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Locality Name:
Münstertal, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 13185
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-13185.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Münstertal, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany": 26
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Belchen
Diezelbach
Etzenbach
Hof
Kropbach
Riggenbach Mine
Schlossberg Mine
St Trudpert
Staufen
Süßenbrunn

Latitude: 48°8'48"N
Longitude: 7°55'35"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.146666666667,7.9263888888889
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 Ba Bi C Ca Cd Ce Cl Co Cu F Fe H K La Mg Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sr W Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe H O S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAdeliteAllophaneAluniteAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenicArseniosideriteArsenolite
ArsenopyriteBaryteBerthieriteBismutiteBournoniteBrochantiteCalciteCaledoniteCarminiteChalcanthite
ChalcopyriteClayColumbiteCopiapiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDevillineDiasporeDigenite
EpsomiteFluoriteGypsumHalotrichiteKaoliniteKieseriteLöllingiteLepidocrociteLinariteMalachite
MarcasiteMelanteriteMicaMixiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOrpimentPerovskitePharmacosiderite
PyritePyrochloreQuartzRocksaltRömeriteScheeliteSkutteruditeSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteStarkeyite
StibniteSulphurTetrahedriteVivianiteWurtziteXanthoconiteZinkenite

116 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Agardite-(Ce)  (*)Agardite-(La)  (*)Agardite-(Y)  (*)Anglesite  (*)
Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenic  (*)Arseniosiderite  (*)Arsenolite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bayldonite  (*)Berthierite  (*)Beudantite  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Bismutite  (*)Bismutoferrite  (*)Bornite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Boyleite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Carminite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copiapite  (*)
Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Devilline  (*)Digenite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Duftite  (*)Elyite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Ferberite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Fülöppite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Goslarite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Gunningite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halotrichite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Langite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Linarite  (*)Löllingite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Metastibnite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)
Mimetite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Nontronite  (*)
Olivenite  (*)Orpiment  (*)Parasymplesite  (*)Pitticite  (*)Plagionite  (*)
Posnjakite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrostilpnite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rammelsbergite  (*)Realgar  (*)Römerite  (*)
Rosasite  (*)Schultenite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Segnitite  (*)Serpierite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stibiconite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Stolzite  (*)Strontianite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Susannite  (*)Szomolnokite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Theisite  (*)
Valentinite  (*)Vivianite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Zincolivenite  (*)Zincrosasite  (*)
Zinkenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S358.9145257511,575242793
Agardite-(Ce)  (*)MixiteCeCu2+6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O358.914515750843
Agardite-(La)  (*)MixiteLaCu2+6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O358.914515750833
Agardite-(Y)  (*)MixiteYCu2+6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O358.914515752990
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)358.9145857508,57511,57514,57516,57517,57521,57524,575292734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2358.9145457507,57510,57520,575243092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)358.9145257511,575243250
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs358.9145457507,57509,57510,57511379
Arseniosiderite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(AsO4)3·3H2O358.9145257508,57517194
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O3358.9145257507,57511231
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS358.9145557511,57516,57517,57524,575299052
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6358.9145557508,57511,57519,57520,57521919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2358.9145357508,57522,575295509
Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteBa0.5Fe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·5H2O358.9145157508150
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)358.9145857510,57511,57514,57520,57521,57522,57524,5752911547
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)2358.9145257508,57529172
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S4298.9251.9157524343
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6358.9145457508,57517,57521,57531413
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O7358.9145757508,57512,57514,57517,57524,57526,57529450
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3358.91451575291935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)358.9145157529716
Bismutoferrite  (*)KaoliniteFe3+2Bi(SiO4)2(OH)358.914515752951
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4298.9251.9457516,57517,57521,575225516
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS3358.91451575111089
Boyleite  (*)StarkeyiteZn(SO4)·4H2O358.914515752023
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6358.9145557521,57522,57526,57527,575291633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)358.9145257510,5751127770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6358.9145657508,57514,57516,57517,57526,57529359
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2358.9145157508178
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)358.9145857508,57510,57511,57514,57516,57517,57521,575294979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O358.9145157521925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S358.9145357521,57522,575295707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2358.9145757508,57511,57521,57522,57524,57529,5753127198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O358.9145257522,575293531
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O358.91450382
Copper  (*)CopperCu358.9145257521,575273846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS358.9145457511,57521,57522,575294165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O358.9145357521,57527,575292970
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O358.9145257508,57511366
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S358.9145257511,575291027
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2358.9145357510,57511,575249895
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)358.9145257508,57529220
Elyite  (*)NoneCuPb4(SO4)O2(OH)4·H2O358.9145257508,5751485
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O358.9145157529814
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)358.9145157512551
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2358.9145957507,57508,57510,57512,57514,57516,57517,57522,575299617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12358.9145157507663
Fülöppite  (*)NonePb3Sb8S15358.9251.915752455
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS358.91451257507,57508,57510,57512,57514,57516,57517,57520,57521,57524,57526,5752924243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)358.9145557508,57511,57521,57522,575317437
Goslarite  (*)EpsomiteZn(SO4)·7H2O358.9145157512188
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS358.9145257520,57521717
Gunningite  (*)KieseriteZn(SO4)·H2O358.914515752048
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O358.9145357511,57520,575246890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O358.9251.9157524409
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3358.9145257511,5752114640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O358.9145257510,575111689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)6358.9145357510,57511,575201066
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14358.9145257507,57524784
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6358.91451575112228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4358.9251.91575245591
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O358.9145357508,57522,57529593
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)358.9145157531581
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2358.9145657508,57511,57514,57521,57526,57529987
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2358.9145157507762
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2358.9145857508,57511,57514,57521,57522,57524,57527,5752912537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2358.9145457511,57516,57517,575245674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O358.9145157512915
Metastibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3358.9251.915752487
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS2358.9145257507,57524300
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl358.9145457508,57511,57517,575291107
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O358.9145257516,575171508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2358.9145257511,5752417380
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs358.9145157511633
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O358.9251.9157524471
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)358.9145157529492
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S3358.9145257507,57512511
Parasymplesite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O358.9145357507,57511,57524124
Pitticite  (*)None[Fe,AsO4,SO4,H2O] (?)358.9145257516,57529140
Plagionite  (*)NonePb5Sb8S17358.9251.9157524100
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O358.9145257508,57529309
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3358.9145257510,575111425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2358.9145557511,57516,57517,57524,5752939462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl358.9145557508,57510,57516,57517,575291725
Pyrostilpnite  (*)XanthoconiteAg3SbS3358.9145257507,5751184
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8358.9145357507,57508,575119056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2298.91451257507,57510,57511,57514,57516,57517,57520,57521,57522,57524,57529,5753161156
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs2201145157511233
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS358.9145257507,57511712
Römerite  (*)RömeriteFe2+Fe3+2(SO4)4·14H2O358.91450115
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)2358.9145157529454
Schultenite  (*)NonePb(AsO3OH)358.9251.915751730
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O358.9145357511,57516,575171153
Segnitite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)6358.9145357508,57526,57529134
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O358.9145257508,57521292
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)358.9145657507,57511,57520,57521,57522,575316417
Silver  (*)CopperAg358.9145457507,57508,57511,575295186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs3358.9145257511,57514531
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)358.9145357511,57520,575292473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS358.91451157508,57510,57511,57514,57516,57517,57519,57520,57521,57524,5752921482
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)358.9251.9157524446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3298.9251.9257524,575303418
Stolzite  (*)ScheelitePb(WO4)358.9145157511156
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)358.9145157510589
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS358.9145857508,57511,57516,57517,57521,57524,57529,575312045
Susannite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2358.9145257508,5751499
Szomolnokite  (*)KieseriteFe(SO4)·H2O358.91450139
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13358.9145757507,57508,57511,57516,57517,57521,575221803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13358.9145257511,575245317
Theisite  (*)NoneCu5Zn5(AsO4)2(OH)14358.914515752958
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O3358.9251.9157524369
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O358.9251.9157524636
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO4358.9145457508,57509,57510,575171655
Zincolivenite  (*)AndalusiteCuZn(AsO4)(OH)358.914515752960
Zincrosasite  (*)Malachite(Zn,Cu)2(CO3)(OH)2358.914515750828
Zinkenite  (*)ZinkenitePb9Sb22S42358.9251.9157524228


12 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_00000131201145Jurassic Mineralization Agehigh    Arsenopyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Quartz, Sphalerite 13185Münstertal, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, GermanyMünstertal, outcrop Gabel valleyStaude et. al (2010)10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312MM74_309 
Giersdorf_00000132358.9298.9Carboniferous Host Rock Age      13185Münstertal, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, GermanyMünstertal, outcrop Gabel valleyStaude et. al (2010)10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312MM74_309 
Giersdorf_00000133201145Jurassic Mineralization Agehigh    Chalcopyrite, Galena, Marcasite, Pyrite, Quartz, Sphalerite 32114Knappengrund Mine, Belchen, Münstertal, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, GermanyMünstertal, KnappengrundStaude et. al (2010)10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312MM74_309 
Giersdorf_00000134358.9298.9Carboniferous Host Rock Age      32114Knappengrund Mine, Belchen, Münstertal, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, GermanyMünstertal, KnappengrundStaude et. al (2010)10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312MM74_309 
Giersdorf_00000135201145Jurassic Mineralization Agehigh    Baryte, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Rammelsbergite, Sphalerite 32114Knappengrund Mine, Belchen, Münstertal, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, GermanyMünstertal, Knappengrund-GegentrumStaude et. al (2010)10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312MM74_309 
Giersdorf_00000136358.9298.9Carboniferous Host Rock Age      32114Knappengrund Mine, Belchen, Münstertal, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, GermanyMünstertal, Knappengrund-GegentrumStaude et. al (2010)10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312MM74_309 
Giersdorf_00000153298.9251.9Permian Mineralization Agehigh    Arsenopyrite, Bornite, Digenite, Galena, Quartz 32120Wildsbach Mine, Hof, Münstertal, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, GermanyMünstertal, WildsbachStaude et. al (2010)10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312MM74_309 
Giersdorf_00000154358.9298.9Carboniferous Host Rock Age      32120Wildsbach Mine, Hof, Münstertal, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, GermanyMünstertal, WildsbachStaude et. al (2010)10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312MM74_309 
Giersdorf_00000155298.9251.9Permian Mineralization Agehigh    Arsenopyrite, Berthierite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Quartz, Sphalerite, Stibnite 32110Münstergrund Mine, St Trudpert, Münstertal, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, GermanyMünstertal, MünstergrundStaude et. al (2010)10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312MM74_309 
Giersdorf_00000156358.9298.9Carboniferous Host Rock Age      32110Münstergrund Mine, St Trudpert, Münstertal, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, GermanyMünstertal, MünstergrundStaude et. al (2010)10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312MM74_309 
Giersdorf_00000141201145Jurassic Mineralization Agehigh    Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Quartz, Sphalerite 5744Amalie Mine, Grunern, Staufen, Münstertal, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, GermanyStaufen-Grunern, AmalieStaude et. al (2010)10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312MM74_309 
Giersdorf_00000142358.9298.9Carboniferous Host Rock Age      5744Amalie Mine, Grunern, Staufen, Münstertal, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, GermanyStaufen-Grunern, AmalieStaude et. al (2010)10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312MM74_309 

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