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Locality Name:
Obergruna, Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 461
Youngest recorded age at locality: 260

mindat Locality ID: 278774
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-278774.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Obergruna, Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Gesegnete Bergmannshoffnung Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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 As Ba C Ca Fe Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteCopperNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite
Xanthoconite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Galena  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Xanthoconite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S3102601629482793
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS4612601629489052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)46126016294811547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)46126016294827770
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)24612601629489895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS31026016294824243
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3310260162948733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS33102601629481425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS246126016294839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO231026016294861156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)4612601629486417
Silver  (*)CopperAg3102601629485186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS31026016294821482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS4310260162948586
Xanthoconite  (*)XanthoconiteAg3AsS331026016294889



3 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-0427310260310-260 Age of magmatic-hydrothermal mineralization   YesQuartzPb, Zn, Cu, Ag, Sn, Au1832Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, GermanyFreibergSeifert (2008) BOOK_MPLMEV_2008 
Co-00069319289304U-Th-Pb    Yes Co, Ni, Cu1832Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, GermanyFreibergBielicki and Tischendorf (1991)10.1007/BF00321987CMP106_440 
Co-00070461433447U-Pb    Yes Co, Ni, Cu1832Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, GermanyFreibergBielicki and Tischendorf (1991)10.1007/BF00321987CMP106_440 


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