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

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

mindat Locality ID: 52640
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-52640.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Naundorf, Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Granite Quarry
Samuel 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 Be Bi C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteApatiteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidote
FeldsparFluoriteKaoliniteLillianiteMalachiteMarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural group
PumpellyitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedriteTitanite
Topaz

36 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bertrandite  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gustavite  (*)Hematite  (*)Julgoldite-(Fe2+)  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Kutnohorite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Molybdite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)
Topaz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)4612601629428803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)461260162942706
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS4612601629429052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)461260262942,6294311547
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)2461260162942606
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S34612601629421935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS44612601629425516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)46126016294227770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO23102601629425171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS246126016294227198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)24612601629429895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)4612601629428173
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O461260162942345
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F4612601629422740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF24612601629429617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS31026016294224243
Gustavite  (*)LillianiteAgPbBi3S6310260162942113
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O346126016294214640
Julgoldite-(Fe2+)  (*)PumpellyiteCa2Fe2+Fe3+2(Si2O7)(SiO4)(OH)2·H2O46126016294215
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)44612601629425591
Kutnohorite  (*)NoneCaMn2+(CO3)2461260162942234
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)246126016294212537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS24612601629425674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS24612601629425800
Molybdite  (*)NoneMoO3461260162942140
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)246126016294217380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)4612601629422349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS246126016294239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO231026016294261156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)4612601629421711
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)4612601629424894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)4612601629426417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS31026016294221482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S134612601629425317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O4612601629424899
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F24612601629421476


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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