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Locality Name:
Sankt Johann 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: 266203
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-266203.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sankt Johann Vein, Neuenberg, Ste Marie-aux-Mines (Markirch), Haut-Rhin, Grand Est, France": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Armée Céleste Mine
La Treille Mine (Les Trois Mine; Les Troys Mine; Zum Treu Mine)
Sankt Johann Mine (Engelsbourg Mine)

Latitude: 48°12'47"N
Longitude: 7°8'13"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.213055555556,7.1369444444444
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 Al As Ba Bi C Ca Co Cu F Fe H Mg O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Cu H O S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteArseniosideriteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcophylliteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteCopperCyanotrichite
DevillineDiasporeFluoriteGypsumKobelliteMalachiteMeneghiniteNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskite
PharmacosideritePyriteQuartzSkutteruditeSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedriteTyroliteVivianite

40 IMA Minerals at location:
Aikinite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Annivite  (*)Arseniosiderite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcophyllite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinoclase  (*)Cornubite  (*)Cornwallite  (*)
Cosalite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Cuprobismutite  (*)Cyanotrichite  (*)Devilline  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Emplectite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Kobellite  (*)Langite  (*)Malachite  (*)Olivenite  (*)
Parasymplesite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)
Skutterudite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Strashimirite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tyrolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS3338270154038315
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2338270254036,540383092
Annivite  (*)TetrahedriteCu6[Cu4(Fe,Zn)2](Bi,Sb,As)4S133382701540387
Arseniosiderite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(AsO4)3·3H2O338270154037194
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2338270254037,540385509
Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteBa0.5Fe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·5H2O338270154037150
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)338270254037,5403811547
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S33382701540381935
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)633827001633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)33827015403727770
Chalcophyllite  (*)ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24·36H2O338270254037,54038194
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2338270354036,54037,5403827198
Clinoclase  (*)NoneCu3(AsO4)(OH)3338270254037,54038127
Cornubite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)4338270254037,54038109
Cornwallite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)4338270254037,54038175
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S5338270154038344
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O338270254037,540382970
Cuprobismutite  (*)NoneCu8AgBi13S2433827015403843
Cyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)2338270154037179
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O338270154037366
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)23382701540379895
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS2338270154038246
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O338270254037,54038814
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2338270354036,54037,540389617
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)3382701540387437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O338270254037,540386890
Kobellite  (*)KobellitePb11(Cu,Fe)2(Bi,Sb)15S3533827015403887
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O338270154038593
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2338270254037,5403812537
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)338270154037492
Parasymplesite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O338270254037,54038124
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)4338270254037,54038369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS233827015403639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2338270354036,54037,5403861156
Silver  (*)CopperAg33827005186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs3338270154037531
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS33827015403721482
Strashimirite  (*)NoneCu4(AsO4)2(OH)2·2.5H2O33827015403790
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13338270254037,540381803
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O338270254037,54038245


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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