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

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

mindat Locality ID: 211838
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-211838.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bergen, Bergen U Deposit, Zobes-Bergen District, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Shaft 254 (Streuberg Dump)
Streuberg Quarry

Latitude: 50°28'4"N
Longitude: 12°15'16"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.467777777778,12.254444444444
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 Na O P Pb S Si U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAutuniteBaryteBerylBismutiteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCorundum
DiasporeFeldsparFluoriteGypsumMalachiteMeta-autuniteMicaNonePhosphuranyliteQuartz
Tourmaline

35 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Arsenuranylite  (*)Autunite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bergenite  (*)
Billietite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Boltwoodite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cordierite  (*)Dewindtite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Kasolite  (*)Malachite  (*)Meta-autunite  (*)
Metatorbernite  (*)Metauranocircite-I  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Phosphuranylite  (*)
Phurcalite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)Quartz  (*)Reichenbachite  (*)Schorl  (*)
Torbernite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranocircite-II  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)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
Arsenuranylite  (*)PhosphuranyliteCa(UO2)4(AsO4)2(OH)4·6H2O3273131631307
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O3273131631301272
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)327313263129,6313011547
Bergenite  (*)PhosphuranyliteCa2Ba4(UO2)9O6(PO4)6·16H2O327313263129,631309
Billietite  (*)NoneBa(UO2)6O4(OH)6·8H2O32731316313038
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)327313163129716
Boltwoodite  (*)None(K,Na)(UO2)(SiO3OH)·1.5H2O32731316313067
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)63273131631301633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)32731316313027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS232731316313027198
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O183273131631301008
Dewindtite  (*)PhosphuranyliteH2Pb3(UO2)6O4(PO4)4·12H2O32731316313082
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F3273131631302740
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)3273131631307437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O3273131631306890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3327313263129,6313014640
Kasolite  (*)NonePb(UO2)(SiO4)·H2O327313163130198
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)232731316313012537
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O327313163130388
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O327313163130443
Metauranocircite-I  (*)NoneBa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O32731316313038
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)232731316313017380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)3273131631302349
Phosphuranylite  (*)PhosphuranyliteKCa(H3O)3(UO2)7(PO4)4O4·8H2O327313163130182
Phurcalite  (*)PhosphuranyliteCa2(UO2)3O2(PO4)2·7H2O32731316313020
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)4327313163130369
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2327313263129,6313061156
Reichenbachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)432731316313026
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)3273131631302705
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O3273131631301059
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2327313263129,631302718
Uranocircite-II  (*)NoneBa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10H2O327313263129,6313089
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O327313163130890
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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