Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Maus Mine, Silberberg, Todtnau, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 32132
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-32132.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Extension

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Maus Mine, Silberberg, Todtnau, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 47°49'44"N
Longitude: 7°58'46"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.828888888889,7.9794444444444

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.

Allophane	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Fluorite	Löllingite	Malachite
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite	Vivianite

Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenic ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Dolomite ()*	Erythrite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Malachite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*
Safflorite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*

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 Mg O P Pb S Si Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Apatite Aragonite Arsenic Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Fluorite Löllingite Malachite
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Vivianite

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	358.9	145	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	358.9	145	3092
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As	358.9	145	379
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	358.9	145	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	358.9	145	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	201	145	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	358.9	145	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	358.9	145	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	201	145	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	358.9	145	3531
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	358.9	145	9895
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	358.9	145	814
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	201	145	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	201	145	24243
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	358.9	145	1689
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	358.9	145	12537
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	358.9	145	733
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	201	145	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	358.9	145	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	201	145	61156
Safflorite ()*	Löllingite	CoAs₂	358.9	145	317
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	358.9	145	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	358.9	145	1803

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Age from other Locality	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Giersdorf_00000123	201	145	Jurassic	Mineralization Age	high	Yes	Baryte, Chalcopyrite, Fluorite, Galena, Marcasite, Pyrite, Quartz	32300	Baumhalde Mine, Todtnau, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Todtnau, Baumhaldegang	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309
Giersdorf_00000124	358.9	298.9	Carboniferous	Host Rock Age		Yes		32300	Baumhalde Mine, Todtnau, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Todtnau, Baumhaldegang	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309
Giersdorf_00000125	201	145	Jurassic	Mineralization Age	high	Yes	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Matildite, Pyrite, Quartz	188686	Hof, Bernau, Todtnau, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Todtnau, Bernau-Hof	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309
Giersdorf_00000126	358.9	298.9	Carboniferous	Host Rock Age		Yes		188686	Hof, Bernau, Todtnau, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Todtnau, Bernau-Hof	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309

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