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Locality Name:
Daniel Im Dehs Mine, Bad Rippoldsau, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 358.9
Youngest recorded age at locality: 145

mindat Locality ID: 32334
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-32334.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Extension

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Daniel Im Dehs Mine, Bad Rippoldsau, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 48°25'3"N
Longitude: 8°20'55"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.4175,8.3486111111111
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 As Ba Bi C Ca Ce Co Cu F Fe H Nd O P Pb S Sb Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Ba Bi C Ca Ce Co Cu F Fe H Nd O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAdeliteArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteBastnäsiteBrochantiteChalcopyriteCopperKaolinite
MalachiteMeneghiniteMixiteNoneNot in a structural groupPavonitePharmacosideriteQuartzRocksaltTetrahedrite
TyroliteVivianite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Agardite-(Nd)  (*)Aikinite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)Benjaminite  (*)Berryite  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Bismutoferrite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Conichalcite  (*)Copper  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Galena  (*)Malachite  (*)Miharaite  (*)
Mixite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tyrolite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S358.914502793
Agardite-(Nd)  (*)MixiteNdCu2+6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O358.9145018
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS32011450315
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS20114509052
Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteBa0.5Fe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·5H2O358.91450150
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)358.9145011547
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)BastnäsiteCe(CO3)F358.91450304
Benjaminite  (*)PavoniteAg3Bi7S12201145045
Berryite  (*)MeneghiniteCu3Ag2Pb3Bi7S16358.9145050
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi358.914501966
Bismutoferrite  (*)KaoliniteFe3+2Bi(SiO4)2(OH)358.9145051
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6358.914501633
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2201145027198
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)358.91450363
Copper  (*)CopperCu358.914503846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O358.914502970
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O358.91450814
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS201145024243
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2358.9145012537
Miharaite  (*)NonePbCu4FeBiS6201145019
Mixite  (*)MixiteCu6Bi(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O358.91450168
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)4358.91450369
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2201145061156
Silver  (*)CopperAg358.914505186
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13358.914501803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13358.914505317
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O358.91450245
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS32011450297


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Giersdorf_00000061Fahlore "Pale Ore" bearing deposits in the Black Forest region of Germany


2 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
Giersdorf_00000061201145Jurassic Mineralization Agehigh    Aikinite, Arsenopyrite, Benjaminite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Miharaite, Quartz, Wittichenite 32334Daniel Im Dehs Mine, Bad Rippoldsau, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, GermanyBad Rippoldsau, Daniel im DehsStaude et. al (2010)10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312MM74_309 
Giersdorf_00000062358.9298.9Carboniferous Host Rock Age      32334Daniel Im Dehs Mine, Bad Rippoldsau, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, GermanyBad Rippoldsau, Daniel im DehsStaude et. al (2010)10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312MM74_309 

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