Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Alt-Herrensegen Mine, Seebach, Schapbach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 16553
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16553.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Alt-Herrensegen Mine, Seebach, Schapbach, 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

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.

Adelite	Allophane	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Devilline	Malachite
Mixite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt

Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Brochantite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Devilline ()*	Duftite ()*
Galena ()*	Langite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Zálesíite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H O Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H O Pb S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Allophane Apatite Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Chalcopyrite Copper Devilline Malachite
Mixite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	358.9	145	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	201	145	11547
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	358.9	145	1633
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	358.9	145	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	358.9	145	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	358.9	145	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	358.9	145	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	358.9	145	2970
Devilline ()*	Devilline	CaCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	358.9	145	366
Duftite ()*	Adelite	PbCu(AsO₄)(OH)	358.9	145	220
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	358.9	145	24243
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	358.9	145	593
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	358.9	145	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	358.9	145	1107
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	358.9	145	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	358.9	145	61156
Zálesíite ()*	Mixite	CaCu₆(AsO₄)₂(AsO₃OH)(OH)₆·3H₂O	358.9	145	84

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000055	Fahlore "Pale Ore" bearing deposits in the Black Forest region of Germany

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Giersdorf_00000055	201	145	Jurassic		Mineralization Age	high				Yes		Baryte, Digenite, Wittichenite		32471	Josephs Treu Mine (Josephstreu Mine), Tiefenbach Valley, Schapbach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Schapbach, Josephs Treu	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309
	Giersdorf_00000056	358.9	298.9	Carboniferous		Host Rock Age					Yes				32471	Josephs Treu Mine (Josephstreu Mine), Tiefenbach Valley, Schapbach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Schapbach, Josephs Treu	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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