	Recorded age	Geologic Time	Sample	Dating method
1	327.4 to 320.4 Ma	Carboniferous	-	U-Pb
2	316 Ma	Pennsylvanian	-	U-Pb
3	324 Ma	Mississippian	-	U-Pb
4	318 Ma	Pennsylvanian	-	U-Pb
5	320 Ma	Pennsylvanian	-	U-Pb
6	317 Ma	Pennsylvanian	-	U-Pb
7	322 Ma	Pennsylvanian	-	U-Pb
8	317 Ma	Pennsylvanian	-	U-Pb
9	313 Ma	Pennsylvanian	-	U-Pb
10	317 Ma	Pennsylvanian	-	U-Pb
11	320 Ma	Pennsylvanian	-	U-Pb
12	320 Ma	Pennsylvanian	-	U-Pb
13	320 Ma	Pennsylvanian	-	U-Pb
14	316 Ma	Pennsylvanian	-	U-Pb
15	325 Ma	Mississippian	-	U-Pb
16	322 Ma	Pennsylvanian	-	U-Pb
17	316 Ma	Pennsylvanian	-	U-Pb
18	320 Ma	Pennsylvanian	-	U-Pb
19	322 Ma	Pennsylvanian	-	U-Pb
20	330 Ma	Mississippian	-	U-Pb

Sample references:

1	-	Romer, R. L.; Thomas, R. (2005) U-Pb dating of micro-inclusions: The age of the Ehrenfriedersdorf tin deposit (Erzgebirge, Germany). In Mineral Deposit Research: Meeting the Global Challenge. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. p.817-820. doi:10.1007/3-540-27946-6_208
2	-	Romer, R.L., Thomas, R., Stein, H.J., Rhede, D. (2007) Dating multiply overprinted Sn-mineralized granites
3	-	Romer, R.L., Thomas, R., Stein, H.J., Rhede, D. (2007) Dating multiply overprinted Sn-mineralized granites
4	-	Romer, R.L., Thomas, R., Stein, H.J., Rhede, D. (2007) Dating multiply overprinted Sn-mineralized granites
5	-	Romer, R.L., Thomas, R., Stein, H.J., Rhede, D. (2007) Dating multiply overprinted Sn-mineralized granites
6	-	Romer, R.L., Thomas, R., Stein, H.J., Rhede, D. (2007) Dating multiply overprinted Sn-mineralized granites
7	-	Romer, R.L., Thomas, R., Stein, H.J., Rhede, D. (2007) Dating multiply overprinted Sn-mineralized granites
8	-	Romer, R.L., Thomas, R., Stein, H.J., Rhede, D. (2007) Dating multiply overprinted Sn-mineralized granites
9	-	Romer, R.L., Thomas, R., Stein, H.J., Rhede, D. (2007) Dating multiply overprinted Sn-mineralized granites
10	-	Romer, R.L., Thomas, R., Stein, H.J., Rhede, D. (2007) Dating multiply overprinted Sn-mineralized granites
11	-	Romer, R.L., Thomas, R., Stein, H.J., Rhede, D. (2007) Dating multiply overprinted Sn-mineralized granites
12	-	Romer, R.L., Thomas, R., Stein, H.J., Rhede, D. (2007) Dating multiply overprinted Sn-mineralized granites
13	-	Romer, R.L., Thomas, R., Stein, H.J., Rhede, D. (2007) Dating multiply overprinted Sn-mineralized granites
14	-	Romer, R.L., Thomas, R., Stein, H.J., Rhede, D. (2007) Dating multiply overprinted Sn-mineralized granites
15	-	Romer, R.L., Thomas, R., Stein, H.J., Rhede, D. (2007) Dating multiply overprinted Sn-mineralized granites
16	-	Romer, R.L., Thomas, R., Stein, H.J., Rhede, D. (2007) Dating multiply overprinted Sn-mineralized granites
17	-	Romer, R.L., Thomas, R., Stein, H.J., Rhede, D. (2007) Dating multiply overprinted Sn-mineralized granites
18	-	Romer, R.L., Thomas, R., Stein, H.J., Rhede, D. (2007) Dating multiply overprinted Sn-mineralized granites
19	-	Romer, R.L., Thomas, R., Stein, H.J., Rhede, D. (2007) Dating multiply overprinted Sn-mineralized granites
20	-	Romer, R.L., Thomas, R., Stein, H.J., Rhede, D. (2007) Dating multiply overprinted Sn-mineralized granites

Confirmation

Validity:

Believed Valid

Data

Mineral Data:

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Locality Data:

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Data Identifiers

Mindat Occurrence Record ID:

614351

Long-form Identifier:

1:3:614351:0

GUID (UUID V4):

Nearest other occurrences of Uraninite

7.1km (4.4 miles)

ⓘ Zeppelin Shafts (Shafts 19a-b), Annaberg, Annaberg-Buchholz, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany

7.6km (4.7 miles)

ⓘ St Michaelis Mine (Dickmichel adit; Dickmichel Mine; Shaft 270), Annaberg, Annaberg-Buchholz, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany

7.7km (4.8 miles)

ⓘ St Johannes Mine, Wolkenstein, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany

8.2km (5.1 miles)

ⓘ Uranus Mine, Kleinrückerswalde, Annaberg-Buchholz, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany

8.9km (5.5 miles)

ⓘ Shaft 238, Himmelreich Mine, Gehringswalde, Wolkenstein, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany

9.7km (6.0 miles)

ⓘ Himmlisch Heer Mine (Shaft 28), Cunersdorf, Annaberg-Buchholz, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany

12.6km (7.8 miles)

ⓘ Vater Abraham Mine, Lauta, Marienberg, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany

15.2km (9.5 miles)

ⓘ St Johannis Mine, Bärenstein, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany

17.2km (10.7 miles)

ⓘ Shaft 327, Neudorf, Sehmatal, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany

19.4km (12.0 miles)

ⓘ Shaft 306, Crandorf, Schwarzenberg, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany

References

Thomas, R., Webster, J. D. (2000) Strong tin enrichment in a pegmatite-forming melt. Mineralium Deposita, 35 (6) 570-582 doi:10.1007/s001260050262

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Uraninite from Sauberg Mine, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany

Uraninite from
Sauberg Mine, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany