Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Gersdorf, Roßwein, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 215
Youngest recorded age at locality: 162

mindat Locality ID: 13863
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-13863.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gersdorf, Roßwein, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Segen Gottes Mine

Latitude: 51°3'36"N
Longitude: 13°13'2"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.06,13.217222222222

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	Apatite	Arsenic	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite
Malachite	Marcasite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Tetrahedrite
Xanthoconite

Acanthite ()*	Alabandite ()*	Arsenic ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bismuth ()*	Bismutoferrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*
Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Polybasite ()*	Posnjakite ()*
Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrostilpnite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Stephanite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Cl Cu F Fe H K Mn Ni O P Pb S Sb Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Bi Fe H O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Apatite Arsenic Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite
Malachite Marcasite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Tetrahedrite
Xanthoconite

29 IMA Minerals at location:

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	215	162	1	63005	2793
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	215	162	1	63005	312
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As	215	162	1	63005	379
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	215	162	1	63005	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	215	162	1	63005	11547
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	215	162	1	63005	1966
Bismutoferrite ()*	Kaolinite	Fe³⁺₂Bi(SiO₄)₂(OH)	215	162	0		51
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	215	162	1	63005	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	215	162	1	63005	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	215	162	1	63005	1382
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	215	162	1	63005	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	215	162	1	63005	2970
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	215	162	1	63005	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	215	162	1	63005	24243
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	215	162	1	63005	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	215	162	1	63005	5674
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	215	162	1	63005	633
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	215	162	1	63005	2349
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	215	162	1	63005	716
Posnjakite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·H₂O	215	162	1	63005	309
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	215	162	1	63005	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	215	162	1	63005	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	215	162	1	63005	1725
Pyrostilpnite ()*	Xanthoconite	Ag₃SbS₃	215	162	1	63005	84
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	215	162	1	63005	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	215	162	1	63005	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	215	162	1	63005	5186
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	215	162	1	63005	586
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	215	162	1	63005	5317

2 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
	Cu-00001	215	205	210	U-Th-Pb									Cu	13863	Gersdorf, Roßwein, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany	Gersdorf	Bielicki and Tischendorf (1991)	10.1007/BF00321987	CMP106_440
	Cu-00002	188	162	175	U-Pb									Cu	13863	Gersdorf, Roßwein, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany	Gersdorf	Bielicki and Tischendorf (1991)	10.1007/BF00321987	CMP106_440

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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