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Locality Name:
Altenberg, Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge District, Saxony, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 453
Youngest recorded age at locality: 260

mindat Locality ID: 146104
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146104.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Altenberg, Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge District, Saxony, Germany": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Römer Shaft
Schellerhau
Tin Mine

Latitude: 50°46'15"N
Longitude: 13°41'40"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.770833333333,13.694444444444
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 As Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti U W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmorphousAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteAutuniteBaryteBastnäsite
BerylBrochantiteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteClayClinozoisiteCopperCoronadite
CorundumCovelliteDiasporeEnargiteEpidoteFeldsparFluoceriteFluoriteGarnetGypsum
KaoliniteLöllingiteLepidocrociteLinariteMalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMeneghiniteMicaMolybdenite
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSmectite-vermiculiteSphalerite
SpinelStanniteStibniteTalcTetrahedriteTopazTungstiteWurtziteZircon

87 IMA Minerals at location:
Aikinite  (*)Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)
Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Autunite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)Beryl  (*)Bismite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Cuprite  (*)Dickite  (*)Dioptase  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Emplectite  (*)Enargite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluocerite-(Ce)  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hematite  (*)Ilsemannite  (*)Jordisite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)
Linarite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Melanterite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Molybdite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Nacrite  (*)Nontronite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Opal  (*)Orthoclase  (*)
Pitticite  (*)Prosopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Romanèchite  (*)Russellite  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Scorodite  (*)Siderite  (*)Siderophyllite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)
Stolzite  (*)Talc  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Topaz  (*)
Torbernite  (*)Tungstite  (*)Uranopilite  (*)Walpurgite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Zeunerite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS3326.4315.5163028315
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)326.4315.51630288803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)3326.4315.51630282353
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)326.4315.51630282734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2326.4315.51630283092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)326.4315.51630283250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS326.4315.51630289052
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O326.4315.51630281272
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2326.4315.51630285509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)326.4315.516302811547
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)BastnäsiteCe(CO3)F326.4315.5163028304
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18326.4315.51630284286
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O3326.4315.5163028214
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi326.4315.51630281966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3326.4260263026,630281935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4326.4315.51630285516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6326.4315.51630281633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)326.4315.516302827770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2326.4315.51630285171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)326.4315.51630284979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O326.4315.5163028925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S326.4315.51630285707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2326.4315.516302827198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O326.4315.51630283531
Copper  (*)CopperCu326.4315.51630283846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS326.4315.51630284165
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16326.4315.5163028599
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O326.4315.51630282970
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4326.4315.5163028651
Dioptase  (*)NoneCuSiO3·H2O326.4315.5163028164
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2326.4315.51630289895
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS2326.4315.5163028246
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4326.4315.5163028910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)326.4315.51630288173
Fluocerite-(Ce)  (*)FluoceriteCeF3326.4315.516302845
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F326.4315.51630282740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2326.4260263026,630289617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS326.4315.516302824243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)326.4315.51630287437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O326.4315.51630286890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3326.4315.516302814640
Ilsemannite  (*)NoneMo3O8·nH2O (?)326.4315.5163028123
Jordisite  (*)AmorphousMoS2326.4315.5163028102
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4326.4315.51630285591
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)326.4315.5163028581
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2326.4315.5163028987
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2326.4315.5163028762
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4326.4315.516302814899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2326.4315.516302812537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2326.4315.51630285674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O326.4315.5163028915
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl326.4315.51630281107
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2326.4315.51630285800
Molybdite  (*)NoneMoO3326.4315.5163028140
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2326.4315.516302817380
Nacrite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4326.4315.5163028112
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O326.4315.5163028471
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)326.4315.5163028492
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O326.4315.51630282994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)326.4315.51630282349
Pitticite  (*)None[Fe,AsO4,SO4,H2O] (?)326.4315.5163028140
Prosopite  (*)NoneCaAl2F4(OH)4326.4315.516302839
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2326.4315.516302839462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2326.4315.51630283106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8326.4315.51630289056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2453260363026,63027,6302861156
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10326.4315.5163028312
Russellite  (*)NoneBi2WO6326.4315.516302840
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2326.4315.51630285614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)326.4315.51630284894
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O326.4315.51630281153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)326.4315.51630286417
Siderophyllite  (*)MicaKFe2+2Al(Si2Al2)O10(OH)2326.4315.516302892
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS326.4315.516302821482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4326.4315.5163028668
Stolzite  (*)ScheelitePb(WO4)326.4315.5163028156
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2326.4315.51630283337
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13326.4315.51630281803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13326.4315.51630285317
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F2326.4315.51630281476
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O326.4315.51630281059
Tungstite  (*)TungstiteWO3·H2O326.4315.5163028118
Uranopilite  (*)None(UO2)6(SO4)O2(OH)6·14H2O326.4315.516302894
Walpurgite  (*)NoneBi4O4(UO2)(AsO4)2·2H2O326.4315.516302838
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO4326.4315.51630281655
Zeunerite  (*)AutuniteCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·12H2O326.4315.5163028185
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)326.4315.51630285251


11 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
Alexandra-0425310260310-260 Age of magmatic-hydrothermal mineralization     Sn, Li, Mo, W, Bi, F146104Altenberg, Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge District, Saxony, GermanyAltenbergSeifert (2008) BOOK_MPLMEV_2008 
MDR_817-00026325.9321.9323.9±2Re-Os molybdenite   Molybdenite  146104Altenberg, Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge District, Saxony, GermanyAltenberg graniteRomer and Thomas (2005)10.1007/3-540-27946-6_208MDR_817 
Mo-00495329311320U-Th-Pb      Mo, Cu146104Altenberg, Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge District, Saxony, GermanyAltenbergBielicki and Tischendorf (1991)10.1007/BF00321987CMP106_440 
Mo-00496453423438U-Pb      Mo, Cu146104Altenberg, Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge District, Saxony, GermanyAltenbergBielicki and Tischendorf (1991)10.1007/BF00321987CMP106_440 
MDR_817-00027319.9315.9317.9±2Re-Os molybdenite   Molybdenite  146104Altenberg, Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge District, Saxony, GermanyAltenberg graniteRomer and Thomas (2005)10.1007/3-540-27946-6_208MDR_817 
MDR_817-00028309309c.309Ar-Ar biotite     146104Altenberg, Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge District, Saxony, GermanyAltenberg graniteRomer and Thomas (2005)10.1007/3-540-27946-6_208MDR_817 
MDR_817-00029341325333±8Pb-Pb zircon   Zircon  146104Altenberg, Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge District, Saxony, GermanyAltenberg graniteRomer and Thomas (2005)10.1007/3-540-27946-6_208MDR_817 
MDR_817-00030295285290±5Pb-Pb zircon   Zircon  146104Altenberg, Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge District, Saxony, GermanyAltenberg graniteRomer and Thomas (2005)10.1007/3-540-27946-6_208MDR_817 
MDR_817-00031310284297±13K-Ar amphibole     146104Altenberg, Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge District, Saxony, GermanyAltenberg graniteRomer and Thomas (2005)10.1007/3-540-27946-6_208MDR_817 
Mo-00015326.4321.4323.9±2.5Re-Os molybdenite5000  MolybdeniteJordisite, Molybdenite, Molybdite, Wulfenite, IlsemanniteMo1879Tin Mine, Altenberg, Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge District, Saxony, GermanyAltenbergRomer et al. (2007)10.1007/s00126-006-0114-2MD42_337 
Mo-00016320.3315.5317.9±2.4Re-Os molybdeniteTS 1  MolybdeniteJordisite, Molybdenite, Molybdite, Wulfenite, IlsemanniteMo1879Tin Mine, Altenberg, Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge District, Saxony, GermanyAltenbergRomer et al. (2007)10.1007/s00126-006-0114-2MD42_337 

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