Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Gottesberg, Tannenbergsthal, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 310
Youngest recorded age at locality: 260

mindat Locality ID: 192409
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-192409.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gottesberg, Tannenbergsthal, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Grummetstock Mine
Hahnewald Veins

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Arsenopyrite	Chalcopyrite	Columbite	Corundum	Fluorite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Spinel	Topaz	Tourmaline

Arsenopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Ferberite ()*	Galena ()*
Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Schorl ()*	Scorodite ()*	Topaz ()*	Torbernite ()*	Uraninite ()*

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 B Cu F Fe H Na Ni O P Pb S Si U W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Cu F Fe H Ni O P Pb S Si U W

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Columbite Corundum Fluorite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Spinel Topaz Tourmaline

15 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
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	309	297	0		9052
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	309	297	0		27198
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	309	297	0		2970
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	309	297	0		551
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	309	297	0		24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	309	297	0		14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	309	297	0		14899
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	309	297	0		633
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	309	297	0		39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	309	297	0		61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	310	260	1	63121	2705
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	309	297	0		1153
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	309	297	0		1476
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	309	297	0		1059
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	309	297	0		2718

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Age from other Locality	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Alexandra-0425	310	260	310-260		Age of magmatic-hydrothermal mineralization		Yes	Sn, Li, Mo, W, Bi, F	146104	Altenberg, Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge District, Saxony, Germany	Altenberg	Seifert (2008)		BOOK_MPLMEV_2008
Kristen000110	305	297	301±4	U-Th-Pb		monazite			192409	Gottesberg, Tannenbergsthal, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany	Gottesberg	Förster and Rhede (2006)	10.1127/0077-7757/2006/0055	NJMA182_307
Kristen000111	309	299	304±5	K-Ar		biotite			192409	Gottesberg, Tannenbergsthal, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany	Gottesberg	Förster and Rhede (2006)	10.1127/0077-7757/2006/0055	NJMA182_307

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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