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Locality Name:
Sankt Wilhelm Vein, 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: 266189
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-266189.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sankt Wilhelm Vein, Neuenberg, Ste Marie-aux-Mines (Markirch), Haut-Rhin, Grand Est, France": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Glückauf Mine (XVIIIth; St Peter Mine High Level Area)
Lingoutte Mine
Nostril Mine (Glückauf- Sankt Peter Ultra High Mine)
Sankt Peter Mine (high Level)
Sankt Peter Mine (low Level)
Wilhelm Mine

Latitude: 48°13'5"N
Longitude: 7°9'26"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.218055555556,7.1572222222222
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 C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCubaniteFluorite
GypsumLöllingiteNonePerovskitePolybasiteQuartzRocksaltSkutteruditeSymplesiteTetrahedrite
TyroliteVivianiteWurtziteXanthoconite

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenic  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cotunnite  (*)Cubanite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Löllingite  (*)
Monohydrocalcite  (*)Parasymplesite  (*)Pearceite  (*)Pharmacolite  (*)Picropharmacolite  (*)
Polybasite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Safflorite  (*)
Silver  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Symplesite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Tyrolite  (*)Xanthoconite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S3382701540502793
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2338270354045,54048,540503092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)3382701540483250
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs338270154050379
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS3382701540509052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)338270454045,54046,54048,5405027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS233827015405027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O3382701540503531
Cotunnite  (*)NonePbCl233827015405054
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3338270154048802
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2338270254045,540509895
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O338270154045814
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2338270354045,54048,540509617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS33827015404824243
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2338270254048,54050762
Monohydrocalcite  (*)NoneCa(CO3)·H2O338270254048,5405055
Parasymplesite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O338270254045,54050124
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]338270154050249
Pharmacolite  (*)GypsumCa(AsO3OH)·2H2O338270154045105
Picropharmacolite  (*)NoneCa4Mg(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2·11H2O338270254045,5404899
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]338270154050716
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3338270254048,54050733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS33382701540501425
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2338270354045,54048,5405061156
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs2338270154045317
Silver  (*)CopperAg338270254045,540485186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs3338270154045531
Symplesite  (*)SymplesiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O33827015405092
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S133382701540451803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S133382701540485317
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O338270154048245
Xanthoconite  (*)XanthoconiteAg3AsS333827015405089


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 

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