St Andreas Mine, Heidelsberg mining district, Aue, Aue-Bad Schlema, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germanyi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| St Andreas Mine | Mine |
| Heidelsberg mining district | Mining District |
| Aue | Municipality |
| Aue-Bad Schlema | City |
| Erzgebirgskreis | District |
| Saxony | State |
| Germany | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
50° North , 12° East (est.)
Estimate based on other nearby localities or region boundaries.
Margin of Error:
~5km
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Mindat Locality ID:
215701
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:215701:9
GUID (UUID V4):
80be6665-b95d-406d-87bc-b40bfa095d1c
Name(s) in local language(s):
St Andreas Zeche, Revier Heidelsberg, Aue, Erzgebirge, Sachsen, Deutschland
This mine was started as an iron mine in 1696 to work two hematite-bearing veins hosted in the contact zone between granite and overlying schists. Rich china clay deposits, formed by intense kaolinitization of two pegmatites in the granite rim, were discovered by chance around 1700. The superior quality of this material for the production of white china was recognized in 1708, when August der Starke, Duke of Saxony, ordered a screening of raw materials from various deposits for his manufacture at Meißen. Until its closure in 1860, the St Andreas mine remained the only china clay provider for this famous manufacture.
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Hematite Formula: Fe2O3 |
| ⓘ Kaolinite Formula: Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Hematite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2O3 |
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| ⓘ | Kaolinite | 9.ED.05 | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Kaolinite | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| O | ⓘ Kaolinite | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Al | Aluminium | |
| Al | ⓘ Kaolinite | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Kaolinite | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
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