Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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

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

mindat Locality ID: 1884
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1884.html

Tectonic Settings: Collisional Boundary

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Himmelsfürst Mine, Brand-Erbisdorf, Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Franken Shaft
Glückauf Shaft
Himmelsfürst Shaft
Lade Des Bundes Shaft
Reichelt Shaft
Vertrau-auf-Gott Shaft

Latitude: 50°51'24"N
Longitude: 13°18'8"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.856666666667,13.302222222222

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	Amorphous	Apatite	Aragonite	Argyrodite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Copper	Corundum	Epsomite	Fluorite	Garnet	Harmotome	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Skutterudite	Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite	Vivianite	Xanthoconite

Acanthite ()*	Almandine ()*	Anatase ()*	Ankerite ()*	Annabergite ()*
Argyrodite ()*	Arsenic ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Barytocalcite ()*
Brianyoungite ()*	Calcite ()*	Canfieldite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epsomite ()*	Erythrite ()*	Ferrimolybdite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Freibergite ()*
Freieslebenite ()*	Galena ()*	Harmotome ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*
Ilsemannite ()*	Jordisite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Nacrite ()*	Nickeline ()*
Nickelskutterudite ()*	Pitticite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrostilpnite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Witherite ()*
Wulfenite ()*	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 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: Ag As Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe Ge H Mg Mn Ni O P Pb S Sb Sn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amorphous Apatite Aragonite Argyrodite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite
Clay Copper Corundum Epsomite Fluorite Garnet Harmotome Kaolinite Marcasite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Perovskite Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Skutterudite Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite Vivianite Xanthoconite

47 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	310	260	0		2793
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	461	260	1	62884	2353
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	461	260	1	62884	2162
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	461	260	1	62887	3092
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	461	289	0		445
Argyrodite ()*	Argyrodite	Ag₈GeS₆	310	260	0		62
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As	461	260	0		379
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	461	260	1	62884	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	461	260	2	62884,62887	11547
Barytocalcite ()*	None	BaCa(CO₃)₂	461	260	0		83
Brianyoungite ()*	None	Zn₃(CO₃)(OH)₄	310	260	1	62884	79
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	461	260	1	62884	27770
Canfieldite ()*	Argyrodite	Ag₈SnS₆	310	260	0		91
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	461	260	1	62884	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	461	260	1	62884	9895
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	461	260	0		484
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	461	289	0		814
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	461	260	1	62884	345
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	461	260	1	62884	9617
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	461	260	0		663
Freieslebenite ()*	None	AgPbSbS₃	310	260	0		105
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	310	260	1	62884	24243
Harmotome ()*	Harmotome	Ba₂(Si₁₂Al₄)O₃₂·12H₂O	461	260	1	62884	290
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	461	260	0		14640
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	310	260	1	62888	1066
Ilsemannite ()*	None	Mo₃O₈·nH₂O (?)	461	260	1	62884	123
Jordisite ()*	Amorphous	MoS₂	461	260	1	62884	102
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	461	260	0		5674
Nacrite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	461	260	1	62884	112
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	461	289	0		633
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	62884	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	310	260	0		1725
Pyrostilpnite ()*	Xanthoconite	Ag₃SbS₃	310	260	0		84
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	310	260	1	62884	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	461	260	0		1711
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	461	260	1	62888	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	310	260	0		5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	310	260	1	62884	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	310	260	0		586
Witherite ()*	Aragonite	Ba(CO₃)	461	260	0		251
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	310	260	1	62884	1655
Xanthoconite ()*	Xanthoconite	Ag₃AsS₃	310	260	0		89

4 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
Alexandra-0428	310	260	310-260		Age of magmatic-hydrothermal mineralization	Yes		Ag, Sb, Pb, Zn, Au, Sn	15807	Brand-Erbisdorf, Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany	Brand-Erbisdorf	Seifert (2008)		BOOK_MPLMEV_2008

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050437	Himmelsfürst Mine, Brand-Erbisdorf, Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany	https://rruff.info/R050437

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