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Locality Name:
Hof, Münstertal, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 130578
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-130578.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hof, Münstertal, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Galgenhalde Veins
Wildsbach Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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: Al As C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteApatiteAragoniteArseniosideriteArsenopyriteBaryteCaledoniteClayFluoriteMarcasite
NonePyritePyrochloreQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSulphurTetrahedrite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Arseniosiderite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Beudantite  (*)Bindheimite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Pitticite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Schultenite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)358.9145257516,575172734
Arseniosiderite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(AsO4)3·3H2O358.9251.9157517194
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS298.9251.9257516,575179052
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6358.9251.9157517413
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O7358.9251.9157517450
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4298.9251.9257516,575175516
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6358.9145257516,57517359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)358.9145257516,575174979
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2358.9145257516,575179617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS298.9145257516,5751724243
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2358.9145257516,575175674
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl358.9251.91575171107
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O358.9145257516,575171508
Pitticite  (*)None[Fe,AsO4,SO4,H2O] (?)358.9145157516140
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2358.9145257516,5751739462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl358.9145257516,575171725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2298.9145257516,5751761156
Schultenite  (*)NonePb(AsO3OH)358.9251.915751730
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O358.9145257516,575171153
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS358.9145257516,5751721482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS358.9145257516,575172045
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13358.9145257516,575171803
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO4358.9251.91575171655


8 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_00000133201145Jurassic Mineralization Agehigh   YesChalcopyrite, Galena, Marcasite, Pyrite, Quartz, Sphalerite 32114Knappengrund Mine, Belchen, Münstertal, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, GermanyMünstertal, KnappengrundStaude et. al (2010)10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312MM74_309 
Giersdorf_00000134358.9298.9Carboniferous Host Rock Age   Yes  32114Knappengrund Mine, Belchen, Münstertal, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, GermanyMünstertal, KnappengrundStaude et. al (2010)10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312MM74_309 
Giersdorf_00000135201145Jurassic Mineralization Agehigh   YesBaryte, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Rammelsbergite, Sphalerite 32114Knappengrund Mine, Belchen, Münstertal, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, GermanyMünstertal, Knappengrund-GegentrumStaude et. al (2010)10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312MM74_309 
Giersdorf_00000136358.9298.9Carboniferous Host Rock Age   Yes  32114Knappengrund Mine, Belchen, Münstertal, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, GermanyMünstertal, Knappengrund-GegentrumStaude et. al (2010)10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312MM74_309 
Giersdorf_00000153298.9251.9Permian Mineralization Agehigh    Arsenopyrite, Bornite, Digenite, Galena, Quartz 32120Wildsbach Mine, Hof, Münstertal, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, GermanyMünstertal, WildsbachStaude et. al (2010)10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312MM74_309 
Giersdorf_00000154358.9298.9Carboniferous Host Rock Age      32120Wildsbach Mine, Hof, Münstertal, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, GermanyMünstertal, WildsbachStaude et. al (2010)10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312MM74_309 
Giersdorf_00000155298.9251.9Permian Mineralization Agehigh   YesArsenopyrite, Berthierite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Quartz, Sphalerite, Stibnite 32110Münstergrund Mine, St Trudpert, Münstertal, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, GermanyMünstertal, MünstergrundStaude et. al (2010)10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312MM74_309 
Giersdorf_00000156358.9298.9Carboniferous Host Rock Age   Yes  32110Münstergrund Mine, St Trudpert, Münstertal, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, GermanyMünstertal, MünstergrundStaude et. al (2010)10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312MM74_309 

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