Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Beschert Glück Mine, Zug, Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 8665
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-8665.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Beschert Glück Mine, Zug, Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Hab Acht Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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	Argyrodite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore
Fluorite	Kaolinite	Löllingite	Malachite	None	Owyheeite	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Xanthoconite

Acanthite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Argyrodite ()*	Arsenic ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Diaphorite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Freibergite ()*	Freieslebenite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*
Heteromorphite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Malachite ()*	Nacrite ()*	Owyheeite ()*
Polybasite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrostilpnite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 C Ca Cu F Fe Ge H Mg Mn O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Argyrodite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Diaspore
Fluorite Kaolinite Löllingite Malachite None Owyheeite Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Sphalerite Stibnite Tetrahedrite Xanthoconite

35 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	310	260	0		2793
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	461	260	0		3092
Argyrodite ()*	Argyrodite	Ag₈GeS₆	310	260	0		62
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As	461	260	0		379
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	461	260	0		9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	461	260	0		27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	461	260	0		27198
Diaphorite ()*	None	Ag₃Pb₂Sb₃S₈	310	260	0		126
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	461	260	0		9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	461	260	0		9617
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	461	260	1	62985	663
Freieslebenite ()*	None	AgPbSbS₃	310	260	0		105
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	310	260	1	62985	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	461	260	0		7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	461	260	0		14640
Heteromorphite ()*	None	Pb₇Sb₈S₁₉	310	260	0		38
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	461	260	0		762
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	461	260	0		12537
Nacrite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	461	260	0		112
Owyheeite ()*	Owyheeite	Ag₃Pb₁₀Sb₁₁S₂₈	310	260	0		89
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	461	260	0		716
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	310	260	0		733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	310	260	0		1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	461	260	0		39462
Pyrostilpnite ()*	Xanthoconite	Ag₃SbS₃	310	260	0		84
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	310	260	1	62985	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	461	260	1	62985	1711
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	461	260	0		5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	461	260	0		6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	310	260	0		5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	310	260	1	62985	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	310	260	0		586
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	461	260	0		3418
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	461	260	0		1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	461	260	0		5317

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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