Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Teufelsgrund Mine, Belchen, Münstertal, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 32111
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-32111.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Extension

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Teufelsgrund Mine, Belchen, Münstertal, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Schindler Adit (Schindler Vein)

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 Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Ni O Pb S Sb Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O Pb S Sb Si W Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenoliteArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteCalcite
ChalcopyriteClayColumbiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDevillineDiasporeDigeniteEpsomite
FluoriteGypsumLöllingiteLinariteMalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMicaNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupOrpimentPerovskitePyritePyrochloreQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSkutteruditeSphalerite
SulphurTetrahedriteVivianiteXanthoconite

53 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenic  (*)Arsenolite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Bournonite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Devilline  (*)
Digenite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Ferberite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Goslarite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)
Hydrozincite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Melanterite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Orpiment  (*)
Parasymplesite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrostilpnite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rammelsbergite  (*)Realgar  (*)Scorodite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Silver  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stolzite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S358.914502793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)358.914502734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)358.914503250
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs358.91450379
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O3358.91450231
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS298.9251.909052
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6358.91450919
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)201145011547
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O7358.9145157512450
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS3358.914501089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)358.9145027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)358.914504979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2201145027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS358.914504165
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O358.91450366
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S298.9251.901027
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2358.914509895
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)358.9145157512551
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2358.91451575129617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS298.914515751224243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)358.914507437
Goslarite  (*)EpsomiteZn(SO4)·7H2O358.9145157512188
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O358.914506890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3358.9145014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O358.914501689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)6358.914501066
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6358.914502228
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2358.91450987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2358.9145012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2298.914505674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O358.9145157512915
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl358.914501107
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2358.9145017380
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs358.91450633
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S3358.9145157512511
Parasymplesite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O358.91450124
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3358.914501425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2298.9145039462
Pyrostilpnite  (*)XanthoconiteAg3SbS3358.9145084
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8358.914509056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2298.9145061156
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs22011450233
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS358.91450712
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O358.914501153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)358.914506417
Silver  (*)CopperAg358.914505186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs3358.91450531
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)358.914502473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS298.9145021482
Stolzite  (*)ScheelitePb(WO4)358.91450156
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS358.914502045
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13358.914501803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13358.914505317


8 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_00000133201145Jurassic Mineralization Agehigh   YesChalcopyrite, 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   Yes  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   YesBaryte, 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   Yes  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   YesArsenopyrite, 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   Yes  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   YesArsenopyrite, 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   Yes  32110Münstergrund Mine, St Trudpert, Münstertal, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, GermanyMünstertal, MünstergrundStaude et. al (2010)10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312MM74_309 

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