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Locality Name:
Falkenstein Valley, Schramberg, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 150
Youngest recorded age at locality: 130

mindat Locality ID: 32392
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-32392.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Falkenstein Valley, Schramberg, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Geigeshalde

Latitude: 48°12'41"N
Longitude: 8°22'29"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.211388888889,8.3747222222222
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: As Ba Bi C Co Cu Fe H Mg O P Pb S U Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicAutuniteCarminiteChalcopyriteCorundumCovelliteDigeniteFluoriteMalachiteMonazite
NonePharmacosideritePyriteRocksaltSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedriteVivianiteZircon

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)Bismite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Carminite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Digenite  (*)
Erythrite  (*)Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)Nováčekite-I  (*)Malachite  (*)
Metaheinrichite  (*)Metazeunerite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Rooseveltite  (*)Schultenite  (*)
Scorodite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Uraninite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)
Zeunerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteBa0.5Fe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·5H2O150130157667150
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O3150130157667214
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1501301576671966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31501301576671935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41501301576675516
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2150130157667178
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S15013005707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS215013015766727198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1501301576674165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1501301576671027
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O150130157667814
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS15013015766724243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O315013015766714640
Nováčekite-I  (*)NoneMg(UO2)2(AsO4)2·12H2O15013015766755
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)215013015766712537
Metaheinrichite  (*)NoneBa(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O15013015766719
Metazeunerite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O150130157667182
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215013015766739462
Rooseveltite  (*)MonaziteBi(AsO4)15013015766738
Schultenite  (*)NonePb(AsO3OH)15013015766730
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O1501301576671153
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS15013015766721482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131501301576671803
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21501301576672718
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)150130157667939
Zeunerite  (*)AutuniteCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·12H2O150130157667185


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
Pfaff2009tbl06-23150130140±10Rb-Sr illite  Yes  26390Schramberg, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, GermanySchramberg, Schwarzwald ore district, GermanyPfaff et al. (2009)10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944EJM21_817 

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