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:
Zenith Mine Field, Oberschöna, Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 203298
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-203298.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zenith Mine Field, Oberschöna, Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Dorothea Mine
Friedrich August Mine
Unverhoffter Segen Gottes Mine

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	Marcasite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

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: As Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Marcasite Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Arsenopyrite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*
Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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	461	260	1	62956	9052
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	461	260	1	62956	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	461	260	1	62956	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	461	260	1	62956	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	310	260	1	62956	24243
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	461	260	1	62956	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	461	260	1	62956	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	461	260	1	62956	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	310	260	1	62956	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	310	260	1	62956	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	461	260	1	62956	5317

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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