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Locality Name:
Halsbrücke, Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 461
Youngest recorded age at locality: 159

mindat Locality ID: 15974
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15974.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Halsbrücke, Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Beihilfe Mine
Hetzdorf
Komm Glück Mit Freuden Mine
Lorenz Gegentrum Mine

Latitude: 50°57'22"N
Longitude: 13°20'43"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.956111111111,13.345277777778
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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg O P Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag S Sb 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteApatiteAragoniteAtacamiteBaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteFluorite
GypsumLinariteMalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksalt
ScheeliteSphaleriteTivanite

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Atacamite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Langite  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)
Pseudorutile  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stolzite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3461159162927544
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)24611591629275509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)461159262922,6292711547
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS34611591629221089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)461159262922,6292727770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)310260262922,629274979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O461159162922925
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2461159262922,6292727198
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O4611591629272970
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)24611591629229895
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F4611591629272740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2461159262922,629279617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS310260262922,6292724243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O4611591629226890
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)64611591629222228
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O461159162927593
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2461159162927987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)246115916292712537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS24611591629225674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O461159162922915
Pseudorutile  (*)TivaniteFe3+2Ti4+3O946115916292430
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS331715901425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS246115916292239462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl310260262922,629271725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2310260262922,6292761156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)4611591629264894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)4611591629226417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS310260262922,6292721482
Stolzite  (*)ScheelitePb(WO4)310260162922156


7 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
Alexandra-0427310260310-260 Age of magmatic-hydrothermal mineralization   YesQuartzPb, Zn, Cu, Ag, Sn, Au1832Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, GermanyFreibergSeifert (2008) BOOK_MPLMEV_2008 
Co-00069319289304U-Th-Pb    Yes Co, Ni, Cu1832Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, GermanyFreibergBielicki and Tischendorf (1991)10.1007/BF00321987CMP106_440 
Co-00070461433447U-Pb    Yes Co, Ni, Cu1832Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, GermanyFreibergBielicki and Tischendorf (1991)10.1007/BF00321987CMP106_440 
Cu-00003183159171U-Th-Pb      Cu15974Halsbrücke, Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, GermanyHalsbrücke WTBielicki and Tischendorf (1991)10.1007/BF00321987CMP106_440 
Cu-00004307265286U-Pb      Cu15974Halsbrücke, Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, GermanyHalsbrücke WTBielicki and Tischendorf (1991)10.1007/BF00321987CMP106_440 
Cu-00005196188192U-Th-Pb      Cu15974Halsbrücke, Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, GermanyHalsbrücke HTBielicki and Tischendorf (1991)10.1007/BF00321987CMP106_440 
Cu-00006317309313U-Pb      Cu15974Halsbrücke, Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, GermanyHalsbrücke HTBielicki and Tischendorf (1991)10.1007/BF00321987CMP106_440 

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