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Locality Name:
Brand-Erbisdorf, Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 15807
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15807.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Brand-Erbisdorf, Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Einigkeit Mine
Himmelsfürst Mine
Reicher Bergsegen Mine
Vereinigt Feld Mine

Latitude: 50°51'24"N
Longitude: 13°18'8"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.856666666667,13.302222222222
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: Ag Al As Ba Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe Ge H Mg Mn Mo Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAmorphousApatiteAragoniteArgyroditeArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyrite
ClayCopperCorundumEpsomiteFluoriteGarnetHarmotomeKaoliniteKaňkiteMarcasite
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePolybasitePyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSkutterudite
SphaleriteTetrahedriteVivianiteXanthoconite

52 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Almandine  (*)Anatase  (*)Ankerite  (*)Annabergite  (*)
Argyrodite  (*)Arsenic  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Barytocalcite  (*)
Brianyoungite  (*)Calcite  (*)Canfieldite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Epsomite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Eulytine  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Freibergite  (*)Freieslebenite  (*)Galena  (*)Harmotome  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hydrozincite  (*)Ilsemannite  (*)Jordisite  (*)Kaňkite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Nacrite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Nickelskutterudite  (*)Opal  (*)
Pitticite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrostilpnite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Witherite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Xanthoconite  (*)Zýkaite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S310260262882,628902793
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)34612601628842353
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO24612601628842162
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)24612601628873092
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O461289162882445
Argyrodite  (*)ArgyroditeAg8GeS6310260262882,6289162
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs461260162882379
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS4612601628849052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)461260362882,62884,6288711547
Barytocalcite  (*)NoneBaCa(CO3)246126016288283
Brianyoungite  (*)NoneZn3(CO3)(OH)4310260262882,6288479
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)461260262884,6289027770
Canfieldite  (*)ArgyroditeAg8SnS631026016288291
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS246126016288427198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)24612601628849895
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O461260162882484
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O461289162882814
Eulytine  (*)NoneBi4(SiO4)346126016289072
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O461260162884345
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2461260262882,628849617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12461260162882663
Freieslebenite  (*)NoneAgPbSbS3310260162882105
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS31026016288424243
Harmotome  (*)HarmotomeBa2(Si12Al4)O32·12H2O461260162884290
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O346126016288214640
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)63102601628881066
Ilsemannite  (*)NoneMo3O8·nH2O (?)461260162884123
Jordisite  (*)AmorphousMoS2461260262882,62884102
Kaňkite  (*)KaňkiteFe3+(AsO4)·3.5H2O46126016289238
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)44612601628815591
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2461260262882,628905674
Nacrite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4461260262881,62884112
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs461289162882633
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Skutterudite Perovskite(Ni,Co,Fe)As3461289162882176
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O4612601628902994
Pitticite  (*)None[Fe,AsO4,SO4,H2O] (?)461260162882140
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]461260162882716
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3310260262882,62890733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS33102601628821425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2461260262884,6289039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl3102601628821725
Pyrostilpnite  (*)XanthoconiteAg3SbS3310260262882,6289084
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2310260362882,62884,6289161156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)4612601628821711
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)461260262882,628886417
Silver  (*)CopperAg310260262882,628905186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS310260262882,6288421482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS4310260162882586
Witherite  (*)AragoniteBa(CO3)461260162882251
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO43102601628841655
Xanthoconite  (*)XanthoconiteAg3AsS331026016288289
Zýkaite  (*)NoneFe3+4(AsO4)3(SO4)(OH)·15H2O001628928


4 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-0427310260310-260 Age of magmatic-hydrothermal mineralization   YesQuartzPb, Zn, Cu, Ag, Sn, Au1832Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, GermanyFreibergSeifert (2008) BOOK_MPLMEV_2008 
Co-00069319289304U-Th-Pb    Yes Co, Ni, Cu1832Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, GermanyFreibergBielicki and Tischendorf (1991)10.1007/BF00321987CMP106_440 
Co-00070461433447U-Pb    Yes Co, Ni, Cu1832Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, GermanyFreibergBielicki and Tischendorf (1991)10.1007/BF00321987CMP106_440 
Alexandra-0428310260310-260 Age of magmatic-hydrothermal mineralization     Ag, Sb, Pb, Zn, Au, Sn15807Brand-Erbisdorf, Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, GermanyBrand-ErbisdorfSeifert (2008) BOOK_MPLMEV_2008 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R050437Himmelsfürst Mine, Brand-Erbisdorf, Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germanyhttps://rruff.info/R050437

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