Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
St Jakob Mine (incl. Amalie Adit), Moosbach Valley, Nordrach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 32465
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-32465.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "St Jakob Mine (incl. Amalie Adit), Moosbach Valley, Nordrach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Digenite	Enargite	Meneghinite	None	Pavonite	Quartz	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite
Wurtzite

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 Bi Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Bi Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Digenite Enargite Meneghinite None Pavonite Quartz Stibnite Tetrahedrite
Wurtzite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Benjaminite ()*	Berryite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Digenite ()*
Emplectite ()*	Enargite ()*	Quartz ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Benjaminite ()*	Pavonite	Ag₃Bi₇S₁₂	201	145	45
Berryite ()*	Meneghinite	Cu₃Ag₂Pb₃Bi₇S₁₆	201	145	50
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	358.9	145	1935
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	201	145	27198
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	201	145	1027
Emplectite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuBiS₂	201	145	246
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	201	145	910
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	201	145	61156
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	358.9	145	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	358.9	145	5317

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Giersdorf_00000109	201	145	Jurassic		Mineralization Age	high						Benjaminite, Berryite, Chalcopyrite, Digenite, Emplectite, Enargite, Quartz, Sphalerite		32465	St Jakob Mine (incl. Amalie Adit), Moosbach Valley, Nordrach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Nordrach, Amalie	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309
	Giersdorf_00000110	358.9	298.9	Carboniferous		Host Rock Age									32465	St Jakob Mine (incl. Amalie Adit), Moosbach Valley, Nordrach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Nordrach, Amalie	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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