Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ludwig-Vereinigt Feld Mine, Schönbrunn, Oelsnitz, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 450
Youngest recorded age at locality: 100

mindat Locality ID: 13200
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-13200.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ludwig-Vereinigt Feld Mine, Schönbrunn, Oelsnitz, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°23'49"N
Longitude: 12°8'12"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.396944444444,12.136666666667

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.

Allophane	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet
Gypsum	Löllingite	Lepidocrocite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite
Pharmacosiderite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Skutterudite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Stibnite
Sulphur	Vivianite	Wurtzite

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cd Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H K Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba Bi C Ca Cd Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite
Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet
Gypsum Löllingite Lepidocrocite Malachite Marcasite Melanterite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Perovskite
Pharmacosiderite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Skutterudite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Stibnite
Sulphur Vivianite Wurtzite

57 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Andradite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Annabergite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bernalite ()*	Bismuth ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Breithauptite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Epidote ()*	Erythrite ()*	Ferro-hornblende ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Greenockite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Melanterite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Nickelskutterudite ()*	Nontronite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Parkerite ()*	Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Siderite ()*
Silver ()*	Skutterudite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Vauquelinite ()*
Witherite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	450	100	8803
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	450	100	1534
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	200	100	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	450	100	3092
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	450	100	445
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	450	100	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	450	100	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	450	100	11547
Bernalite ()*	Perovskite	Fe(OH)₃	450	100	8
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	450	100	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	450	100	1935
Breithauptite ()*	Nickeline	NiSb	450	100	175
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	450	100	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	200	100	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	450	100	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	450	100	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	450	100	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	450	100	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	450	100	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	450	100	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	450	100	2970
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	450	100	8173
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	450	272	814
Ferro-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	450	100	271
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	310	100	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	200	100	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	450	100	7437
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	450	100	717
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	450	100	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	450	100	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	450	100	5433
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	450	100	581
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	450	100	762
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	450	100	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	450	100	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	450	100	915
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	200	100	1107
Nickelskutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	(Ni,Co,Fe)As₃	450	272	176
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	450	100	471
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	450	100	2349
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	450	100	767
Parkerite ()*	None	Ni₃(Bi,Pb)₂S₂	200	100	55
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O	450	100	428
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	450	100	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	450	100	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	200	100	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	450	100	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	310	260	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	450	100	1711
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	450	100	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	200	100	5186
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	450	272	531
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	450	100	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	450	100	2045
Vauquelinite ()*	None	CuPb₂(CrO₄)(PO₄)(OH)	200	100	63
Witherite ()*	Aragonite	Ba(CO₃)	450	100	251
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	450	100	1655

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-0433	200	100	200-100		Age of hydrothermal mineralization	Yes	Fluorite	Pb, Ag	33999	Zschopau, Erzgebirge District, Saxony, Germany	Zschopau	Seifert (2008)		BOOK_MPLMEV_2008
Alexandra-0430	310	260	310-260		Age of magmatic-hydrothermal mineralization	Yes	Fluorite, Quartz		211430	Schönbrunn, Oelsnitz, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany	Schönbrunn	Seifert (2008)		BOOK_MPLMEV_2008
Co-00102	290	272	281	U-Th-Pb		Yes		Co, Mo	211430	Schönbrunn, Oelsnitz, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany	Schönbrunn	Bielicki and Tischendorf (1991)	10.1007/BF00321987	CMP106_440
Co-00103	450	444	447	U-Pb		Yes		Co, Mo	211430	Schönbrunn, Oelsnitz, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany	Schönbrunn	Bielicki and Tischendorf (1991)	10.1007/BF00321987	CMP106_440

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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