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Locality Name:
Carola Mine (Königin Carola Mine; Paul Berndt Mine), Freital, Dresden, Saxony, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 408
Youngest recorded age at locality: 367

mindat Locality ID: 13122
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-13122.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Carola Mine (Königin Carola Mine; Paul Berndt Mine), Freital, Dresden, 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: Al C Ca Cl Fe H K N Na O S Se 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cl Fe H K N Na O S Se 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AlumArcaniteCoquimbiteGypsumHalotrichiteMetavoltineNoneNot in a structural groupPyracmoniteSabieite
SulphurTamarugiteVoltaite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunogen  (*)Coquimbite  (*)Godovikovite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halotrichite  (*)
Hoelite  (*)Kremersite  (*)Letovicite  (*)Mascagnite  (*)Metavoltine  (*)
Pyracmonite  (*)Ravatite  (*)Sabieite  (*)Salammoniac  (*)Selenium  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Tamarugite  (*)Tschermigite  (*)Voltaite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunogen  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2(SO4)3(H2O)12·5H2O4083670272
Coquimbite  (*)CoquimbiteAlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12·6H2O4083670136
Godovikovite  (*)Sabieite(NH4)Al(SO4)2408367019
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O40836706890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O4083670409
Hoelite  (*)NoneC14H8O20004
Kremersite  (*)None(NH4)2Fe3+Cl5·H2O408367012
Letovicite  (*)None(NH4)3H(SO4)2408367018
Mascagnite  (*)Arcanite(NH4)2(SO4)408367061
Metavoltine  (*)MetavoltineK2Na6Fe2+Fe3+6O2(SO4)12·18H2O408367078
Pyracmonite  (*)Pyracmonite(NH4)3Fe(SO4)340836705
Ravatite  (*)NoneC14H1040836703
Sabieite  (*)Sabieite(NH4)Fe3+(SO4)240836709
Salammoniac  (*)None(NH4)Cl4083670105
Selenium  (*)SulphurSe4083670143
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS40836702045
Tamarugite  (*)TamarugiteNaAl(SO4)2·6H2O408367087
Tschermigite  (*)Alum(NH4)Al(SO4)2·12H2O408367081
Voltaite  (*)VoltaiteK2Fe2+5Fe3+3Al(SO4)12·18H2O4083670111


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
Cr-00046408367400U-Pb, K zircon, biotite  YesVolkonskoiteCr23248Dresden, Saxony, GermanyDresden, E. LausitzGastil (1960)10.2475/ajs.258.1.1AJS258_1 

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