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Locality Name:
Altväter Samt Eschig Mine, Sayda, Clausnitz - Sayda Mining District, Saxony, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 15816
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15816.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Altväter Samt Eschig Mine, Sayda, Clausnitz - Sayda Mining District, Saxony, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mn Mo O P Pb S Sb Si U V Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo O P Pb S Sb Si U V Y Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAllophaneAluniteAndalusiteApatiteArsenopyriteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteCarminite
ChalcophylliteChalcopyriteClayCopperCoronaditeCorundumCovelliteDescloiziteFluoriteKaolinite
LiroconiteMalachiteMicaMixiteNoneNot in a structural groupPharmacosideritePolybasitePyriteQuartz
RocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteTetrahedriteTyrolite

53 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bayldonite  (*)
Beudantite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calciopetersite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Carminite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcophyllite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Clinoclase  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Dickite  (*)Duftite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Langite  (*)Libethenite  (*)Liroconite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Mansfieldite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Mottramite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Nacrite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Pearceite  (*)Petersite-(Y)  (*)
Pharmacosiderite  (*)Philipsbornite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tyrolite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)203092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)20172
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)60413
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)601633
Calciopetersite  (*)MixiteCaCu6(PO4)2(PO3OH)(OH)6·3H2O03
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)20178
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcophyllite  (*)ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24·36H2O0194
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O03531
Clinoclase  (*)NoneCu3(AsO4)(OH)30127
Copper  (*)CopperCu03846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O160599
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O02970
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)40651
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)0220
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)405591
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O0593
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)0234
Liroconite  (*)LiroconiteCu2Al(AsO4)(OH)4·4H2O018
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Mansfieldite  (*)NoneAl(AsO4)·2H2O042
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O0443
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl01107
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)0362
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Nacrite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)40112
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)0492
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]0249
Petersite-(Y)  (*)MixiteCu6Y(PO4)3(OH)6·3H2O08
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O0428
Philipsbornite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)6051
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)40369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl01725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1301803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO01101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O0245
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO401655


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