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Locality Name:
Sankt Jakob Vein, Neuenberg, Ste Marie-aux-Mines (Markirch), Haut-Rhin, Grand Est, France

Oldest recorded age at locality: 338
Youngest recorded age at locality: 270

mindat Locality ID: 266201
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-266201.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sankt Jakob Vein, Neuenberg, Ste Marie-aux-Mines (Markirch), Haut-Rhin, Grand Est, France": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Buchhalterschacht Mine
Gabe Gottes Mine
Giftgrube Mine
Sankt Jakob Mine

Latitude: 48°13'11"N
Longitude: 7°9'19"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.219722222222,7.1552777777778
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 Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllargentumApatiteAragoniteAramayoiteArsenicArsenolampriteArsenoliteArsenopyriteBournonite
CalciteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteClayCopperCorundumCubaniteDervilliteFluckiteFluorite
GypsumHureauliteKaoliniteKobelliteLöllingiteLindackeriteMalachiteMarcasiteMeneghiniteNickeline
NoneOrpimentPavonitePerovskitePolybasitePyriteQuartzRocksaltSkutteruditeSphalerite
StibniteTetrahedriteVivianiteWurtziteXanthoconite

84 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Aikinite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Aramayoite  (*)Argentopyrite  (*)Arsenic  (*)Arsenolamprite  (*)Arsenolite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Baumstarkite  (*)Berryite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chongite  (*)
Copper  (*)Cornubite  (*)Cosalite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Dervillite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Dyscrasite  (*)Emplectite  (*)Ferrarisite  (*)Fluckite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Giftgrubeite  (*)Guérinite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Haidingerite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hörnesite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kobellite  (*)
Lautite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Matildite  (*)
Mcnearite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Mirabilite  (*)Nickeline  (*)
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Orpiment  (*)Orthoserpierite  (*)Pararammelsbergite  (*)Pavonite  (*)
Pearceite  (*)Pharmacolite  (*)Phaunouxite  (*)Picropharmacolite  (*)Polybasite  (*)
Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rammelsbergite  (*)Rauenthalite  (*)Realgar  (*)Richelsdorfite  (*)Rösslerite  (*)
Safflorite  (*)Sainfeldite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Semseyite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Silver  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Villyaellenite  (*)Weilite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)Xanthoconite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S3382701540322793
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS3338270154032315
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2338270254032,540333092
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O338270154034445
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)3382701540343250
Aramayoite  (*)AramayoiteAg3Sb2(Bi,Sb)S633827015403229
Argentopyrite  (*)CubaniteAgFe2S333827015403253
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs338270354032,54033,54034379
Arsenolamprite  (*)ArsenolampriteAs33827015403219
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O3338270254032,54033231
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS3382701540329052
Baumstarkite  (*)AramayoiteAg3Sb3S63382701540326
Berryite  (*)MeneghiniteCu3Ag2Pb3Bi7S1633827015403250
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi3382701540321966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S33382701540321935
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS33382701540321089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)338270254032,5403327770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2338270254032,5403327198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl3382701540321382
Chongite  (*)HureauliteCa3Mg2(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)2·4H2O3382701540333
Copper  (*)CopperCu3382701540333846
Cornubite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)4338270154034109
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S5338270154032344
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3338270254032,54033802
Dervillite  (*)DervilliteAg2AsS23382701540324
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2338270254032,540339895
Dyscrasite  (*)AllargentumAg3+xSb1-x (x ≈ 0.2)338270154032180
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS2338270154032246
Ferrarisite  (*)LindackeriteCa5(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2·9H2O00254032,5403311
Fluckite  (*)FluckiteCaMn2+(AsO3OH)2·2H2O00254032,540334
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2338270254031,540339617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS33827015403224243
Giftgrubeite  (*)HureauliteCaMn2Ca2(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)2·4H2O338270254032,540333
Guérinite  (*)NoneCa5(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2·9H2O338270254032,5403331
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O3382701540326890
Haidingerite  (*)NoneCa(AsO3OH)·H2O338270254032,5403317
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O333827015403214640
Hörnesite  (*)VivianiteMg3(AsO4)2·8H2O338270254032,54033103
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)43382701540325591
Kobellite  (*)KobellitePb11(Cu,Fe)2(Bi,Sb)15S3533827015403287
Lautite  (*)NoneCuAsS33827015403232
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2338270254032,54033762
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)233827015403212537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS23382701540325674
Matildite  (*)NoneAgBiS2338270154032252
Mcnearite  (*)NoneNaCa5(AsO4)(AsO3OH)4·4H2O3382701540324
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS2338270154032300
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl3382701540321107
Mirabilite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)·10H2O338270154032223
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs338270154034633
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Skutterudite Perovskite(Ni,Co,Fe)As3338270254032,54034176
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S3338270254032,54033511
Orthoserpierite  (*)NoneCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O33827015403240
Pararammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs233827015403452
Pavonite  (*)PavoniteAgBi3S533827015403272
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]338270154032249
Pharmacolite  (*)GypsumCa(AsO3OH)·2H2O338270254032,54033105
Phaunouxite  (*)NoneCa3(AsO4)2·11H2O338270254032,5403314
Picropharmacolite  (*)NoneCa4Mg(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2·11H2O338270254032,5403399
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]338270154032716
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3338270254032,54033733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS33382701540321425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS233827015403239462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl3382701540321725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2338270354031,54032,5403361156
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs2338270254032,54034233
Rauenthalite  (*)NoneCa3(AsO4)2·10H2O338270354032,54033,5403423
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS338270254032,54033712
Richelsdorfite  (*)NoneCa2Cu5Sb5+(AsO4)4(OH)6Cl·6H2O33827015403357
Rösslerite  (*)NoneMg(AsO3OH)·7H2O33827015403216
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs2338270154032317
Sainfeldite  (*)HureauliteCa5(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)2·4H2O338270254032,5403328
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O338270254032,540331153
Semseyite  (*)NonePb9Sb8S21338270154032165
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)3382701540326417
Silver  (*)CopperAg338270254032,540335186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs3338270254032,54033531
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS33827015403221482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S133382701540321803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13338270254032,540335317
Villyaellenite  (*)Hureaulite(Mn,Ca)Mn2Ca2(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2·4H2O3382701540334
Weilite  (*)NoneCa(AsO3OH)338270254032,5403319
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS3338270154032297
Xanthoconite  (*)XanthoconiteAg3AsS3338270254032,5403389


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
Kristen002428338270Neo/Late-Variscan age mineralization   Yes Cu, Ag, As, Pb, Zn1673Ste Marie-aux-Mines (Markirch), Haut-Rhin, Grand Est, FranceSainte Marie-aux-MinesHafeznia et al. (2012) GRA14_2012 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060273Giftgrube Mine, Sankt Jakob Vein, Neuenberg, Ste Marie-aux-Mines (Markirch), Haut-Rhin, Grand Est, Francehttps://rruff.info/R060273

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