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:
Daniel Mine, Gallenbach Valley, Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 358.9
Youngest recorded age at locality: 5

mindat Locality ID: 10498
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-10498.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Daniel Mine, Gallenbach Valley, Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 48°19'42"N
Longitude: 8°21'1"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.328333333333,8.3502777777778

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.

Aragonite	Arsenic	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Copper	Covellite	Devilline	Fluorite
Linarite	Malachite	Meneghinite	None	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stibnite

Aikinite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*
Covellite ()*	Devilline ()*	Emplectite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Langite ()*	Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Spionkopite ()*	Wittichenite ()*	Yarrowite ()*

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: Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H O Pb S Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H O Pb S Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Arsenic Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Copper Covellite Devilline Fluorite
Linarite Malachite Meneghinite None Rocksalt Sphalerite Stibnite

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	23	5	315
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	23	5	11547
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	358.9	5	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	358.9	5	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	358.9	5	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	358.9	5	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	358.9	5	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	358.9	5	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	23	5	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	358.9	5	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	358.9	5	4165
Devilline ()*	Devilline	CaCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	358.9	5	366
Emplectite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuBiS₂	23	5	246
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	358.9	5	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	23	5	24243
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	358.9	5	593
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	358.9	5	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	358.9	5	12537
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	358.9	5	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	23	5	21482
Spionkopite ()*	None	Cu₃₉S₂₈	358.9	5	73
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	23	5	297
Yarrowite ()*	None	Cu₉S₈	358.9	5	70

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000029	Fahlore "Pale Ore" bearing deposits in the Black Forest region of Germany
Giersdorf_00000035	Fahlore "Pale Ore" bearing deposits in the Black Forest region of Germany
Giersdorf_00000037	Fahlore "Pale Ore" bearing deposits in the Black Forest region of Germany
Giersdorf_00000039	Fahlore "Pale Ore" bearing deposits in the Black Forest region of Germany
Giersdorf_00000041	Fahlore "Pale Ore" bearing deposits in the Black Forest region of Germany

58 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Age from other Locality	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Giersdorf_00000039	201	145	Jurassic		Mineralization Age	high			Yes	Bismuth, Bornite, Digenite, Quartz		32489	Moses Segen Mine, Reinerzau District, Alpirsbach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Wittichen, Moses Segen	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309
Giersdorf_00000040	358.9	298.9	Carboniferous		Host Rock Age				Yes			32489	Moses Segen Mine, Reinerzau District, Alpirsbach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Wittichen, Moses Segen	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309
EJM21_817-00001	163	153	158±5	U-Pb			pitchblende		Yes			13883	Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Wittichen	Pfaff et al. (2009)	10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944	EJM21_817
EJM21_817-013-001	152	152		206Pb/238U			pitchblende	1	Yes			13883	Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Wittichen	Pfaff et al. (2009)	10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944	EJM21_817
EJM21_817-014-001	140	140		206Pb/238U			pitchblende	1	Yes			13883	Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Wittichen	Pfaff et al. (2009)	10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944	EJM21_817
EJM21_817-015-001	177	177		206Pb/238U			pitchblende	1	Yes			13883	Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Wittichen	Pfaff et al. (2009)	10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944	EJM21_817
EJM21_817-016-001	135	135		206Pb/238U			pitchblende	1	Yes			13883	Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Wittichen	Pfaff et al. (2009)	10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944	EJM21_817
EJM21_817-017-001	141	141		206Pb/238U			pitchblende	1	Yes			13883	Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Wittichen	Pfaff et al. (2009)	10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944	EJM21_817
EJM21_817-018-001	163	163		206Pb/238U			pitchblende	1	Yes			13883	Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Wittichen	Pfaff et al. (2009)	10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944	EJM21_817
EJM21_817-019-001	164	164		206Pb/238U			pitchblende	1	Yes			13883	Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Wittichen	Pfaff et al. (2009)	10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944	EJM21_817
EJM21_817-020-001	132	132		206Pb/238U			pitchblende	1	Yes			13883	Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Wittichen	Pfaff et al. (2009)	10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944	EJM21_817
EJM21_817-021-001	129	129		206Pb/238U			pitchblende	1	Yes			13883	Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Wittichen	Pfaff et al. (2009)	10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944	EJM21_817
EJM21_817-022-001	159	159		206Pb/238U			pitchblende	1	Yes			13883	Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Wittichen	Pfaff et al. (2009)	10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944	EJM21_817
EJM21_817tbl02-00037	152	152	152	U-Pb			pitchblende	1	Yes			13883	Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Wittichen	Pfaff et al. (2009)	10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944	EJM21_817
EJM21_817tbl02-00038	140	140	140	U-Pb			pitchblende	1	Yes			13883	Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Wittichen	Pfaff et al. (2009)	10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944	EJM21_817
EJM21_817tbl02-00039	177	177	177	U-Pb			pitchblende	1	Yes			13883	Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Wittichen	Pfaff et al. (2009)	10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944	EJM21_817
EJM21_817tbl02-00040	135	135	135	U-Pb			pitchblende	1	Yes			13883	Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Wittichen	Pfaff et al. (2009)	10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944	EJM21_817
EJM21_817tbl02-00041	141	141	141	U-Pb			pitchblende	1	Yes			13883	Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Wittichen	Pfaff et al. (2009)	10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944	EJM21_817
EJM21_817tbl02-00042	163	163	163	U-Pb			pitchblende	1	Yes			13883	Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Wittichen	Pfaff et al. (2009)	10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944	EJM21_817
EJM21_817tbl02-00043	164	164	164	U-Pb			pitchblende	1	Yes			13883	Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Wittichen	Pfaff et al. (2009)	10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944	EJM21_817
EJM21_817tbl02-00044	132	132	132	U-Pb			pitchblende	1	Yes			13883	Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Wittichen	Pfaff et al. (2009)	10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944	EJM21_817
EJM21_817tbl02-00045	129	129	129	U-Pb			pitchblende	1	Yes			13883	Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Wittichen	Pfaff et al. (2009)	10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944	EJM21_817
EJM21_817tbl02-00046	159	159	159	U-Pb			pitchblende	1	Yes			13883	Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Wittichen	Pfaff et al. (2009)	10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944	EJM21_817
EJM21_817tbl02-00047	152	152	152	U-Pb			pitchblende	1	Yes			13883	Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Wittichen	Pfaff et al. (2009)	10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944	EJM21_817
EJM21_817tbl02-00048	141	141	141	U-Pb			pitchblende	1	Yes			13883	Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Wittichen	Pfaff et al. (2009)	10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944	EJM21_817
EJM21_817tbl02-00049	176	176	176	U-Pb			pitchblende	1	Yes			13883	Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Wittichen	Pfaff et al. (2009)	10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944	EJM21_817
EJM21_817tbl02-00050	136	136	136	U-Pb			pitchblende	1	Yes			13883	Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Wittichen	Pfaff et al. (2009)	10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944	EJM21_817
EJM21_817tbl02-00051	142	142	142	U-Pb			pitchblende	1	Yes			13883	Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Wittichen	Pfaff et al. (2009)	10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944	EJM21_817
EJM21_817tbl02-00052	163	163	163	U-Pb			pitchblende	1	Yes			13883	Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Wittichen	Pfaff et al. (2009)	10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944	EJM21_817
EJM21_817tbl02-00053	164	164	164	U-Pb			pitchblende	1	Yes			13883	Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Wittichen	Pfaff et al. (2009)	10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944	EJM21_817
EJM21_817tbl02-00054	133	133	133	U-Pb			pitchblende	1	Yes			13883	Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Wittichen	Pfaff et al. (2009)	10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944	EJM21_817
EJM21_817tbl02-00055	131	131	131	U-Pb			pitchblende	1	Yes			13883	Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Wittichen	Pfaff et al. (2009)	10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944	EJM21_817
EJM21_817tbl02-00056	159	159	159	U-Pb			pitchblende	1	Yes			13883	Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Wittichen	Pfaff et al. (2009)	10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944	EJM21_817
EJM21_817tbl02-00057	164	164	164	Pb-Pb			pitchblende	1	Yes			13883	Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Wittichen	Pfaff et al. (2009)	10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944	EJM21_817
EJM21_817tbl02-00058	154	154	154	Pb-Pb			pitchblende	1	Yes			13883	Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Wittichen	Pfaff et al. (2009)	10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944	EJM21_817
EJM21_817tbl02-00059	160	160	160	Pb-Pb			pitchblende	1	Yes			13883	Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Wittichen	Pfaff et al. (2009)	10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944	EJM21_817
EJM21_817tbl02-00060	163	163	163	Pb-Pb			pitchblende	1	Yes			13883	Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Wittichen	Pfaff et al. (2009)	10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944	EJM21_817
EJM21_817tbl02-00061	158	158	158	Pb-Pb			pitchblende	1	Yes			13883	Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Wittichen	Pfaff et al. (2009)	10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944	EJM21_817
EJM21_817tbl02-00062	159	159	159	Pb-Pb			pitchblende	1	Yes			13883	Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Wittichen	Pfaff et al. (2009)	10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944	EJM21_817
EJM21_817tbl02-00063	160	160	160	Pb-Pb			pitchblende	1	Yes			13883	Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Wittichen	Pfaff et al. (2009)	10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944	EJM21_817
EJM21_817tbl02-00064	157	157	157	Pb-Pb			pitchblende	1	Yes			13883	Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Wittichen	Pfaff et al. (2009)	10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944	EJM21_817
EJM21_817tbl02-00065	156	156	156	Pb-Pb			pitchblende	1	Yes			13883	Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Wittichen	Pfaff et al. (2009)	10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944	EJM21_817
EJM21_817tbl02-00066	160	160	160	Pb-Pb			pitchblende	1	Yes			13883	Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Wittichen	Pfaff et al. (2009)	10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944	EJM21_817
Kristen002290	250	201	250-201		age of mineralization				Yes	Fluorite, Quartz	U, Bi	13883	Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Wittichen Mining Area	Staude et al. (2012)	10.1007/s00126-011-0365-4	MD47_251
Kristen002291	201	66	201-66		age of mineralization				Yes		Ag, Co	13883	Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Wittichen Mining Area	Staude et al. (2012)	10.1007/s00126-011-0365-4	MD47_251
Kristen002292	23	5.3	23-5.3		age of mineralization				Yes	Aikinite, Anilite, Baryte, Chalcopyrite, Djurleite, Emplectite, Galena, Sphalerite, Wittichenite	Bi	13883	Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Wittichen Mining Area	Staude et al. (2012)	10.1007/s00126-011-0365-4	MD47_251
MD35_190-00001	253	235	244±9	Xe-Xe			pitchblende		Yes			13883	Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany		Meshik et al. (2000)	10.1007/s001260050015	MD35_190
Pfaff2009tbl06-08	253	235	244±9	U-Pb			pitchblende		Yes			13883	Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Wittichen, Schwarzwald ore district, Germany	Pfaff et al. (2009)	10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944	EJM21_817
Pfaff2009tbl06-11	240	230	235±5	U-Pb			pitchblende		Yes			13883	Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Wittichen, Schwarzwald ore district, Germany	Pfaff et al. (2009)	10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944	EJM21_817
Pfaff2009tbl06-18	163	153	158±5	U-Pb			pitchblende		Yes			13883	Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Wittichen, Schwarzwald ore district, Germany	Pfaff et al. (2009)	10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944	EJM21_817
Giersdorf_00000041	201	145	Jurassic		Mineralization Age	high			Yes	Baryte, Bismuth, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Digenite		16922	Neuglück Mine, Böckelsbach Valley, Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Wittichen, Neuglück	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309
Giersdorf_00000042	358.9	298.9	Carboniferous		Host Rock Age				Yes			16922	Neuglück Mine, Böckelsbach Valley, Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Wittichen, Neuglück	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309
Giersdorf_00000035	201	145	Jurassic		Mineralization Age	high			Yes	Baryte, Bismuth, Bismuthinite, Cobaltite, Emplectite, Hematite, Rammelsbergite, Safflorite, Skutterudite		1784	Sophia Mine, Böckelsbach Valley, Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Wittichen, Sophia	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309
Giersdorf_00000036	358.9	298.9	Carboniferous		Host Rock Age				Yes			1784	Sophia Mine, Böckelsbach Valley, Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Wittichen, Sophia	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309
Giersdorf_00000029	23	5	Miocene		Mineralization Age	high				Aikinite, Baryte, Chalcopyrite, Emplectite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Wittichenite		10498	Daniel Mine, Gallenbach Valley, Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Wittichen, Daniel im Gallenbach	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309
Giersdorf_00000030	358.9	298.9	Carboniferous		Host Rock Age							10498	Daniel Mine, Gallenbach Valley, Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Wittichen, Daniel im Gallenbach	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309
Giersdorf_00000037	201	145	Jurassic		Mineralization Age	high			Yes	Baryte, Bismuth, Bismuthinite, Digenite, Emplectite		4431	Schmiedestollen Dump, Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Wittichen, Schmiedestollen dump	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309
Giersdorf_00000038	358.9	298.9	Carboniferous		Host Rock Age				Yes			4431	Schmiedestollen Dump, Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Wittichen, Schmiedestollen dump	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309

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