Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Alte Hoffnung Gottes Mine, Kleinvoigtsberg, Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 8426
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-8426.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Alte Hoffnung Gottes Mine, Kleinvoigtsberg, Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 51°0'0"N
Longitude: 13°18'23"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51,13.306388888889

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.

Acanthite	Alunite	Aragonite	Baryte	Berthierite	Calcite	Copper	Gypsum	Marcasite	Nickeline
None	Owyheeite	Perovskite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Skutterudite	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite
Vivianite	Xanthoconite	Zinkenite

Acanthite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Annabergite ()*	Baryte ()*	Berthierite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Diaphorite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Freibergite ()*
Freieslebenite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Marcasite ()*	Natrojarosite ()*
Nickelskutterudite ()*	Owyheeite ()*	Pitticite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Siderite ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Strontianite ()*
Xanthoconite ()*	Zinkenite ()*

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 As Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H Mg Mn Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H Mg Mn Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sr Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Aragonite Baryte Berthierite Calcite Copper Gypsum Marcasite Nickeline
None Owyheeite Perovskite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Skutterudite Sphalerite Stibnite Tetrahedrite
Vivianite Xanthoconite Zinkenite

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	310	260	2793
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	461	260	3092
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	461	289	445
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	461	260	11547
Berthierite ()*	Berthierite	FeSb₂S₄	461	260	343
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	461	260	27770
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	310	260	1382
Diaphorite ()*	None	Ag₃Pb₂Sb₃S₈	310	260	126
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	461	260	9895
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	461	260	663
Freieslebenite ()*	None	AgPbSbS₃	310	260	105
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	310	260	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	461	260	6890
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	461	260	5674
Natrojarosite ()*	Alunite	NaFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	461	260	254
Nickelskutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	(Ni,Co,Fe)As₃	461	289	176
Owyheeite ()*	Owyheeite	Ag₃Pb₁₀Sb₁₁S₂₈	310	260	89
Pitticite ()*	None	[Fe,AsO₄,SO₄,H₂O] (?)	461	260	140
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	310	260	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	310	260	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	461	260	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	461	260	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	310	260	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	461	260	1711
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	461	260	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	310	260	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	310	260	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	310	260	586
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	461	260	3418
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	461	260	589
Xanthoconite ()*	Xanthoconite	Ag₃AsS₃	310	260	89
Zinkenite ()*	Zinkenite	Pb₉Sb₂₂S₄₂	310	260	228

3 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

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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