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Sauberg Mine, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

(Grube Sauberg, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Erzgebirge, Sachsen, Deutschland)

Greisen vein-type tin-tungsten deposit, worked until 1990.
Presently operated as a tourist mine.



References:
- Nasdala, L.; Ullrich, B. (1990): Argentopyrit und Matildit vom Sauberg bei Ehrenfriedersdorf. FUNDGRUBE 4/1990, 126-134.
- Lahl, B. & Mann, M. (1991): Die Bergbaugeschichte von Ehrenfriedersdorf. Emser Hefte, Nr. 02, 2ff.
- Jahn, S. (1991): Noch einmal über die Minerale der ehemaligen Zinnerzlagerstätte Ehrenfriedersdorf/Sachsen (4). Fundgrube, 3, 138.
- Medenbach, O., Klawa, M. & Neuser, R. (1993): Bertrandit - ein interessanter Neufund von Ehrenfriedersdorf in Sachsen. Mineralien-Welt 4 (2), 15-16.
- Michalski, S. (1997): Neufund interessanter Silberhalogenide, Phosphate und Arsenate von der Zinnerz-Lagerstätte Ehrenfriedersdorf, Erzgebirge. Mineralien-Welt 8 (1), 55.
- Jahn, S. (1998): Der Herderit von Ehrenfriedersdorf - ein sächsischer Zankapfel. Mineralien-Welt, 9(3), 24-28; 64.
- Breiter, K., Förster, H.-J., and Seltmann, R. (1999): Variscan silicic magmatism and related tin-tungsten mineralization in the Erzgebirge-Slavkovský les metallogenic province. Mineralium Deposita 34, 505-521.
- Thomas, R., and Webster, J.D. (2000): Strong tin enrichment in a pegmatite-forming melt. Mineralium Deposita 35, 570-582.

- http://www.strahlen.org/vp/de/ehrenfriedersdorf/edorf.htm
- http://www.zinngrube.de/





Map Reference: 50°38'27"N , 12°58'42"E

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Mineral List:
Acanthite
Actinolite
'Adularia'
Albite
Anapaite
Anatase
Annabergite
Apatite-(CaCl)
Apatite-(CaF)
var: Mn-bearing Apatite-(CaF)
'Apophyllite'
Argentopyrite
Arrojadite-(KFe)
Arsenic
Arsenolite
Arsenopyrite
Asbolane
Azurite
Bariopharmacosiderite
Baryte
Berlinite
Beryl
Biotite
Bismuth
Bismuthinite
Bismutite
Bornite
Bromargyrite
Calcite
Carminite
Cassiterite
Cerussite
Chalcocite
Chalcophyllite
Chalcopyrite
Chlorargyrite
var: Bromian Chlorargyrite
var: Iodian Bromian Chlorargyrite
'Chlorite Group'
Claudetite
Clausthalite
Columbite-(Fe)
Copper
Covellite
Cryptomelane
Cuprite
Diopside
Dolomite
Elbaite
Epidote
Erythrite
Ferberite
Fluorite
Galena
Gorceixite
Grossular
Halloysite
Herderite (TL)
Hidalgoite
Hollandite
Iodargyrite
Isokite
Jarosite
Kaolinite
Köttigite
Lepidolite
Löllingite
Ludlamite
Malayaite
Marcasite
Marićite
Massicot
Matildite
Mimetite
Molybdenite
Muscovite
var: Gilbertite
Natrophilite
Nickeline
Nickelskutterudite
Opal
Orpiment
Orthoclase
Parasymplesite
Pearceite
Pharmacolite
Pharmacosiderite
Phenakite
Phlogopite
Pitticite
Plumbogummite
Polybasite
Proustite
'Psilomelane'
Pyrargyrite
Pyrite
Pyrolusite
Pyrostilpnite
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
Realgar
Rhodochrosite
Richelsdorfite
Rutile
Scheelite
Scorodite
Siderite
Siderophyllite
Silver
Skutterudite
Sphalerite
Stephanite
'Stilbite'
Sulphur
Talc
Topaz
'Tourmaline'
'var: Indicolite'
'var: Verdelite'
Triphylite
Triplite
Uraninite
Vivianite
'Wad'
Wolframite
Wurtzite
Wyllieite
Xanthoconite
Zwieselite


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