (*)MeneghiniteCu3Ag2Pb3Bi7S1633827015402350
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)338270254020,5402127770
Clinosafflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs2338270254020,5402121
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS338270254020,54021966
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O338270254020,54021814
Glaucodot  (*)Arsenopyrite(Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS338270254020,54021131
Hörnesite  (*)VivianiteMg3(AsO4)2·8H2O338270254020,54021103
Lautite  (*)NoneCuAsS33827015402332
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2338270254020,54021762
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs338270254020,54021633
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Skutterudite Perovskite(Ni,Co,Fe)As3338270354020,54021,54023176
Parasymplesite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O338270254020,54021124
Picropharmacolite  (*)NoneCa4Mg(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2·11H2O338270254020,5402199
Pitticite  (*)None[Fe,AsO4,SO4,H2O] (?)338270254020,54021140
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2338270354020,54021,5402361156
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs2338270154023233
Rauenthalite  (*)NoneCa3(AsO4)2·10H2O338270254020,5402123
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs2338270254020,54021317
Sainfeldite  (*)HureauliteCa5(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)2·4H2O338270254020,5402128
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O338270254020,540211153
Silver  (*)CopperAg338270254020,540215186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs3338270454020,54021,54022,54023531
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S133382701540235317


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
Kristen002428338270Neo/Late-Variscan age mineralization   Yes Cu, Ag, As, Pb, Zn1673Ste Marie-aux-Mines (Markirch), Haut-Rhin, Grand Est, FranceSainte Marie-aux-MinesHafeznia et al. (2012) GRA14_2012 

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