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

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

mindat Locality ID: 238841
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-238841.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Diabase Quarries, Bösenbrunn, Oelsnitz, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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 Mg Ni O P Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Bi C Ca Cd Cl Co Cu F Fe H Mg Ni O P Pb S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneApatiteAragoniteArsenicCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumFluoriteLöllingite
MalachiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePyriteQuartzRocksaltSkutteruditeSphalerite
VivianiteWurtzite

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenic  (*)Azurite  (*)
Bismuth  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Greenockite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mimetite  (*)
Nickeline  (*)Nickelskutterudite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)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
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)220010003092
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O2001000445
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)20010003250
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs2001000379
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)220010005509
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi20010001966
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)200100027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)20010004979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2200100027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O20010003531
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)220010009895
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O2001000814
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF220010009617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS200100024243
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS2001000717
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3200100014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O20010001689
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs22001000762
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2200100012537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl20010001107
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs2001000633
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Skutterudite Perovskite(Ni,Co,Fe)As32001000176
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS2001000767
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2200100039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl20010001725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S820010009056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2200100061156
Silver  (*)CopperAg20010005186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs32001000531
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS200100021482


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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