Mineral Evolution Database

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

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

mindat Locality ID: 280417
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-280417.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Junge Hohe Birke Mine

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

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Covellite	Kaolinite	Malachite
Marcasite	Melanterite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite	Vivianite

Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Erythrite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Nacrite ()*	Picropharmacolite ()*	Pitticite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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: Al As Ba C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Covellite Kaolinite Malachite
Marcasite Melanterite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Vivianite

26 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	461	260	1	62938	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	461	260	1	62938	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	461	260	1	62938	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	461	260	1	62938	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	461	260	1	62938	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	461	260	1	62938	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	461	260	1	62938	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	461	260	1	62938	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	461	260	1	62938	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	461	260	1	62938	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	461	260	1	62938	2970
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	461	289	1	62938	814
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	310	260	1	62938	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	461	260	1	62938	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	461	260	1	62938	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	461	260	1	62938	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	461	260	1	62938	915
Nacrite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	461	260	1	62938	112
Picropharmacolite ()*	None	Ca₄Mg(AsO₃OH)₂(AsO₄)₂·11H₂O	461	260	1	62938	99
Pitticite ()*	None	[Fe,AsO₄,SO₄,H₂O] (?)	461	260	1	62938	140
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	461	260	1	62938	39462
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	461	260	1	62938	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	461	260	1	62938	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	310	260	1	62938	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	461	260	1	62938	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	461	260	1	62938	5317

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Age from other Locality	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Alexandra-0427	310	260	310-260		Age of magmatic-hydrothermal mineralization	Yes	Quartz	Pb, Zn, Cu, Ag, Sn, Au	1832	Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany	Freiberg	Seifert (2008)		BOOK_MPLMEV_2008
Co-00069	319	289	304	U-Th-Pb		Yes		Co, Ni, Cu	1832	Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany	Freiberg	Bielicki and Tischendorf (1991)	10.1007/BF00321987	CMP106_440
Co-00070	461	433	447	U-Pb		Yes		Co, Ni, Cu	1832	Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany	Freiberg	Bielicki and Tischendorf (1991)	10.1007/BF00321987	CMP106_440

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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