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Locality Name:
Glücksbrunn, Schweina, Thuringia, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 260
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2.6

mindat Locality ID: 6006
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-6006.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Glücksbrunn, Schweina, Thuringia, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°50'8"N
Longitude: 10°18'55"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.835555555556,10.315277777778
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: As Ba Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Mn Ni O P Pb S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Ba Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Mn Ni O P Pb S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteArsenicBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCobaltiteGypsumLöllingiteMalachiteMarcasite
NoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePyriteQuartzRocksaltSkutteruditeTetrahedriteVivianite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenic  (*)Asbolane  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Galena  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Pharmacolite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Safflorite  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Vivianite  (*)
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)22602.603092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)2602.603250
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs662.60379
Asbolane  (*)Not in a structural groupMn4+(O,OH)2·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)x(OH)2x·nH2O662.60143
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)226026005509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2602.6011547
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi662.601966
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS426026005516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2602.6027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S26026005707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2260260027198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS662.60966
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22602.609895
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O662.60814
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2602.6024243
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2260260012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS22602.605674
Pharmacolite  (*)GypsumCa(AsO3OH)·2H2O662.60105
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22602.6039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22602.6061156
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs2662.60317
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs3662.60531
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S132602.601803
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O2602.60636


2 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
Kristen002525662.6Tertiary     Yes Ni, Co, As, Ag, Bi5566Kamsdorf, Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, Thuringia, GermanyThuringa and Harz MountainsKissin (1993) GC19_113age of Kobaltrücken that dispalced Kupfershiefer deposits, remobilized components of Kupfershiefer ores
sedcu-00441260260Permian     Yes Cu251318Schweina, Thuringia, GermanySchweinaCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 

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