Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Wolframite Mine, Pechtelsgrün, Lengenfeld, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 310
Youngest recorded age at locality: 260

mindat Locality ID: 13202
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-13202.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wolframite Mine, Pechtelsgrün, Lengenfeld, Vogtland, 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

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.

Amorphous	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Clay	Columbite	Corundum	Feldspar
Fluorite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Spinel	Stibnite
Vivianite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Emplectite ()*	Erythrite ()*	Ferberite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*
Hübnerite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Torbernite ()*
Uraninite ()*

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 As Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mn Mo O P Pb S Si U W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mn Mo O P Pb S Si U W

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Arsenic Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Clay Columbite Corundum Feldspar
Fluorite Mica Molybdenite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Spinel Stibnite
Vivianite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	310	260	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	310	260	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	310	260	1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	310	260	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	310	260	27198
Emplectite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuBiS₂	310	260	246
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	310	260	814
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	310	260	551
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	310	260	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	310	260	14640
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)	310	260	469
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	310	260	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	310	260	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	310	260	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	310	260	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	310	260	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	310	260	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	310	260	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	310	260	4894
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	310	260	1059
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	310	260	2718

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	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	Age Notes
	Alexandra-0424	310	260	310-260		Age of magmatic-hydrothermal mineralization					Yes			W, Mo	131742	Zschorlau, Schneeberg, Erzgebirge District, Saxony, Germany	Zschorlau	Seifert (2008)		BOOK_MPLMEV_2008

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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