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:
Oberkirch, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 32416
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-32416.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Oberkirch, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Ödsbach
Oppenau
Ottenhöfen

Latitude: 48°33'37"N
Longitude: 8°10'18"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.560277777778,8.1716666666667

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.

Alunite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Baryte	Brochantite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar
Fluorite	Lepidocrocite	Malachite	Marcasite	Meta-autunite	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Pharmacosiderite	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Tourmaline

Ankerite ()*	Arsenic ()*	Azurite ()*	Bariopharmacosiderite ()*	Baryte ()*
Brochantite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cuprobismutite ()*	Emplectite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Goethite ()*	Hausmannite ()*	Hematite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Meta-autunite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Posnjakite ()*	Preisingerite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rooseveltite ()*	Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*
Scorodite ()*	Segnitite ()*	Spodumene ()*	Strontianite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 B Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Li Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Bi C Cu Fe H O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Aragonite Arsenic Baryte Brochantite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Corundum Diaspore Feldspar
Fluorite Lepidocrocite Malachite Marcasite Meta-autunite Monazite None Not in a structural group Pharmacosiderite Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Spinel Tetrahedrite Tourmaline

31 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	57546	3092
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As	1	57547	379
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	0		5509
Bariopharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	Ba_0.5Fe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·5H₂O	1	57544	150
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	57543,57544	11547
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	57544	1633
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	0		27198
Cuprobismutite ()*	None	Cu₈AgBi₁₃S₂₄	0		43
Emplectite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuBiS₂	1	57544	246
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	57543,57544	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	57546	7437
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄	1	57543	350
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	57546	14640
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	3	57543,57544,57546	581
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	57544	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	57547	5674
Meta-autunite ()*	Meta-autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·6H₂O	1	57549	388
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	57548	2349
Posnjakite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·H₂O	1	57544	309
Preisingerite ()*	None	Bi₃O(AsO₄)₂(OH)	1	57544	53
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	57543,57547	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	57545,57546,57547	61156
Rooseveltite ()*	Monazite	Bi(AsO₄)	1	57544	38
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	57547	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	57550	2705
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	57544	1153
Segnitite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(AsO₃OH)(OH)₆	1	57544	134
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	1	57547	688
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	1	57546	589
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	57544	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	57544	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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