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Locality Name:
Monzonite Quarries, Plauenscher Grund, Dresden, Saxony, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 408
Youngest recorded age at locality: 367

mindat Locality ID: 30762
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30762.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Monzonite Quarries, Plauenscher Grund, Dresden, Saxony, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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: Al B Ba Be C Ca Ce Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Si Ti W Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Ba Be C Ca Ce Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Si Ti W Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteAnalcimeAragoniteBaryteBerylCalciteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundum
EpidoteFeldsparMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzScheelite
SpinelTitaniteTourmalineZircon

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Analcime  (*)Anorthite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Beryl  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Copper  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Epidote  (*)Hematite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Siderite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)4083670706
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O40836701627
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)40836701036
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)40836703250
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)240836705509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)408367011547
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1840836704286
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)408367027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S40836705707
Copper  (*)CopperCu40836703846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O40836702970
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)40836708173
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3408367014640
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O40836701271
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4408367014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2408367012537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS240836705800
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)40836702349
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)240836702273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2408367039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2408367061156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)40836704894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)40836702705
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)40836706417
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O40836704899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)40836705251


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
Cr-00046408367400U-Pb, K zircon, biotite  YesVolkonskoiteCr23248Dresden, Saxony, GermanyDresden, E. LausitzGastil (1960)10.2475/ajs.258.1.1AJS258_1 

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