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

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

mindat Locality ID: 203297
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-203297.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Oberschöna, Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Frankenstein
Quartzite Quarry
Zenith Mine Field

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

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 B Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteArsenopyriteBaryteBrookiteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayCopperCorundum
FluoriteMarcasiteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutile
SphaleriteStanniteTetrahedriteTourmaline

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anatase  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bornite  (*)Brookite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Clinochlore  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Schorl  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S3102601629512793
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO24612601629522162
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)24612601629513092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS461260362951,62952,629569052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)46126016295111547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4461260262951,629565516
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2461260162952700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)46126016295127770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S461260262951,629565707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2461260262951,6295627198
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)84612601629521756
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF24612601629519617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS310260262951,6295624243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O346126016295214640
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2461260262951,629565674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)246126016295217380
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3310260162951733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS33102601629511425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2461260362951,62952,6295639462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8461260262951,629569056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2310260362951,62952,6295661156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO24612601629525614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)4612601629522705
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)4612601629516417
Silver  (*)CopperAg3102601629515186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS310260262951,6295621482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4461260162951668
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13461260262951,629565317



3 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 


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