Sayda
Adorf
Bergen
Zschopau
Auerbach
Oelsnitz
Freiberg
Hainichen
Kirchberg
Altenberg
Stollberg
Schneeberg
Marienberg
Schwarzenberg
Dippoldiswalde
Annaberg-Buchholz
310000
310000
350000
350000
390000
390000
430000
430000
55800
00
55800
00
56200
00
56200
00
56600
00
56600
00
Antimony in stream sediments
Localities
River
Border D / CZ
Major fault
Antimony
[mg / kg]
< 0.25
0.25 - 0.40
0.40 - 0.63
0.63 - 1.0
1.0 - 1.6
1.6 - 2.5
2.5 - 4.0
4.0 - 6.3
6.3 - 10
> 10
Number of samples: 4732Min: 0.05 mg/kgMax: 74.2 mg/kgArithmetic Mean: 1.6 mg/kgGeometric Mean: 0.9 mg/kgMedian: 0.9 mg/kg
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Antimony (Sb) concentrations in stream sediments
show a slightly right skewed log-distribution. The
arithmetic average is 1.6 mg/kg, the median value
0.9 mg/kg. The overall maximum concentration
amounts to 74 mg/kg, the minimum to 0.05 mg/kg. A
2 km wide area with concentrations up to
Sb > 10 mg/kg is located SE of Freiberg, coinciding
with elevated Pb, Zn and Ag levels. The latter area
merges into a zone of Sb > 4 mg/kg including the
entire Freiberg mining district with an N-S-extension
of approx. 17 km. Furthermore, a NE-SW striking
zone with similar Sb levels occurs close to
Hainichen. Here the Sb enrichment can be partially
assigned to known Sb-mineralisation additionally
coinciding with strongly elevated Hg. Areas of
elevated Sb levels in the central Erzgebirge
accompany the known Sb occurrence of
Hormersdorf SE of Stollberg. In the western part of
the study area Sb levels up to > 10 mg/kg occur at a
12 km NE elongated area NW of the Kirchberg
Granite in faulted Ordovician and Devonian
metapelites.
Additionally, the latter area is characterised by
elevated Au and Hg levels and hosts the Neumark
U deposit. Areas with Sb > 2.5 mg/kg include a
30 km zone extending from the Silurian Lößnitz-
Zwönitz syncline up to the Gera-Jachymov fault
zone near Schneeberg and Schwarzenberg. Areas
with lower levels (Sb > 1.0 mg/kg) also extend far
beyond the Hormersdorf Sb occurrence up to areas
within gneisses and phyllites near to the fluorite-
baryte deposits of Augustusburg and Grünberg.
Further spots with Sb > 2.5 mg/kg occur arranged in
a half-circle around the Klingenthal-Kraslice Cu
deposit. The northernmost location is related to the
Sn greisen deposits of Gottesberg-Mühlleithen,
whereas the western locations coincide with
Ordovician metapelites where elevated Mo, Hg, Cd,
As and Se were detected. The areas with the lowest
concentrations (Sb < 0.4 mg/kg) are predominantly
bound to the granite plutons of Eibenstock and
Bergen, to Cambro-Ordovician metapelites south of
Adorf and to Neoproterozoic gneisses east and
northeast of Marienberg.
1 – Altenberg-Teplice-Caldera (incl. 1a - Schellerhau granite), 2 – Bergen Pluton 3 – Eibenstock Pluton, 4 – Eichigt Pluton (concealed), 5 – Fichtelgebirge Pluton, 6 – Flöha Fault Zone, 7 – Frankenberg Crystalline Complex, 8 – Markersbach Pluton, 9 – Gera-Jachymov Fault Zone, 10 – Kirchberg Pluton, 11 – Niederbobritzsch Pluton, 12 – Tharandt Volcanic Complex, 13 – Lößnitz-Zwönitz Syncline
Main Geological Units
Cretaceous and Tertiary rocks
Permo-Carboniferous sediments
Upper Carboniferous igneous rocks
Devonian sediments and volcanics
Ordovician metapelites, metacarbonates and gneisses
Ordovician to Silurian pelites and psammites
Cambrian to Ordovician metasediments
Neoproterozoic and Lower Paleozoic gneisses
10
392
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5
6
11
12
81
13
7
1a
k1 - Lengefeld, k2 - Marienberg - Wolkenstein, k3 - Pobershau, l1 - Seiffen, l2 - St. Katharinaberg,m1 - Geyer, m2 - Hormersdorf, m3 - Thum, m4 - Ehrenfriedersdorf, m5 - Annaberg-B., n1 - Lauter-Elterlein, n2 - Westerzgebirge complex deposit, n3 - Niederschlag-Bärenstein, o1 - Aue-Bärengrund,o2 - Bad Schlema-Alberoda, o3 - Schneeberg, p - Neumark (U), q - Pechtelsgrün, r1 - Sn Deposits ofthe Eibenstock Granite, r2 - Gottesberg-Mühlleiten, s - Johanngeorgenstadt, t - Brunndöbra &Schneckenstein, u - Klingenthal-Kraslice, v1 - Zobes, v2 - Bergen, w - Tirpersdorf, x - Oelsnitz,y - Schönbrunn, z - Wiedersberg
a1 - Freiberg north district, a2 - Felsite zone, a3 - Langenstriegis,a4 - Oberschöna, a5 - Freiberg central district & Brand-E., a6 - Mulden-hütten, a7 - Halsbrücke, b - Mohorn, c - Edle Krone - Klingenberg,d - Dippoldiswalde, e - Schlottwitz, f - Berggießhübel, g - Sadisdorf,h - Frauenstein, i1 - Altenberg, i2 - Zinnwald-Cinovec, i3 - Moldava,i4 - Rehefeld, j1 - Grünberg, j2 - Augustusburg, j3 - Zschopau
Project partners:
Project supported by:
Analysed fraction: < 0.18 mmAnalysed by: ALS MineralsAnalytical method: ME-MS41 (Ultra Trace Aqua Regia ICP-MS)
Geochemical Atlas – Erzgebirge and Vogtland
Project: Prediction of Strategic High Technology Metals in the Erzgebirge (WISTAMERZ)
FKZ: 033R133A
- Antimony in stream sediments -
Date: May 2019
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Cartography & Layout St. Schaefer, C. Repper
Map compilation A. Barth, St. Schaefer, E. Kallmeier, P. Bock, C. Legler
Map projection Transverse mercator (UTM Zone 33N)
Spheroid: GRS 1989 Datum: D_ETRS_1989
Reference system
ISBN 978-3-948423-23-0
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Scale: 1 : 400,000
Important Mineral Occurrences
Sn, ± Zn, ± W, ± F, ± Cu, ± In, ± Au
W, ± Mo
Sn, ± W, ± Cu, ± F, ± Li, ± Rb, ± Bi
Ag, Pb, Zn, ± Cu, ± Sn, ± In
Sb, Ag, ± Au, ± Pb, ± Zn, ± Mo
Bi, Co, Ni, U, ± Ag
Cu, ± Co, ± Au, ± Sb
Baryte, Fluorite