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Locality Name:
Sayda, Clausnitz - Sayda Mining District, Saxony, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 278920
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-278920.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sayda, Clausnitz - Sayda Mining District, Saxony, Germany": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Altväter Samt Eschig 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 Al As Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mn Mo O P Pb S Sb Si U V Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAllophaneAluniteAndalusiteApatiteArsenopyriteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteCarminite
ChalcophylliteChalcopyriteClayCopperCoronaditeCorundumCovelliteDescloiziteFluoriteKaolinite
LiroconiteMalachiteMicaMixiteNoneNot in a structural groupPharmacosideritePolybasitePyriteQuartz
RocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteTetrahedriteTyrolite

53 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bayldonite  (*)
Beudantite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calciopetersite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Carminite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcophyllite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Clinoclase  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Dickite  (*)Duftite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Langite  (*)Libethenite  (*)Liroconite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Mansfieldite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Mottramite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Nacrite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Pearceite  (*)Petersite-(Y)  (*)
Pharmacosiderite  (*)Philipsbornite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tyrolite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
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)21619963092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1619969052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21619965509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)16199611547
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)2161996172
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6161996413
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41619965516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61619961633
Calciopetersite  (*)MixiteCaCu6(PO4)2(PO3OH)(OH)6·3H2O1619963
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)16199627770
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2161996178
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1619965707
Chalcophyllite  (*)ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24·36H2O161996194
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS216199627198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1619963531
Clinoclase  (*)NoneCu3(AsO4)(OH)3161996127
Copper  (*)CopperCu1619963846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1619964165
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16161996599
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1619962970
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4161996651
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)161996220
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21619969617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS16199624243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O316199614640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61619962228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41619965591
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O161996593
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)161996234
Liroconite  (*)LiroconiteCu2Al(AsO4)(OH)4·4H2O16199618
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)216199612537
Mansfieldite  (*)NoneAl(AsO4)·2H2O16199642
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O161996443
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl1619961107
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)161996362
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)216199617380
Nacrite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4161996112
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)161996492
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]161996249
Petersite-(Y)  (*)MixiteCu6Y(PO4)3(OH)6·3H2O1619968
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O161996428
Philipsbornite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)616199651
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)4161996369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS216199639462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1619961725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO216199661156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1619966417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS16199621482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131619961803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO1619961101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131619965317
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O161996245
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO41619961655


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