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Locality Name:
Oelsnitz, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 450
Youngest recorded age at locality: 100

mindat Locality ID: 22445
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22445.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Oelsnitz, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany": 29
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 23

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Bösenbrunn
Dröda
Hartmannsgrün
Lauterbach
Schönbrunn
Tirpersdorf
Triebel

Latitude: 50°24'40"N
Longitude: 12°9'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.411111111111,12.166388888889

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 Be Bi C Ca Cd Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Ti U V W Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Cu H O P 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenopyrite
AutuniteBaryteBismutiteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCopper
CorundumCovelliteDiasporeDufréniteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteFritzscheiteGarnetGypsum
LöllingiteLepidocrociteMalachiteMarcasiteMedenbachiteMelanteriteMicaMixiteMolybdeniteNatroautunite
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePharmacosideritePhosphuranylitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutile
ScheeliteSchoepiteSkutteruditeSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStibniteSulphurTetrahedriteTourmaline
TurquoiseVesuvianiteVivianiteWollastoniteWurtziteWölsendorfiteZircon

130 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Andradite  (*)Anglesite  (*)
Ankerite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenic  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Asbolane  (*)Asselbornite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bassetite  (*)Bavenite  (*)Becquerelite  (*)Bergenite  (*)Bernalite  (*)
Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Bornite  (*)Breithauptite  (*)
Cacoxenite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carnotite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Churchite-(Y)  (*)Coffinite  (*)
Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Curite  (*)Dewindtite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Dufrénite  (*)Dumontite  (*)Dussertite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Erythrite  (*)Ferberite  (*)Ferro-hornblende  (*)Fluorite  (*)Fourmarierite  (*)
Francevillite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Grossular  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hügelite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Ilsemannite  (*)Iriginite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kasolite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)
Lithiophorite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Melanterite  (*)Meta-ankoleite  (*)Metaheinrichite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Mixite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Neustädtelite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Nickelskutterudite  (*)
Nontronite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Opal  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)
Parkerite  (*)Parsonsite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Preisingerite  (*)Proustite  (*)
Pucherite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rammelsbergite  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Russellite  (*)
Safflorite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Schumacherite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Silver  (*)Sklodowskite  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Soddyite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Strengite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Torbernite  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Turquoise  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranocircite-II  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)Vandendriesscheite  (*)
Vauquelinite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Walpurgite  (*)Witherite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Wölsendorfite  (*)Wroewolfeite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Yingjiangite  (*)Zeunerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S3273131630852793
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)450100263076,630848803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO22001001630592162
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3450100463059,63076,63084,630851534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)2001001630842734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2450100263062,630843092
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O450100363062,63084,63085445
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)2001001630623250
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs327100263062,63085379
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS450100263084,630859052
Asbolane  (*)Not in a structural groupMn4+(O,OH)2·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)x(OH)2x·nH2O327313163085143
Asselbornite  (*)NonePb(UO2)4(BiO)3(AsO4)2(OH)7·4H2O3273131630853
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2450100263062,630845509
Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteBa0.5Fe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·5H2O327313163085150
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)450100263084,6308511547
Bassetite  (*)NoneFe2+(UO2)2(PO4)2(H2O)1032731316308551
Bavenite  (*)NoneCa4Be2+xAl2-xSi9O26-x(OH)2+x (x = 0 to 1)327313163085255
Becquerelite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)6O4(OH)6·8H2O32731316308592
Bergenite  (*)PhosphuranyliteCa2Ba4(UO2)9O6(PO4)6·16H2O3273131630859
Bernalite  (*)PerovskiteFe(OH)34501001630848
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi450100363062,63084,630851966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3450100263084,630851935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)327313163085716
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS43273131630855516
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb450100263084,63085175
Cacoxenite  (*)NoneFe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O163079280
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)450100563059,63062,63076,63084,6308527770
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O3273131630851184
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)327100463059,63062,63084,630854979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O450100163084925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S450100263084,630855707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2450100463062,63076,63084,6308527198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O450100263062,630843531
Churchite-(Y)  (*)GypsumY(PO4)·2H2O32731316308570
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O327313163085566
Copper  (*)CopperCu450100263084,630853846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS450100263084,630854165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O4501001630842970
Curite  (*)NonePb3+x[(UO2)4O4+x(OH)3-x]2·2H2O32731316308551
Dewindtite  (*)PhosphuranyliteH2Pb3(UO2)6O4(PO4)4·12H2O32731316308582
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2327100363059,63062,630859895
Dufrénite  (*)DufréniteCa0.5Fe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O163079139
Dumontite  (*)NonePb2(UO2)3O2(PO4)2·5H2O32731316308520
Dussertite  (*)AluniteBaFe3+3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)632731316308533
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)450100463059,63076,63084,630858173
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O450100363062,63084,63085814
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)327313163085551
Ferro-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Fe2+4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2450100263076,63084271
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2327100663059,63062,63063,63084,63085,630879617
Fourmarierite  (*)SchoepitePb1-xO3-2x(UO2)4(OH)4+2x·4H2O32731316308561
Francevillite  (*)FritzscheiteBa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5H2O32731316308543
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS327100363062,63084,6308524243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)450100263084,630857437
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS450100263062,63084717
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)33273131630851544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O4501001630846890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3450100563062,63076,63082,63084,6308514640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O200100263062,630811689
Hügelite  (*)NonePb2(UO2)3(AsO4)2O2·5H2O3273131630858
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O34501001630845433
Ilsemannite  (*)NoneMo3O8·nH2O (?)327313163085123
Iriginite  (*)None(UO2)Mo6+2O7·3H2O32731316308515
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61630792228
Kasolite  (*)NonePb(UO2)(SiO4)·H2O327313163085198
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)450100163084581
Lithiophorite  (*)None(Al,Li)(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2(OH)2327313163085210
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2450100463059,63062,63084,63085762
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4327313263082,6308514899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2450100463059,63062,63084,6308512537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2450100263084,630855674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O450100163084915
Meta-ankoleite  (*)NatroautuniteK(UO2)(PO4)·3H2O32731316308510
Metaheinrichite  (*)NoneBa(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O32731316308519
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl327100363062,63084,630851107
Mixite  (*)MixiteCu6Bi(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O327313163085168
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS23273131630855800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)232731316308517380
Neustädtelite  (*)MedenbachiteBi2Fe3+(Fe3+,Co)2(O,OH)4(AsO4)232731316308517
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs327100263062,63085633
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Skutterudite Perovskite(Ni,Co,Fe)As3450100363062,63084,63085176
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O450100163084471
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)327313163085492
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O3273131630852994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)450100263084,630852349
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS450100363059,63062,63084767
Parkerite  (*)NoneNi3(Bi,Pb)2S220010016308455
Parsonsite  (*)NonePb2(UO2)(PO4)232731316308563
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O450100263059,63084428
Preisingerite  (*)NoneBi3O(AsO4)2(OH)32731316308553
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3327313163085733
Pucherite  (*)ScheeliteBi(VO4)32731316308553
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS33273131630851425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2450100663059,63062,63076,63082,63084,6308539462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2450100263084,630853106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl200100263062,630841725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8450100363062,63084,630859056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2327100563059,63062,63076,63084,6308561156
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs2327313163085233
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)4501001630841711
Russellite  (*)NoneBi2WO632731316308540
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs2327313163085317
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)3273131630854894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)3273131630852705
Schumacherite  (*)NoneBi3O(VO4)2(OH)32731316308512
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)450100263084,630856417
Silver  (*)CopperAg200100263062,630845186
Sklodowskite  (*)NoneMg(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·6H2O32731316308556
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs3450100363062,63084,63085531
Soddyite  (*)None(UO2)2(SiO4)(H2O)232731316308544
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS450100463062,63082,63084,6308521482
Strengite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·2H2O163079263
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS4501001630842045
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S133273131630851803
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O3273131630851059
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)23273131630852562
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O4502600484
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO23273131630852718
Uranocircite-II  (*)NoneBa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10H2O32731316308589
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O327313163085890
Vandendriesscheite  (*)NonePb1.6(UO2)10O6(OH)11·11H2O32731316308552
Vauquelinite  (*)NoneCuPb2(CrO4)(PO4)(OH)20010016308463
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)103273131630851395
Walpurgite  (*)NoneBi4O4(UO2)(AsO4)2·2H2O32731316308538
Witherite  (*)AragoniteBa(CO3)450100163084251
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO33273131630851247
Wölsendorfite  (*)WölsendorfitePb7(UO2)14O19(OH)4·12H2O32731316308543
Wroewolfeite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O32731316308595
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO44501001630841655
Yingjiangite  (*)PhosphuranyliteK2Ca(UO2)7(PO4)4(OH)6·6H2O3273131630859
Zeunerite  (*)AutuniteCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·12H2O327313163085185



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.


6 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-0432200100200-100 Age of hydrothermal mineralization   YesHematiteFe195687Pobershau, Marienberg District, Erzgebirge District, Saxony, GermanyPobershauSeifert (2008) BOOK_MPLMEV_2008 
Alexandra-0433200100200-100 Age of hydrothermal mineralization   YesFluoritePb, Ag33999Zschopau, Erzgebirge District, Saxony, GermanyZschopauSeifert (2008) BOOK_MPLMEV_2008 
Alexandra-0430310260310-260 Age of magmatic-hydrothermal mineralization    Fluorite, Quartz 211430Schönbrunn, Oelsnitz, Vogtland, Saxony, GermanySchönbrunnSeifert (2008) BOOK_MPLMEV_2008 
Co-00102290272281U-Th-Pb      Co, Mo211430Schönbrunn, Oelsnitz, Vogtland, Saxony, GermanySchönbrunnBielicki and Tischendorf (1991)10.1007/BF00321987CMP106_440 
Co-00103450444447U-Pb      Co, Mo211430Schönbrunn, Oelsnitz, Vogtland, Saxony, GermanySchönbrunnBielicki and Tischendorf (1991)10.1007/BF00321987CMP106_440 
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   UraniniteUraninite 16022Tirpersdorf, Oelsnitz, Vogtland, Saxony, GermanyBergen MassifFörster (1999)10.1180/002646199548466MM63_239Chemically derived uraninite ages for the Bergen granite


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