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

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

mindat Locality ID: 1765
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1765.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Extension

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tannenboden Mine, Wieden, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 47°49'11"N
Longitude: 7°52'35"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.819722222222,7.8763888888889

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 Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sr W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cd Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sr W Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllargentumApatiteAragoniteArsenicBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayColumbite
CopperCubaniteFluoriteKaoliniteLöllingiteMarcasiteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural group
PolybasitePyriteRocksaltScheeliteSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteTetrahedriteUllmanniteVivianiteWurtzite
Xanthoconite

46 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Antimony  (*)Argentopyrite  (*)Arsenic  (*)
Baryte  (*)Breithauptite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Dyscrasite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Ferberite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Greenockite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hörnesite  (*)
Hydrozincite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Nickeline  (*)Nontronite  (*)Parasymplesite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Proustite  (*)
Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrostilpnite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Safflorite  (*)Schultenite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stephanite  (*)Sternbergite  (*)Strontianite  (*)Ullmannite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Xanthoconite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S358.914502793
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2358.914503092
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb358.91450363
Argentopyrite  (*)CubaniteAgFe2S3358.9145053
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs358.91450379
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)201145011547
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb2011450175
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)358.9145027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)358.914504979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2201145027198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2358.914509895
Dyscrasite  (*)AllargentumAg3+xSb1-x (x ≈ 0.2)358.91450180
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O358.91450814
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)358.91450551
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF220114509617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12358.91450663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS201145024243
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS358.91450717
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O358.914501689
Hörnesite  (*)VivianiteMg3(AsO4)2·8H2O358.91450103
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)6358.914501066
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4358.914505591
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2358.914505674
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS22011450300
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2358.9145017380
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs2011450633
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O358.91450471
Parasymplesite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O358.91450124
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]358.91450716
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3358.91450733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS320114501425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2201145039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl358.914501725
Pyrostilpnite  (*)XanthoconiteAg3SbS3358.9145084
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8358.914509056
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs2358.91450317
Schultenite  (*)NonePb(AsO3OH)358.9145030
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)358.914506417
Silver  (*)CopperAg20114505186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS201145021482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS4358.91450586
Sternbergite  (*)CubaniteAgFe2S3358.9145062
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)358.91450589
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS358.91450293
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO4358.914501655
Xanthoconite  (*)XanthoconiteAg3AsS3358.9145089



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   YesFluorite, 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   Yes  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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