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Locality Name:
Bösenbrunn, Oelsnitz, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 200
Youngest recorded age at locality: 100

mindat Locality ID: 105596
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-105596.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bösenbrunn, Oelsnitz, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 15
Child Localities:
Antonien Fächer Mine
Brüder Einigkeit Mine
Diabase Quarries
Grüne Tanne Mine
Heilig Kreuz Mine (Am Fuchsloch)
Hoff Auf Gott Mine
Junge Grüne Tanne Adit
Kleine Grüne Tanne Mine
Marien Empfängnis Mine
Neue Hoffnung Mine
Sächsisch Glück Mine
Sankt Georg Mine
Sankt Helena Mine
St Johannes Mine
St Michael Mine

Latitude: 50°23'59"N
Longitude: 12°6'37"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.399722222222,12.110277777778

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 Bi C Ca Cd Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Ni O P Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ca Fe H K O Si Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneApatiteAragoniteArsenicCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidote
FluoriteGarnetLöllingiteMalachiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePharmacosideritePyrite
QuartzRocksaltSkutteruditeSphaleriteVivianiteWurtzite

34 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Andradite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Arsenic  (*)Azurite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Erythrite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Greenockite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)
Löllingite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Nickelskutterudite  (*)
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO220010002162
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)320010001534
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)22001001630623092
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O200100163062445
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)2001001630623250
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs200100163062379
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22001001630625509
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi2001001630621966
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)20010016306227770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)2001001630624979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS220010016306227198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O2001001630623531
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22001001630629895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)20010008173
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O200100163062814
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2200100263062,630639617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS20010016306224243
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS200100163062717
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O320010016306214640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O2001001630621689
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2200100163062762
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)220010016306212537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl2001001630621107
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs200100163062633
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Skutterudite Perovskite(Ni,Co,Fe)As3200100163062176
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS200100163062767
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O2001000428
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS220010016306239462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl2001001630621725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82001001630629056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO220010016306261156
Silver  (*)CopperAg2001001630625186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs3200100163062531
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS20010016306221482



1 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-0432200100200-100 Age of hydrothermal mineralization   YesHematiteFe195687Pobershau, Marienberg District, Erzgebirge District, Saxony, GermanyPobershauSeifert (2008) BOOK_MPLMEV_2008 


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