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Locality Name:
Maria Josepha Mine, Einbach Valley, Hausach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 358.9
Youngest recorded age at locality: 298.9

mindat Locality ID: 16527
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16527.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Maria Josepha Mine, Einbach Valley, Hausach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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: Ag Al C Ca Cu Fe H O S Sb Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al C Ca Cu Fe H O S Sb Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperKaoliniteNonePyriteQuartz

8 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S358.9298.902793
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)358.9298.9027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2358.9298.9027198
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4358.9298.905591
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3358.9298.901425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2358.9298.9039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2358.9298.9061156
Silver  (*)CopperAg358.9298.905186



1 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_00000074358.9298.9Carboniferous Host Rock Age   Yes  5694Erzengel Gabriel Mine (Gabriel Mine), Einbach Valley, Hausach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, GermanyHausach, Einbachtal, Erzengel GabrielStaude et. al (2010)10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312MM74_309 


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