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Locality Name:
Wieden, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 13882
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-13882.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wieden, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Anton Mine
Finstergrund Mine (Werner Adit; Werner Vein)
Neue Hoffnung Mine
Spitzdobel Mine
Tannenboden Mine

Latitude: 47°49'34"N
Longitude: 7°53'23"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.826111111111,7.8897222222222

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 C Ca Cd Ce Cl Co Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sr U W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H O Pb S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllargentumAllophaneAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenoliteAutuniteBaryte
BastnäsiteBrackebuschiteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayColumbiteCopperCovelliteCubanite
DiasporeFluoriteGypsumKaoliniteLöllingiteMalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMicaNickeline
NoneNot in a structural groupPolybasitePyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSulphur
TetrahedriteUllmanniteVivianiteWurtziteXanthoconite

70 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Antimony  (*)Argentopyrite  (*)
Arsenbrackebuschite  (*)Arsenic  (*)Arsenolite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)Bayldonite  (*)Breithauptite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Celestine  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Cinnabar  (*)Covellite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dyscrasite  (*)Erythrite  (*)
Ferberite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hörnesite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Langite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)
Metazeunerite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nickeline  (*)
Nontronite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Parasymplesite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Proustite  (*)
Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrostilpnite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Safflorite  (*)Schultenite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Sternbergite  (*)Strontianite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Ullmannite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Xanthoconite  (*)Zeunerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S358.91451578072793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)358.9145257804,578062734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2358.91451578073092
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb358.9145157807363
Argentopyrite  (*)CubaniteAgFe2S3358.9145257803,5780753
Arsenbrackebuschite  (*)BrackebuschitePb2(Fe3+,Zn)(AsO4)2(OH,H2O)358.914515780324
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs358.9145357803,57806,57807379
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O3358.9145157806231
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2358.9145257804,578065509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)358.9145557803,57804,57805,57806,5780711547
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)BastnäsiteCe(CO3)F358.91450304
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)2358.91450172
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb201145157807175
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6358.914501633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)358.9145357803,57804,5780727770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)358.91451578051252
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)358.9145457803,57804,57806,578074979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S358.91451578065707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2201145257806,5780727198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O358.91451578063531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS358.91451578032600
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS358.91451578064165
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2358.9145557803,57804,57805,57806,578079895
Dyscrasite  (*)AllargentumAg3+xSb1-x (x ≈ 0.2)358.9145157807180
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O358.9145157807814
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)358.9145357803,57806,57807551
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2201145557803,57804,57805,57806,578079617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12358.9145157807663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS358.9145457803,57804,57806,5780724243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)358.914507437
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS358.9145157807717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O358.914506890
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O358.9145457803,57804,57806,578071689
Hörnesite  (*)VivianiteMg3(AsO4)2·8H2O358.9145157807103
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)6358.9145257804,578071066
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4358.91451578075591
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O358.91450593
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2358.9145257804,5780612537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2358.91451578075674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O358.91450915
Metazeunerite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O358.9145157804182
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS2358.9145357803,57805,57807300
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl358.914501107
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2358.914515780717380
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs201145157807633
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O358.9145157807471
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)358.91450492
Parasymplesite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O358.9145157807124
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]358.9145157807716
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3358.9145357803,57806,57807733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS32011451578071425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2201145257806,5780739462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl358.9145357804,57806,578071725
Pyrostilpnite  (*)XanthoconiteAg3SbS3358.914515780784
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8358.91451578079056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2358.9145357803,57804,5780561156
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs2358.9145157807317
Schultenite  (*)NonePb(AsO3OH)358.914515780730
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)358.9145557803,57804,57805,57806,578076417
Silver  (*)CopperAg358.9145257803,578075186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS201145457803,57804,57806,5780721482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS4358.9145257803,57807586
Sternbergite  (*)CubaniteAgFe2S3358.914515780762
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)358.9145157807589
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS358.914502045
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13358.914501803
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS358.9145157807293
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO4358.9145357804,57806,578071655
Xanthoconite  (*)XanthoconiteAg3AsS3358.914515780789
Zeunerite  (*)AutuniteCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·12H2O358.9145157804185



4 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_00000129201145Jurassic Mineralization Agehigh    Fluorite, Sphalerite 13881Anton Mine, Wieden, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, GermanyWieden, AntonStaude et. al (2010)10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312MM74_309 
Giersdorf_00000130358.9298.9Carboniferous Host Rock Age      13881Anton Mine, Wieden, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, GermanyWieden, AntonStaude et. al (2010)10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312MM74_309 
Giersdorf_00000127201145Jurassic Mineralization Agehigh    Baryte, Breithauptite, Chalcopyrite, Fluorite, Galena, Miargyrite, Nickeline, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Rammelsbergite, Silver, Skutterudite, Sphalerite 1765Tannenboden Mine, Wieden, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, GermanyWieden, TannenbodenStaude et. al (2010)10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312MM74_309 
Giersdorf_00000128358.9298.9Carboniferous Host Rock Age      1765Tannenboden Mine, Wieden, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, GermanyWieden, TannenbodenStaude et. al (2010)10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312MM74_309 


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