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Locality Name:
Junge Hohe Birke Mine, Langenrinne, Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 102700
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-102700.html

Tectonic Settings: Collisional Boundary

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Junge Hohe Birke Mine, Langenrinne, 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

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: Al As Ba C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si W Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCorundumCovelliteKaoliniteMalachite
MarcasiteMelanteriteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteTetrahedriteVivianite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Nacrite  (*)Picropharmacolite  (*)Pitticite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
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)246126003092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)46126003250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS46126009052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)246126005509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)461260011547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS446126005516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)461260027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S46126005707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2461260027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS46126004165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O46126002970
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O4612890814
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS310260024243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3461260014640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2461260012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS246126005674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O4612600915
Nacrite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)44612600112
Picropharmacolite  (*)NoneCa4Mg(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2·11H2O461260099
Pitticite  (*)None[Fe,AsO4,SO4,H2O] (?)4612600140
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2461260039462
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)46126004894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)46126006417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS310260021482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1346126001803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1346126005317



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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