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Locality Name:
Eichhalden, Biberach, Zell Am Harmersbach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 358.9
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 32435
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-32435.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Extension

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Eichhalden, Biberach, Zell Am Harmersbach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 48°20'23"N
Longitude: 8°0'51"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.339722222222,8.0141666666667
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 Ba Bi C Ca Cd Cl Co Cu Fe H Mn O P Pb S Si Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteBrochantiteChalcopyriteClayCopperCovelliteDevilline
EnargiteGypsumKaoliniteLinariteMalachiteMixiteNoneNot in a structural groupPharmacosideritePyrite
QuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteTetrahedriteVivianiteWurtzite

33 IMA Minerals at location:
Adamite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)Bayldonite  (*)
Beudantite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Devilline  (*)Enargite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Galena  (*)
Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Langite  (*)
Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Mixite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Segnitite  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Strashimirite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)358.900254
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)358.9003250
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2358.9005509
Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteBa0.5Fe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·5H2O358.900150
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)2358.900172
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6358.900413
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6358.9001633
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)358.9004979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2660027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS358.9004165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O358.9002970
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O358.900366
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4358.900910
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O358.900814
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS660024243
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS358.900717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O358.9006890
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)6358.9001066
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4358.9005591
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O358.900593
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2358.900987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2358.90012537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl358.9001107
Mixite  (*)MixiteCu6Bi(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O358.900168
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2660039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2358.9003106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl358.9001725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2660061156
Segnitite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)6358.900134
Silver  (*)CopperAg358.9005186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS358.90021482
Strashimirite  (*)NoneCu4(AsO4)2(OH)2·2.5H2O358.90090
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13358.9001803


2 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
Giersdorf_00000079660Cenozoic Mineralization Agehigh    Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Quartz 32435Eichhalden, Biberach, Zell Am Harmersbach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, GermanyPrinzbach, EichhaldeStaude et. al (2010)10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312MM74_309 
Giersdorf_00000080358.9298.9Carboniferous Host Rock Age      32435Eichhalden, Biberach, Zell Am Harmersbach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, GermanyPrinzbach, EichhaldeStaude et. al (2010)10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312MM74_309 

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