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Locality Name:
Granite Quarry, Naundorf, Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 13852
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-13852.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Granite Quarry, Naundorf, 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: Ag Al As Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti W Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteApatiteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidote
FeldsparFluoriteKaoliniteLillianiteMalachiteMarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural group
PumpellyitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedriteTitanite
Topaz

36 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bertrandite  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gustavite  (*)Hematite  (*)Julgoldite-(Fe2+)  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Kutnohorite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Molybdite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)
Topaz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)46126008803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)4612600706
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS46126009052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)461260011547
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)24612600606
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S346126001935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS446126005516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)461260027770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO231026005171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2461260027198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)246126009895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)46126008173
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O4612600345
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F46126002740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF246126009617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS310260024243
Gustavite  (*)LillianiteAgPbBi3S63102600113
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3461260014640
Julgoldite-(Fe2+)  (*)PumpellyiteCa2Fe2+Fe3+2(Si2O7)(SiO4)(OH)2·H2O461260015
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)446126005591
Kutnohorite  (*)NoneCaMn2+(CO3)24612600234
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2461260012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS246126005674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS246126005800
Molybdite  (*)NoneMoO34612600140
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2461260017380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)46126002349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2461260039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2310260061156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)46126001711
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)46126004894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)46126006417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS310260021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1346126005317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O46126004899
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F246126001476


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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