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Locality Name:
Neue Hoffnung Gottes Mine, Bräunsdorf, Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 1847
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1847.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Neue Hoffnung Gottes Mine, Bräunsdorf, Freiberg, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°56'12"N
Longitude: 13°12'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.936666666667,13.208333333333
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 C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mn Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mn Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAragoniteArsenopyriteBerthieriteBournoniteCalciteCopperGypsumHalotrichite
HumboldtineMarcasiteNoneNot in a structural groupOxalatePerovskitePolybasitePyriteQuartzRocksalt
SkutteruditeSphaleriteStibniteSulphurTetrahedriteXanthoconite

43 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Allophane  (*)Anatase  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Aurichalcite  (*)Berthierite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chapmanite  (*)Diaphorite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Freieslebenite  (*)Fülöppite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halotrichite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Kermesite  (*)
Kutnohorite  (*)Lindbergite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)Nickelskutterudite  (*)
Pitticite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrostilpnite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scorodite  (*)Semseyite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Strontianite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Valentinite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S31026002793
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O4612600470
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO246126002162
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)46126003250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS46126009052
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)64612600919
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S44612600343
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S113102600843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS346126001089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)461260027770
Chapmanite  (*)NoneFe3+2Sb3+(Si2O5)O3(OH)461260031
Diaphorite  (*)NoneAg3Pb2Sb3S83102600126
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S124612600663
Freieslebenite  (*)NoneAgPbSbS33102600105
Fülöppite  (*)NonePb3Sb8S15310260055
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS310260024243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O46126006890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O4612600409
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S143102600784
Kermesite  (*)NoneSb2OS24612600230
Kutnohorite  (*)NoneCaMn2+(CO3)24612600234
Lindbergite  (*)Humboldtine OxalateMn(C2O4)·2H2O461260012
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS246126005674
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS23102600300
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Skutterudite Perovskite(Ni,Co,Fe)As34612890176
Pitticite  (*)None[Fe,AsO4,SO4,H2O] (?)4612600140
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]4612600716
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS33102600733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS331026001425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2461260039462
Pyrostilpnite  (*)XanthoconiteAg3SbS3310260084
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2310260061156
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O46126001153
Semseyite  (*)NonePb9Sb8S213102600165
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)46126006417
Silver  (*)CopperAg31026005186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS310260021482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS43102600586
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S346126003418
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)4612600589
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS46126002045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1346126005317
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O34612600369


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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