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Locality Name:
Neubulach, Calw, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 252
Youngest recorded age at locality: 5

mindat Locality ID: 1778
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-1778.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Neubulach, Calw, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Himmelfahrt Mine

Latitude: 48°39'38"N
Longitude: 8°41'49"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.660555555556,8.6969444444444

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: Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H Hg K Mn O P Pb S Sb Si U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn O P Pb S Sb Si U Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAllophaneAluniteAndalusiteApatiteArseniosideriteAtelestiteBaryteBismutiteBrochantite
BulachiteCalciteChalcophylliteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDiasporeDigenite
FluoriteLepidocrociteMalachiteMixiteMonaziteNoneNot in a structural groupPharmacosideritePhilipsburgitePyrite
PyrochloreQuartzSymplesiteTetrahedriteTyrolite

68 IMA Minerals at location:
Adamite  (*)Agardite-(Ce)  (*)Allophane  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arseniosiderite  (*)
Arsenocrandallite  (*)Atelestite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bariopharmacoalumite  (*)Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bayldonite  (*)Beyerite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Bismutostibiconite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Bulachite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcophyllite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Conichalcite  (*)
Copper  (*)Cornubite  (*)Cornwallite  (*)Covellite  (*)Crandallite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Digenite  (*)Emplectite  (*)Ferrisymplesite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Langite  (*)
Lepidocrocite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mansfieldite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)Mixite  (*)
Olivenite  (*)Parnauite  (*)Philipsburgite  (*)Pitticite  (*)Preisingerite  (*)
Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)
Rooseveltite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphaerobismoite  (*)Spionkopite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)
Strashimirite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tenorite  (*)Torbernite  (*)Tyrolite  (*)
Yarrowite  (*)Zálesíite  (*)Zincolivenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)25250254
Agardite-(Ce)  (*)MixiteCeCu2+6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O2525043
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O25250470
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2252503092
Arseniosiderite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(AsO4)3·3H2O25250194
Arsenocrandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)62525012
Atelestite  (*)AtelestiteBi2O(AsO4)(OH)2525047
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2252505509
Bariopharmacoalumite  (*)PharmacosideriteBa0.5Al4[(AsO4)3(OH)4]·4H2O252509
Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteBa0.5Fe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·5H2O25250150
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)235011547
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)225250172
Beyerite  (*)BismutiteCaBi2O2(CO3)22525096
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)25250716
Bismutostibiconite  (*)Pyrochlore(Bi,Fe3+,   )2Sb5+2O7252507
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4252505516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6252501633
Bulachite  (*)BulachiteAl6(AsO4)3(OH)9(H2O)4·2H2O252505
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2525027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S252505707
Chalcophyllite  (*)ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24·36H2O25250194
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2235027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O252503531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS252502600
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)25250363
Copper  (*)CopperCu252503846
Cornubite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)425250109
Cornwallite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)425250175
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS252504165
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)625250310
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O252502970
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S252501027
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS22350246
Ferrisymplesite  (*)SymplesiteFe3+3(AsO4)2(OH)3·5H2O2525021
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2252509617
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)252507437
Gold  (*)CopperAu2525030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32525014640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6252502228
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O25250593
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)25250581
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22525012537
Mansfieldite  (*)NoneAl(AsO4)·2H2O2525042
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O25250443
Mixite  (*)MixiteCu6Bi(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O2525157340168
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)25250492
Parnauite  (*)NoneCu9(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)10·7H2O25250105
Philipsburgite  (*)PhilipsburgiteCu5Zn(AsO4)(PO4)(OH)6·H2O2525031
Pitticite  (*)None[Fe,AsO4,SO4,H2O] (?)25250140
Preisingerite  (*)NoneBi3O(AsO4)2(OH)2525053
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)425250369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2235039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl252501725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO223515734061156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)252501711
Rooseveltite  (*)MonaziteBi(AsO4)2525038
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)252506417
Sphaerobismoite  (*)NoneBi2O3252502
Spionkopite  (*)NoneCu39S282525073
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)25250446
Strashimirite  (*)NoneCu4(AsO4)2(OH)2·2.5H2O2525090
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13252501803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO252501101
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O252501059
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O25250245
Yarrowite  (*)NoneCu9S82525070
Zálesíite  (*)MixiteCaCu6(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)(OH)6·3H2O2525084
Zincolivenite  (*)AndalusiteCuZn(AsO4)(OH)2525060



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Giersdorf_00000013Fahlore "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_00000013235Miocene Mineralization Agehigh    Baryte, Chalcopyrite, Emplectite, Pyrite, Quartz 1778Neubulach, Calw, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, GermanyNeubulachStaude et. al (2010)10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312MM74_309 
Giersdorf_00000014252237Lower Triassic Host Rock Age      1778Neubulach, Calw, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, GermanyNeubulachStaude et. al (2010)10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312MM74_309 


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