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Locality Name:
Zobes-Bergen District, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 327
Youngest recorded age at locality: 313

mindat Locality ID: 211837
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-211837.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zobes-Bergen District, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Bergen U Deposit
Zobes U Deposit

Latitude: 50°28'3"N
Longitude: 12°15'16"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.4675,12.254444444444
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: Al As B Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si U W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneApatiteArsenicArsenopyriteAutuniteBaryteBerylBismutiteBrochantiteCalcite
ChalcopyriteClayColumbiteCorundumDiasporeFeldsparFluoriteGarnetGypsumMalachite
MarcasiteMeneghiniteMeta-autuniteMicaMixiteMolybdeniteNickelineNonePhosphuranylitePyrite
QuartzScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTourmalineVesuvianite

53 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Allophane  (*)Andradite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Arsenuranylite  (*)
Autunite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bergenite  (*)Billietite  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Boltwoodite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cordierite  (*)Dewindtite  (*)Eulytine  (*)Ferberite  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Gladite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hematite  (*)Kasolite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Meta-autunite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)Metauranocircite-I  (*)Mixite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Phosphuranylite  (*)Phurcalite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Reichenbachite  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Schorl  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Torbernite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranocircite-II  (*)
Uranophane-α  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Zeunerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)3273131631308803
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O327313163133470
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)33273131631331534
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS3273131631319052
Arsenuranylite  (*)PhosphuranyliteCa(UO2)4(AsO4)2(OH)4·6H2O3273131631307
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O327313263130,631331272
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)327313663129,63130,63131,63133,63134,6313711547
Bergenite  (*)PhosphuranyliteCa2Ba4(UO2)9O6(PO4)6·16H2O327313363129,63130,631339
Billietite  (*)NoneBa(UO2)6O4(OH)6·8H2O32731316313038
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi3273131631311966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S33273131631311935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)327313263129,63133716
Boltwoodite  (*)None(K,Na)(UO2)(SiO3OH)·1.5H2O32731316313067
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6327313263130,631331633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)327313263130,6313127770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2327313263130,6313127198
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O183273131631301008
Dewindtite  (*)PhosphuranyliteH2Pb3(UO2)6O4(PO4)4·12H2O32731316313082
Eulytine  (*)NoneBi4(SiO4)332731316313372
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)327313163131551
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F3273131631302740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF23273131631319617
Gladite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBi5S932731316313167
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)3273131631307437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O3273131631306890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3327313463129,63130,63133,6313414640
Kasolite  (*)NonePb(UO2)(SiO4)·H2O327313163130198
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4327313263131,6313314899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2327313263130,6313312537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS23273131631315674
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O327313163130388
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O327313163130443
Metauranocircite-I  (*)NoneBa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O32731316313038
Mixite  (*)MixiteCu6Bi(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O327313163133168
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS23273131631315800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)232731316313017380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)327313263130,631312349
Phosphuranylite  (*)PhosphuranyliteKCa(H3O)3(UO2)7(PO4)4O4·8H2O327313263130,63133182
Phurcalite  (*)PhosphuranyliteCa2(UO2)3O2(PO4)2·7H2O32731316313020
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)4327313163130369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS232731316313139462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S83273131631319056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2327313563129,63130,63131,63133,6313461156
Reichenbachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)432731316313026
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)3273131631314894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)327313263130,631332705
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS32731316313121482
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O327313263130,631331059
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2327313463129,63130,63131,631342718
Uranocircite-II  (*)NoneBa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10H2O327313363129,63130,6313389
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O327313263130,63133890
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)103273131631311395
Zeunerite  (*)AutuniteCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·12H2O327313163130185


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Giersdorf_00000647Tirpersdorf is an old Uranium prospect that delves into the Bergen Massif. The town of Tirpersdorf is located approximately 4 km SSW of the town of Bergen, the namesake of the granite body found in the area. The Bergen Massif is one of many Variscan granite bodies found in the Erzgebirge area in the eastern part of Germany on the border with the Czech Republic.


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
Giersdorf_00000647327313320±7U-Th-PbAge window of the samples on this paper fit into the range of 315-325 Ma, supporting a magmatic origin for the uraninite in the granite bodies as suggested by textural relationships. The uraninite grains studied are expressed to have had little alterationuraninite  YesUraniniteUraninite 16022Tirpersdorf, Oelsnitz, Vogtland, Saxony, GermanyBergen MassifFörster (1999)10.1180/002646199548466MM63_239Chemically derived uraninite ages for the Bergen granite

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070721Streuberg Quarry, Bergen, Bergen U Deposit, Zobes-Bergen District, Vogtland, Saxony, Germanyhttps://rruff.info/R070721

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