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Locality Name:
NAGRA Bore, Kaisten, Laufenburg, Aargau, Switzerland

Oldest recorded age at locality: 200
Youngest recorded age at locality: 150

mindat Locality ID: 122683
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-122683.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "NAGRA Bore, Kaisten, Laufenburg, Aargau, Switzerland": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O Pb Pd S Se Si Te Tl U V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O Pb Pd S Se Si Te Tl U V 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicChalcopyriteCopperDiasporeLöllingiteMarcasiteMicaNonePerovskitePyrite
RocksaltSkutteruditeZircon

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Altaite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Cattierite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clausthalite  (*)
Coffinite  (*)Copper  (*)Crookesite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Froodite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Marcasite  (*)Montroseite  (*)Nickelskutterudite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Rammelsbergite  (*)Roscoelite  (*)Silver  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe2001500489
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi20015001966
Cattierite  (*)PyriteCoS2200150030
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2200150027198
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe2001500281
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O2001500566
Copper  (*)CopperCu20015003846
Crookesite  (*)NoneCu7TlSe4200150014
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)220015009895
Froodite  (*)NonePdBi2200150062
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS200150024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu200150030554
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS220015005674
Montroseite  (*)Diaspore(V3+,Fe2+,V4+)O(OH)2001500136
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Skutterudite Perovskite(Ni,Co,Fe)As32001500176
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2200150039462
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs22001500233
Roscoelite  (*)MicaKV3+2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22001500253
Silver  (*)CopperAg20015005186
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS2001500332


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
DeepDive-Co-0002200150200-150sediment compaction rateage estimated from sediment compaction rate      122683NAGRA Bore, Kaisten, Laufenburg, Aargau, SwitzerlandKaistenHofmann (1990)10.1016/0009-2541(90)90039-ACG81_55age estimated from sediment compaction rate

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