Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Unterkirnach, Villingen, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 247
Youngest recorded age at locality: 201

mindat Locality ID: 233875
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-233875.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Unterkirnach, Villingen, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Ferdinand Mine
Lippenhof

Latitude: 48°3'55"N
Longitude: 8°20'10"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.065277777778,8.3361111111111

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.

Bixbyite	None	Rutile	Spinel	Titanite	Zircon

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: Ca Cu Fe H Mn O S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Bixbyite None Rutile Spinel Titanite Zircon

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Bixbyite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Hausmannite ()*	Manganite ()*
Rutile ()*	Titanite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Bixbyite ()*	Bixbyite	Mn³⁺₂O₃	247	201	1	57781	104
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	247	201	1	57781	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	247	201	1	57781	5707
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄	247	201	1	57781	350
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	247	201	1	57781	770
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	247	201	1	57782	5614
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	247	201	1	57782	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	247	201	1	57782	5251

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000005	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_00000005	247	201	Middle Triassic to Jurassic		Mineralization Age	high				Yes		Chalcopyrite, Galena, Marcasite, Pyrite, Sphalerite		37645	Villingen, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Villingen-Schwenningen, Villingen Clay Deposit	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.311	MM74_309
	Giersdorf_00000006	247	237	Middle Triassic		Host Rock Age					Yes				37645	Villingen, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Villingen-Schwenningen, Villingen Clay Deposit	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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