Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Himmelfahrt Mine, Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 13551
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-13551.html

Tectonic Settings: Collisional Boundary

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Himmelfahrt Mine, Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Abraham Shaft
Alte Elisabeth Mine
David Shaft
Reiche Zeche Mine
Thurmhof Shaft

Latitude: 50°55'14"N
Longitude: 13°21'37"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.920555555556,13.360277777778

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	Allophane	Alunite	Apophyllite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite
Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite	Devilline	Fluorite	Kaňkite	Ktenasite
Linarite	Millerite	Nickeline	None	Perovskite	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Skutterudite
Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite	Vivianite	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 Al As Ba Bi C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Ni O S Sb

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Alunite Apophyllite Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Brochantite Calcite
Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Cubanite Devilline Fluorite Kaňkite Ktenasite
Linarite Millerite Nickeline None Perovskite Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Skutterudite
Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Sulphur Tetrahedrite Vivianite Xanthoconite

50 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Allophane ()*	Ankerite ()*	Annabergite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Argentopyrite ()*	Arsenic ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bismuth ()*	Brianyoungite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Covellite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Erythrite ()*	Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Fluorite ()*
Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydroniumjarosite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*
Kaňkite ()*	Linarite ()*	Millerite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Namuwite ()*
Nickelskutterudite ()*	Pitticite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrostilpnite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schulenbergite ()*
Scorodite ()*	Serpierite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Xanthoconite ()*	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	1	62929	2793
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	461	260	1	62932	470
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	461	260	0		3092
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	461	289	0		445
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	461	260	0		3250
Argentopyrite ()*	Cubanite	AgFe₂S₃	310	260	0		53
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As	461	260	0		379
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	461	260	2	62930,62931	9052
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	461	260	1	62932	919
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	461	260	1	62932	11547
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	461	260	0		1966
Brianyoungite ()*	None	Zn₃(CO₃)(OH)₄	310	260	1	62932	79
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	461	260	1	62932	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	461	260	4	62929,62930,62932,62933	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	461	260	4	62929,62930,62931,62932	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	461	260	1	62932	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	461	260	1	62929	9895
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	461	289	0		814
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O	461	260	1	62933	303
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	461	260	1	62932	9617
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	461	260	1	62932	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	310	260	4	62929,62930,62931,62932	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	461	260	1	62929	14640
Hydroniumjarosite ()*	Alunite	(H₃O)Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	461	260	1	62932	65
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	310	260	1	62932	1066
Kaňkite ()*	Kaňkite	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·3.5H₂O	461	260	1	62932	38
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	461	260	1	62932	987
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	461	289	0		1066
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	461	260	1	62933	1508
Namuwite ()*	Ktenasite	Zn₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·4H₂O	310	260	1	62932	58
Nickelskutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	(Ni,Co,Fe)As₃	461	289	0		176
Pitticite ()*	None	[Fe,AsO₄,SO₄,H₂O] (?)	461	260	0		140
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	461	260	0		716
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	310	260	0		733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	310	260	0		1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	461	260	1	62931	39462
Pyrostilpnite ()*	Xanthoconite	Ag₃SbS₃	310	260	0		84
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	461	260	1	62933	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	310	260	2	62929,62930	61156
Schulenbergite ()*	Ktenasite	(Cu,Zn)₇(SO₄)₂(OH)₁₀·3H₂O	461	260	1	62932	142
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	461	260	1	62933	1153
Serpierite ()*	Devilline	Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	461	260	1	62932	292
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	461	260	2	62929,62932	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	310	260	1	62929	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	310	260	1	62932	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	310	260	3	62929,62931,62932	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	310	260	1	62930	586
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	461	260	1	62932	2045
Xanthoconite ()*	Xanthoconite	Ag₃AsS₃	310	260	1	62932	89
Zýkaite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(SO₄)(OH)·15H₂O	0	0	1	62932	8

3 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

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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