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Locality Name:
Churprinz Friedrich August Erbstolln Mine (Churprinz Mine; Kurprinz Mine), Großschirma, Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 4375
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4375.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Churprinz Friedrich August Erbstolln Mine (Churprinz Mine; Kurprinz Mine), Großschirma, Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°58'12"N
Longitude: 13°18'35"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.97,13.309722222222
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 Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe O P Pb S Sb Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe O P Pb S Sb Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteArsenicBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperFluoriteKobelliteMarcasiteNone
PolybasiteQuartzRocksaltXanthoconite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenic  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Galenobismutite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Proustite  (*)
Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrostilpnite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs4612600379
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)461260011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)461260027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2461260027198
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF246126009617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS310260024243
Galenobismutite  (*)KobellitePbBi2S43102600192
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS246126005674
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]4612600716
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS33102600733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS331026001425
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl31026001725
Pyrostilpnite  (*)XanthoconiteAg3SbS3310260084
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2310260061156
Silver  (*)CopperAg31026005186


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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