Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Reinerzau District, Alpirsbach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 12039
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-12039.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Extension

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Reinerzau District, Alpirsbach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Alte Gabe Gottes Mine
Auerhahn Inn
Dreikönigstern Mine
Fluorite Mine
Gottes Segen Mine
Hengstbach Mine
Herzog Friedrich Mine (incl. Neuglück Mine)
Holderbusch Adit
Knechtsbauernhof Quarry
Moses Segen Mine
Tiefengraben Quarry

Latitude: 48°23'26"N
Longitude: 8°21'48"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.390555555556,8.3633333333333

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.

Acanthite	Allargentum	Arsenic	Arsenolite	Autunite	Baryte	Bismutite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite
Copper	Corundum	Fluorite	Löllingite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Orpiment	Perovskite	Pharmacosiderite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Skutterudite	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Vivianite	Xanthoconite

Acanthite ()*	Alacránite ()*	Annabergite ()*	Antimony ()*	Arsenolite ()*
Bariopharmacosiderite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bismutite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dyscrasite ()*	Emplectite ()*	Erythrite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Heinrichite ()*	Hematite ()*	Lavendulan ()*
Löllingite ()*	Malachite ()*	Metaheinrichite ()*	Orpiment ()*	Pitticite ()*
Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Safflorite ()*
Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Skutterudite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibarsen ()*
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Torbernite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranospinite ()*
Wittichenite ()*	Xanthoconite ()*	Zeunerite ()*

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 As Ba Bi C Ca Ce Cl Co Cu F Fe H Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Ba Bi Co Cu Fe H O P Pb S Sb U

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allargentum Arsenic Arsenolite Autunite Baryte Bismutite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite
Copper Corundum Fluorite Löllingite Malachite None Not in a structural group Orpiment Perovskite Pharmacosiderite
Quartz Rocksalt Skutterudite Sphalerite Stibnite Tetrahedrite Vivianite Xanthoconite

43 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	358.9	145	1	57274	2793
Alacránite ()*	Not in a structural group	As₈S₉	358.9	145	1	57282	18
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	358.9	145	1	57274	445
Antimony ()*	Arsenic	Sb	358.9	145	0		363
Arsenolite ()*	Arsenolite	As₂O₃	358.9	145	1	57282	231
Bariopharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	Ba_0.5Fe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·5H₂O	358.9	145	0		150
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	358.9	145	5	57270,57274,57277,57278,57282	11547
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	358.9	145	1	57274	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	358.9	145	1	57274	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	358.9	145	1	57274	716
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	358.9	145	1	57278	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	358.9	145	1	57270	27198
Dyscrasite ()*	Allargentum	Ag_3+xSb_1-x (x ≈ 0.2)	358.9	145	0		180
Emplectite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuBiS₂	358.9	145	2	57270,57277	246
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	358.9	145	3	57274,57277,57281	814
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	201	145	6	57270,57274,57275,57277,57278,57282	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	358.9	145	0		24243
Heinrichite ()*	None	Ba(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·10H₂O	358.9	145	0		18
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	358.9	145	2	57270,57277	14640
Lavendulan ()*	None	NaCaCu₅(AsO₄)₄Cl·5H₂O	358.9	145	1	57276	149
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	358.9	145	0		762
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	358.9	145	3	57270,57277,57278	12537
Metaheinrichite ()*	None	Ba(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	358.9	145	0		19
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	358.9	145	1	57274	511
Pitticite ()*	None	[Fe,AsO₄,SO₄,H₂O] (?)	358.9	145	1	57273	140
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	358.9	145	2	57278,57282	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	358.9	145	0		1425
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	358.9	145	1	57270	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	358.9	145	2	57278,57280	712
Safflorite ()*	Löllingite	CoAs₂	358.9	145	0		317
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	358.9	145	1	57282	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	358.9	145	3	57274,57278,57281	5186
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	358.9	145	3	57274,57278,57281	531
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	358.9	145	1	57282	21482
Stibarsen ()*	Arsenic	SbAs	358.9	145	0		48
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	None	CaCe(CO₃)₂F	358.9	145	1	57279	232
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	358.9	145	2	57277,57278	1803
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	358.9	145	0		1059
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	358.9	145	1	57278	2718
Uranospinite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·10H₂O	358.9	145	2	57272,57278	51
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	358.9	145	0		297
Xanthoconite ()*	Xanthoconite	Ag₃AsS₃	358.9	145	1	57282	89
Zeunerite ()*	Autunite	Cu(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·12H₂O	358.9	145	0		185

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000039	Fahlore "Pale Ore" bearing deposits in the Black Forest region of Germany
Giersdorf_00000043	Fahlore "Pale Ore" bearing deposits in the Black Forest region of Germany

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	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_00000043	201	145	Jurassic	Mineralization Age	high	Fluorite	5663	Alte Gabe Gottes Mine, Reinerzau District, Alpirsbach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Reinerzau, Alte Gabe Gottes	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309
Giersdorf_00000044	358.9	298.9	Carboniferous	Host Rock Age			5663	Alte Gabe Gottes Mine, Reinerzau District, Alpirsbach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Reinerzau, Alte Gabe Gottes	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309
Giersdorf_00000039	201	145	Jurassic	Mineralization Age	high	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			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

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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