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Locality Name:
Neuenberg, Ste Marie-aux-Mines (Markirch), Haut-Rhin, Grand Est, France

Oldest recorded age at locality: 338
Youngest recorded age at locality: 270

mindat Locality ID: 209381
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-209381.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Neuenberg, Ste Marie-aux-Mines (Markirch), Haut-Rhin, Grand Est, France": 34
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 28

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Chrétien Vein
Haus Rappoltstein Vein
Sankt Jakob Vein
Sankt Johann Vein
Sankt Ludwig Vein
Sankt Wilhelm Vein

Latitude: 48°13'6"N
Longitude: 7°9'14"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.218333333333,7.1538888888889
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 Ba Bi C Ca Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllargentumAllophaneAluniteAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteAramayoiteArsenicArseniosiderite
ArsenolampriteArsenoliteArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteBrochantiteCalciteChalcophylliteChalcopyriteChalcostibite
ClayCobaltiteCopperCoquimbiteCorundumCovelliteCubaniteCyanotrichiteDervilliteDevilline
DiasporeFairfielditeFluckiteFluoriteGypsumHureauliteKaoliniteKobelliteLöllingiteLinarite
LindackeriteMalachiteMarcasiteMeneghiniteMixiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOrpimentPavonite
PerovskitePharmacosideritePolybasitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSkutteruditeSphalerite
SpinelStibniteSymplesiteTetrahedriteTyroliteVivianiteWurtziteXanthoconite

136 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Aikinite  (*)Anatase  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)
Annabergite  (*)Annivite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Aramayoite  (*)Argentopyrite  (*)
Arsenic  (*)Arseniosiderite  (*)Arsenolamprite  (*)Arsenolite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)Baryte  (*)Baumstarkite  (*)Berryite  (*)
Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcophyllite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chongite  (*)
Chromite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Clinoclase  (*)Clinosafflorite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)
Copper  (*)Cornubite  (*)Cornwallite  (*)Cosalite  (*)Cotunnite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Cuprobismutite  (*)Cyanotrichite  (*)
Dervillite  (*)Devilline  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dyscrasite  (*)Emplectite  (*)
Erythrite  (*)Ferrarisite  (*)Fluckite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gibbsite  (*)Giftgrubeite  (*)Glaucodot  (*)Goethite  (*)Graphite  (*)
Guérinite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Haidingerite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)
Hörnesite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kobellite  (*)
Langite  (*)Lautite  (*)Lead  (*)Linarite  (*)Löllingite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Matildite  (*)Mcnearite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)
Mimetite  (*)Mirabilite  (*)Mixite  (*)Monohydrocalcite  (*)Nickeline  (*)
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Orpiment  (*)Orthoserpierite  (*)Paracoquimbite  (*)
Pararammelsbergite  (*)Parasymplesite  (*)Pavonite  (*)Pearceite  (*)Pharmacolite  (*)
Phaunouxite  (*)Picropharmacolite  (*)Pitticite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)
Proustite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rammelsbergite  (*)Rauenthalite  (*)Realgar  (*)
Richelsdorfite  (*)Rösslerite  (*)Rutile  (*)Safflorite  (*)Sainfeldite  (*)
Scorodite  (*)Semseyite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Skutterudite  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Strashimirite  (*)
Symplesite  (*)Talmessite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tyrolite  (*)
Villyaellenite  (*)Weilite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Xanthoconite  (*)
Zálesíite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S338270654017,54020,54021,54032,54041,540502793
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS3338270254032,54038315
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO233827002162
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)33827002734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2338270854032,54033,54036,54038,54041,54045,54048,540503092
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O338270454017,54020,54021,54034445
Annivite  (*)TetrahedriteCu6[Cu4(Fe,Zn)2](Bi,Sb,As)4S133382701540387
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)338270454034,54041,54044,540483250
Aramayoite  (*)AramayoiteAg3Sb2(Bi,Sb)S633827015403229
Argentopyrite  (*)CubaniteAgFe2S333827015403253
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs338270954017,54020,54021,54023,54032,54033,54034,54041,54050379
Arseniosiderite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(AsO4)3·3H2O338270154037194
Arsenolamprite  (*)ArsenolampriteAs33827015403219
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O3338270254032,54033231
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS338270554017,54020,54021,54032,540509052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2338270354037,54038,540415509
Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteBa0.5Fe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·5H2O338270154037150
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)338270554025,54037,54038,54041,5404311547
Baumstarkite  (*)AramayoiteAg3Sb3S63382701540326
Berryite  (*)MeneghiniteCu3Ag2Pb3Bi7S16338270254023,5403250
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi3382701540321966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3338270254032,540381935
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS33382701540321089
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)63382701540351633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3382701254017,54020,54021,54032,54033,54037,54041,54042,54045,54046,54048,5405027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)3382701540414979
Chalcophyllite  (*)ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24·36H2O338270254037,54038194
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2338270854032,54033,54036,54037,54038,54041,54042,5405027198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl3382701540321382
Chongite  (*)HureauliteCa3Mg2(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)2·4H2O3382701540333
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O43382701540413902
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O3382701540503531
Clinoclase  (*)NoneCu3(AsO4)(OH)3338270254037,54038127
Clinosafflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs2338270354017,54020,5402121
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS338270354017,54020,54021966
Copper  (*)CopperCu338270254033,540423846
Cornubite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)4338270354034,54037,54038109
Cornwallite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)4338270254037,54038175
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S5338270254032,54038344
Cotunnite  (*)NonePbCl233827015405054
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS33827004165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3338270454032,54033,54041,54048802
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O338270354037,54038,540422970
Cuprobismutite  (*)NoneCu8AgBi13S2433827015403843
Cyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)2338270154037179
Dervillite  (*)DervilliteAg2AsS23382701540324
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O338270154037366
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2338270654032,54033,54037,54041,54045,540509895
Dyscrasite  (*)AllargentumAg3+xSb1-x (x ≈ 0.2)338270154032180
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS2338270254032,54038246
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O338270654017,54020,54021,54037,54038,54045814
Ferrarisite  (*)LindackeriteCa5(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2·9H2O00254032,5403311
Fluckite  (*)FluckiteCaMn2+(AsO3OH)2·2H2O00254032,540334
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2338270954031,54033,54036,54037,54038,54041,54045,54048,540509617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS338270654025,54032,54041,54042,54043,5404824243
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)33382700504
Giftgrubeite  (*)HureauliteCaMn2Ca2(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)2·4H2O338270254032,540333
Glaucodot  (*)Arsenopyrite(Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS338270354017,54020,54021131
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)3382701540387437
Graphite  (*)NoneC3382701540412812
Guérinite  (*)NoneCa5(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2·9H2O338270254032,5403331
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O338270354032,54037,540386890
Haidingerite  (*)NoneCa(AsO3OH)·H2O338270254032,5403317
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3338270254032,5404114640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O33827001689
Hörnesite  (*)VivianiteMg3(AsO4)2·8H2O338270554017,54020,54021,54032,54033103
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)63382701540411066
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)633827002228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)43382701540325591
Kobellite  (*)KobellitePb11(Cu,Fe)2(Bi,Sb)15S35338270254032,5403887
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O338270154038593
Lautite  (*)NoneCuAsS338270254023,5403232
Lead  (*)CopperPb3382700192
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2338270154041987
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2338270854017,54020,54021,54032,54033,54041,54048,54050762
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2338270554032,54037,54038,54041,5404212537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS23382701540325674
Matildite  (*)NoneAgBiS2338270154032252
Mcnearite  (*)NoneNaCa5(AsO4)(AsO3OH)4·4H2O3382701540324
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS2338270154032300
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl3382701540321107
Mirabilite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)·10H2O338270154032223
Mixite  (*)MixiteCu6Bi(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O3382700168
Monohydrocalcite  (*)NoneCa(CO3)·H2O338270254048,5405055
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs338270454017,54020,54021,54034633
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Skutterudite Perovskite(Ni,Co,Fe)As3338270654017,54020,54021,54023,54032,54034176
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)338270154037492
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S3338270254032,54033511
Orthoserpierite  (*)NoneCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O33827015403240
Paracoquimbite  (*)CoquimbiteFe3+4(SO4)6(H2O)12·6H2O338270030
Pararammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs233827015403452
Parasymplesite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O338270854017,54020,54021,54037,54038,54041,54045,54050124
Pavonite  (*)PavoniteAgBi3S533827015403272
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]338270254032,54050249
Pharmacolite  (*)GypsumCa(AsO3OH)·2H2O338270354032,54033,54045105
Phaunouxite  (*)NoneCa3(AsO4)2·11H2O338270254032,5403314
Picropharmacolite  (*)NoneCa4Mg(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2·11H2O338270754017,54020,54021,54032,54033,54045,5404899
Pitticite  (*)None[Fe,AsO4,SO4,H2O] (?)338270454017,54020,54021,54041140
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]338270354032,54041,54050716
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O3382700309
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3338270554032,54033,54041,54048,54050733
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)4338270254037,54038369
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3338270254032,540501425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2338270354032,54036,5404139462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl338270254032,540431725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S833827009056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23382701754017,54020,54021,54023,54025,54031,54032,54033,54036,54037,54038,54041,54042,54043,54045,54048,5405061156
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs2338270354023,54032,54034233
Rauenthalite  (*)NoneCa3(AsO4)2·10H2O338270654017,54020,54021,54032,54033,5403423
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS338270254032,54033712
Richelsdorfite  (*)NoneCa2Cu5Sb5+(AsO4)4(OH)6Cl·6H2O33827015403357
Rösslerite  (*)NoneMg(AsO3OH)·7H2O33827015403216
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO233827005614
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs2338270554017,54020,54021,54032,54045317
Sainfeldite  (*)HureauliteCa5(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)2·4H2O338270554017,54020,54021,54032,5403328
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O338270554017,54020,54021,54032,540331153
Semseyite  (*)NonePb9Sb8S21338270154032165
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)3382701540326417
Silver  (*)CopperAg3382701054017,54020,54021,54032,54033,54035,54041,54043,54045,540485186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs3338270954017,54020,54021,54022,54023,54032,54033,54037,54045531
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)33827002473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS338270554025,54032,54037,54041,5404221482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS4338270154041586
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S333827003418
Strashimirite  (*)NoneCu4(AsO4)2(OH)2·2.5H2O33827015403790
Symplesite  (*)SymplesiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O33827015405092
Talmessite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Mg(AsO4)2·2H2O338270046
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13338270554032,54037,54038,54041,540451803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13338270654023,54025,54032,54033,54041,540485317
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O338270354037,54038,54048245
Villyaellenite  (*)Hureaulite(Mn,Ca)Mn2Ca2(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2·4H2O3382701540334
Weilite  (*)NoneCa(AsO3OH)338270254032,5403319
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS3338270154032297
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO4338270254042,540431655
Xanthoconite  (*)XanthoconiteAg3AsS3338270454032,54033,54041,5405089
Zálesíite  (*)MixiteCaCu6(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)(OH)6·3H2O338270084


1 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
Kristen002428338270Neo/Late-Variscan age mineralization   Yes Cu, Ag, As, Pb, Zn1673Ste Marie-aux-Mines (Markirch), Haut-Rhin, Grand Est, FranceSainte Marie-aux-MinesHafeznia et al. (2012) GRA14_2012 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060273Giftgrube Mine, Sankt Jakob Vein, Neuenberg, Ste Marie-aux-Mines (Markirch), Haut-Rhin, Grand Est, Francehttps://rruff.info/R060273

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