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Locality Name:
Reiche Zeche Mine, Himmelfahrt Mine, Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 13548
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-13548.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Reiche Zeche Mine, Himmelfahrt Mine, Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°55'42"N
Longitude: 13°21'27"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.928333333333,13.3575
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 Cu F Fe H O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteCovelliteDevillineFluoriteKaňkite
KtenasiteLinariteNoneRocksaltSphaleriteSulphurTetrahedriteXanthoconite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Allophane  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Baryte  (*)Brianyoungite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Freibergite  (*)
Galena  (*)Hydroniumjarosite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Kaňkite  (*)Linarite  (*)
Namuwite  (*)Schulenbergite  (*)Serpierite  (*)Siderite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Xanthoconite  (*)Zýkaite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O4612600470
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)64612600919
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)461260011547
Brianyoungite  (*)NoneZn3(CO3)(OH)4310260079
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)646126001633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)461260027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2461260027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS46126004165
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF246126009617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S124612600663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS310260024243
Hydroniumjarosite  (*)Alunite(H3O)Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6461260065
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)631026001066
Kaňkite  (*)KaňkiteFe3+(AsO4)·3.5H2O461260038
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)24612600987
Namuwite  (*)KtenasiteZn4(SO4)(OH)6·4H2O310260058
Schulenbergite  (*)Ktenasite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O4612600142
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O4612600292
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)46126006417
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)31026002473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS310260021482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS46126002045
Xanthoconite  (*)XanthoconiteAg3AsS3310260089
Zýkaite  (*)NoneFe3+4(AsO4)3(SO4)(OH)·15H2O0008


3 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 

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