Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Glückauf Shaft, Himmelsfürst Mine, Brand-Erbisdorf, Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 461
Youngest recorded age at locality: 260

mindat Locality ID: 13463
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-13463.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Glückauf Shaft, Himmelsfürst Mine, Brand-Erbisdorf, Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, 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

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.

Amorphous	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Fluorite	Garnet	Harmotome	Kaolinite
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite

Almandine ()*	Anatase ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Brianyoungite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Ferrimolybdite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Harmotome ()*	Ilsemannite ()*	Jordisite ()*	Nacrite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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: Al As Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Mo O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Mo O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Fluorite Garnet Harmotome Kaolinite
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	461	260	2353
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	461	260	2162
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	461	260	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	461	260	11547
Brianyoungite ()*	None	Zn₃(CO₃)(OH)₄	310	260	79
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	461	260	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	461	260	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	461	260	9895
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	461	260	345
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	461	260	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	310	260	24243
Harmotome ()*	Harmotome	Ba₂(Si₁₂Al₄)O₃₂·12H₂O	461	260	290
Ilsemannite ()*	None	Mo₃O₈·nH₂O (?)	461	260	123
Jordisite ()*	Amorphous	MoS₂	461	260	102
Nacrite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	461	260	112
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	461	260	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	310	260	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	310	260	21482
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	310	260	1655

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Age from other Locality	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Alexandra-0427	310	260	310-260		Age of magmatic-hydrothermal mineralization	Yes	Quartz	Pb, Zn, Cu, Ag, Sn, Au	1832	Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany	Freiberg	Seifert (2008)		BOOK_MPLMEV_2008
Co-00069	319	289	304	U-Th-Pb		Yes		Co, Ni, Cu	1832	Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany	Freiberg	Bielicki and Tischendorf (1991)	10.1007/BF00321987	CMP106_440
Co-00070	461	433	447	U-Pb		Yes		Co, Ni, Cu	1832	Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany	Freiberg	Bielicki and Tischendorf (1991)	10.1007/BF00321987	CMP106_440
Alexandra-0428	310	260	310-260		Age of magmatic-hydrothermal mineralization	Yes		Ag, Sb, Pb, Zn, Au, Sn	15807	Brand-Erbisdorf, Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany	Brand-Erbisdorf	Seifert (2008)		BOOK_MPLMEV_2008

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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