Freiberg

Occurrence in Germany with commodities Silver, Gold, Platinum

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10038908
MRDS ID	M046393
Record type	Site
Current site name	Freiberg

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	13.35224, 50.91537 (WGS84)
Relative position	20 MILES SW OF DRESDEN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Germany(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Germany

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Silver	Primary
Gold	Primary
Platinum Critical	Secondary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Argentite	Ore

Analytical data

Result	PT = 16 PPM IN ARGENTITE

Nearby scientific data

(1)	13.35224, 50.91537	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Sachsen

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	M046393

Bibliographic references

Deposit

WRIGHT AND FLEISCHER, 1965, GEOCHEMISTERY OF THE PLATINUM METALS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1214 - A, P. A9
Deposit

KEMP, 1902, PT AND ASSOCIATED METALS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULL. 193, P. 66

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-DEC-1975	Blair, Will N.	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.