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Locality Name:
Gutach, Hornberg, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 14172
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14172.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gutach, Hornberg, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Bühlerstein
Michelsberg Mine
Singersbach
Sulzbach Valley

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: As Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mn O Pb S 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteFluoriteMalachiteNonePharmacosideritePyriteRutile

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bayldonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Malachite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteBa0.5Fe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·5H2O358.9145157465150
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)20114515746611547
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)2358.9145157468172
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)358.9145257465,5746627770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2358.9145257465,5746627198
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2358.91451574659617
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2358.9145257465,5746612537
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)358.9145157465492
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O358.9145157465428
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2358.914515746539462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2358.91451574673106



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Giersdorf_00000059Fahlore "Pale Ore" bearing deposits in the Black Forest region of Germany


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_00000059201145Jurassic Mineralization Agehigh    Baryte, Galena, Quartz 33934Sulzbach Valley, Gutach, Hornberg, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, GermanyGutach, SulzbachStaude et. al (2010)10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312MM74_309 
Giersdorf_00000060358.9298.9Carboniferous Host Rock Age      33934Sulzbach Valley, Gutach, Hornberg, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, GermanyGutach, SulzbachStaude et. al (2010)10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312MM74_309 


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