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Locality Name:
Schweina, Thuringia, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 260
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2.6

mindat Locality ID: 251318
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-251318.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Schweina, Thuringia, Germany": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Glücksbrunn

Latitude: 50°50'8"N
Longitude: 10°18'55"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.835555555556,10.315277777778
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: As Ba Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Mn Ni O P Pb S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteArsenicBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCobaltiteGypsumLöllingiteMalachiteMarcasite
NoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePyriteQuartzRocksaltSkutteruditeTetrahedriteVivianite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenic  (*)Asbolane  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Galena  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Pharmacolite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Safflorite  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Vivianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)22602.61637693092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)2602.61637693250
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs662.6163769379
Asbolane  (*)Not in a structural groupMn4+(O,OH)2·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)x(OH)2x·nH2O662.6163769143
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22602601637695509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2602.616376911547
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi662.61637691966
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS42602601637695516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2602.616376927770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2602601637695707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS226026016376927198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS662.6163769966
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22602.61637699895
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O662.6163769814
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2602.616376924243
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)226026016376912537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS22602.61637695674
Pharmacolite  (*)GypsumCa(AsO3OH)·2H2O662.6163769105
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22602.616376939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22602.616376961156
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs2662.6163769317
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs3662.6163769531
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S132602.61637691803
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O2602.6163769636


2 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
Kristen002525662.6Tertiary     Yes Ni, Co, As, Ag, Bi5566Kamsdorf, Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, Thuringia, GermanyThuringa and Harz MountainsKissin (1993) GC19_113age of Kobaltrücken that dispalced Kupfershiefer deposits, remobilized components of Kupfershiefer ores
sedcu-00441260260Permian       Cu251318Schweina, Thuringia, GermanySchweinaCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 

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