Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bräunsdorf, Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 203290
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-203290.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bräunsdorf, Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Gnade Gottes Mine
Goldene Rose Mine
Kühschacht
Neue Gabe Gottes Mine
Neue Hoffnung Gottes Mine
Siegfried Mine
Verträgliche Gesellschaft Mine

Latitude: 50°56'17"N
Longitude: 13°12'45"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.938055555556,13.2125

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	Allophane	Andalusite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Berthierite	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite
Copper	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Humboldtine	Marcasite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Oxalate	Perovskite	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Skutterudite	Sphalerite	Spinel
Stibnite	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite	Xanthoconite	Zinkenite

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 Co Cu F Fe H Mn Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba Ca Cu F Fe O S Si Sn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Andalusite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Berthierite Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite
Copper Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Halotrichite Humboldtine Marcasite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Oxalate Perovskite Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Skutterudite Sphalerite Spinel
Stibnite Sulphur Tetrahedrite Xanthoconite Zinkenite

52 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Allophane ()*	Almandine ()*	Anatase ()*	Andalusite ()*
Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Baryte ()*	Berthierite ()*
Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chapmanite ()*	Diaphorite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Freieslebenite ()*
Fülöppite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halotrichite ()*	Jamesonite ()*
Kermesite ()*	Kutnohorite ()*	Lindbergite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Miargyrite ()*	Nickelskutterudite ()*	Pitticite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Proustite ()*
Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrostilpnite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Scorodite ()*	Semseyite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stephanite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Strontianite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Valentinite ()*	Zinkenite ()*

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	1	62898	2793
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	461	260	1	62898	470
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	461	260	0		2353
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	461	260	1	62898	2162
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	461	260	0		1310
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	461	260	1	62898	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	461	260	1	62898	9052
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	461	260	1	62898	919
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	461	260	0		11547
Berthierite ()*	Berthierite	FeSb₂S₄	461	260	2	62896,62898	343
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	310	260	1	62898	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	461	260	1	62898	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	461	260	1	62898	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	310	260	0		5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	461	260	0		27198
Chapmanite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂Sb³⁺(Si₂O₅)O₃(OH)	461	260	1	62898	31
Diaphorite ()*	None	Ag₃Pb₂Sb₃S₈	310	260	1	62898	126
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	461	260	0		9617
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	461	260	1	62898	663
Freieslebenite ()*	None	AgPbSbS₃	310	260	1	62898	105
Fülöppite ()*	None	Pb₃Sb₈S₁₅	310	260	1	62898	55
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	310	260	1	62898	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	461	260	1	62898	6890
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	461	260	1	62898	409
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	310	260	1	62898	784
Kermesite ()*	None	Sb₂OS₂	461	260	1	62898	230
Kutnohorite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(CO₃)₂	461	260	1	62898	234
Lindbergite ()*	Humboldtine Oxalate	Mn(C₂O₄)·2H₂O	461	260	1	62898	12
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	461	260	0		14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	461	260	1	62898	5674
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	310	260	1	62898	300
Nickelskutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	(Ni,Co,Fe)As₃	461	289	1	62898	176
Pitticite ()*	None	[Fe,AsO₄,SO₄,H₂O] (?)	461	260	1	62898	140
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	461	260	1	62898	716
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	310	260	1	62898	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	310	260	1	62898	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	461	260	1	62898	39462
Pyrostilpnite ()*	Xanthoconite	Ag₃SbS₃	310	260	1	62898	84
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	461	260	0		9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	310	260	2	62896,62898	61156
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	461	260	1	62898	1153
Semseyite ()*	None	Pb₉Sb₈S₂₁	310	260	1	62898	165
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	461	260	1	62898	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	310	260	1	62898	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	310	260	1	62898	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	310	260	1	62898	586
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	461	260	1	62898	3418
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	461	260	1	62898	589
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	461	260	1	62898	2045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	461	260	1	62898	5317
Valentinite ()*	None	Sb₂O₃	461	260	1	62898	369
Zinkenite ()*	Zinkenite	Pb₉Sb₂₂S₄₂	310	260	1	62896	228

3 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

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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