Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Vereinigt Feld Mine, Brand-Erbisdorf, Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 102692
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-102692.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vereinigt Feld Mine, Brand-Erbisdorf, Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Simon Bogners Neuwerk Mine
Thelersberg Adit

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	Amorphous	Argyrodite	Calcite	Copper	Kaňkite	Marcasite	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Xanthoconite

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 As Bi C Ca Fe Ge H O S Sb Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Bi C Ca Fe H O S Sb Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amorphous Argyrodite Calcite Copper Kaňkite Marcasite None Pyrite Quartz
Xanthoconite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Argyrodite ()*	Calcite ()*	Eulytine ()*	Kaňkite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Opal ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrostilpnite ()*
Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Zýkaite ()*

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
Argyrodite ()*	Argyrodite	Ag₈GeS₆	310	260	1	62891	62
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	461	260	0		27770
Eulytine ()*	None	Bi₄(SiO₄)₃	461	260	0		72
Kaňkite ()*	Kaňkite	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·3.5H₂O	461	260	1	62892	38
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	461	260	0		5674
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	461	260	0		2994
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	310	260	0		733
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	461	260	0		39462
Pyrostilpnite ()*	Xanthoconite	Ag₃SbS₃	310	260	0		84
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	310	260	1	62891	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	310	260	0		5186
Zýkaite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(SO₄)(OH)·15H₂O	0	0	1	62892	8

4 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
Alexandra-0428	310	260	310-260		Age of magmatic-hydrothermal mineralization	Yes		Ag, Sb, Pb, Zn, Au, Sn	15807	Brand-Erbisdorf, Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany	Brand-Erbisdorf	Seifert (2008)		BOOK_MPLMEV_2008

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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