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Locality Name:
Hofsgrund (South Field), Schauinsland Pb-Zn Mining District, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 112
Youngest recorded age at locality: 108

mindat Locality ID: 32550
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-32550.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hofsgrund (South Field), Schauinsland Pb-Zn Mining District, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Barbara Vein
Lower Schindelmatt Adit (Gespreng Veins)
Willnau Dumps

Latitude: 47°53'45"N
Longitude: 7°53'27"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.895833333333,7.8908333333333

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 C Cl Co Cu Fe H Mo O P Pb S Si V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C O Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAluniteAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteBrochantiteCalciteCaledoniteCarminite
CopperDescloiziteLinariteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupRocksaltScheeliteVivianite

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Beudantite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Carminite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cornetite  (*)Descloizite  (*)Erythrite  (*)
Galena  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Köttigite  (*)Leadhillite  (*)Linarite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Susannite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S112108257588,575902793
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6112108157590413
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6112108257588,575901633
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6112108257588,57590359
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2112108157588178
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1121081575904979
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1121081575883531
Cornetite  (*)NoneCu3(PO4)(OH)3112108257588,5758926
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)112108357588,57589,57590378
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O112108157588814
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS11210815758824243
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O112108257588,575901689
Köttigite  (*)VivianiteZn3(AsO4)2·8H2O11210815759060
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2112108257588,57590265
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2112108257588,57590987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)211210815758812537
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)112108157590492
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O112108157590309
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl112108357588,57589,575901725
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1121081575906417
Silver  (*)CopperAg112108257588,575905186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)11210802473
Susannite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)211210815759099
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl112108157589605
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO4112108357588,57589,575901655



1 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
Pfaff2009tbl06-28112108110±2Rb-Sr sphalerite  YesSphalerite  12412Schauinsland Pb-Zn Mining District, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, GermanySchauinsland, Schwarzwald ore district, GermanyPfaff et al. (2009)10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944EJM21_817 


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