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Locality Name:
Hausach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 27266
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27266.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hausach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Adlersbach Valley
Einbach Valley
Hauserbach Valley
Hechtsberg Quarry
Sommerberg
Strickerhof

Latitude: 48°17'43"N
Longitude: 8°9'10"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.295277777778,8.1527777777778

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 Au B Ba Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Ti V W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAdeliteAllophaneAluniteApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteAtelestiteBaryte
BismutiteBournoniteBrochantiteBrookiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCopper
CorundumCovelliteDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetGypsumKaoliniteLöllingite
LillianiteMalachiteMarcasiteMicaMiniumMixiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPharmacosiderite
PolybasitePrehnitePyritePyrochloreQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteStibniteSulphur
TetrahedriteTourmalineTyroliteVivianiteXanthoconiteZinkenite

96 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Almandine  (*)Anatase  (*)Andradite  (*)Anglesite  (*)
Annabergite  (*)Antimony  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beyerite  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Bismutite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Brookite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Clinozoisite  (*)Conichalcite  (*)Covellite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Duftite  (*)
Elyite  (*)Epidote  (*)Erythrite  (*)Eulytine  (*)Ferberite  (*)
Fizélyite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Glaucodot  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hechtsbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Heterogenite  (*)Hydrocerussite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Lautite  (*)Leadhillite  (*)Litharge  (*)Löllingite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Metastibnite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)Microcline  (*)Mimetite  (*)
Minium  (*)Mixite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Namibite  (*)Plagionite  (*)
Polybasite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)
Pyrostilpnite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rammelsbergite  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)
Safflorite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Scorodite  (*)Segnitite  (*)
Semseyite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Stolzite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Susannite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tyrolite  (*)Valentinite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Zinkenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S358.9298.9257447,574502793
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)3358.91451574522353
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2358.9145257452,574542162
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3358.91451574521534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)358.9298.91574452734
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O358.9145157452445
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb157443363
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)358.91451574523250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS358.9298.9357443,57445,574549052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2358.91451574525509
Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteBa0.5Fe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·5H2O358.9298.9257443,57445150
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)358.9298.9457443,57445,57446,5745411547
Beyerite  (*)BismutiteCaBi2O2(CO3)2358.914515745296
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O7358.9298.9257443,57445450
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)358.9145157452716
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4358.91451574525516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11157443843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS31574431089
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6358.91451574521633
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2157454700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)358.9145457443,57447,57452,5745427770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)358.9298.9257443,574454979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S358.91451574525707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2358.9298.9257447,5745427198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O358.91451574523531
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1574541025
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)358.9145157452363
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS358.91451574524165
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2358.9298.9357443,57445,574549895
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)358.9145157452220
Elyite  (*)NoneCuPb4(SO4)O2(OH)4·H2O358.9298.915744585
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)358.91451574528173
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O358.9145157452814
Eulytine  (*)NoneBi4(SiO4)3358.914515745272
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)358.9298.9157445551
Fizélyite  (*)LillianiteAg5Pb14Sb21S4815744354
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F358.91451574522740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2358.9298.9357445,57446,574549617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS358.9145357443,57445,5745224243
Glaucodot  (*)Arsenopyrite(Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS358.9145157452131
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1574547437
Gold  (*)CopperAu15744330554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1574436890
Hechtsbergite  (*)AtelestiteBi2O(VO4)(OH)358.91451574526
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3358.914515745214640
Heterogenite  (*)NoneCo3+O(OH)358.9145157452111
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)2358.9298.9157445201
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)61574431066
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61574432228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4358.9298.91574475591
Lautite  (*)NoneCuAsS358.914515745232
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2358.9298.9157445265
Litharge  (*)NonePbO358.9298.9157445139
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2358.9145157452762
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2358.9145257452,5745412537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2358.9298.9257443,574455674
Metastibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S315744387
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS2157443300
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)358.91451574524924
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl1574431107
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O4358.9298.9157445247
Mixite  (*)MixiteCu6Bi(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O358.9145157452168
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2358.9145257443,5745217380
Namibite  (*)NoneCu(BiO)2(VO4)(OH)358.914515745224
Plagionite  (*)NonePb5Sb8S17157443100
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]157443716
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)2358.91451574521898
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3358.9298.9357443,57447,574561425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2358.9145457443,57445,57447,5745239462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl358.9298.9257445,574461725
Pyrostilpnite  (*)XanthoconiteAg3SbS315744384
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8358.91451574529056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2358.9145657443,57445,57446,57447,57452,5745461156
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs2358.9145157452233
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1574491711
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs2358.9145157452317
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)358.9298.91574454894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)358.9145257452,574542705
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O358.9298.9257443,574451153
Segnitite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)6358.9298.9157445134
Semseyite  (*)NonePb9Sb8S21157443165
Silver  (*)CopperAg358.9145457445,57447,57451,574525186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS358.9145457443,57449,57452,5745421482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS4157443586
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31574433418
Stolzite  (*)ScheelitePb(WO4)358.9298.9157445156
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS358.9145157452332
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS358.9298.9257443,574452045
Susannite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2358.9298.915744599
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13358.91451574521803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131574435317
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O358.9145157452245
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O3157443369
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS3358.9145157452297
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO4358.9298.91574451655
Zinkenite  (*)ZinkenitePb9Sb22S42157443228



3 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      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 
Giersdorf_00000115201145Jurassic Mineralization Agehigh    Calcite, Cattierite, Pyrite 5695Hechtsberg Quarry, Hausach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, GermanyHausach, Hechtsberg quarryStaude et. al (2010)10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312MM74_309 
Giersdorf_00000116358.9298.9Carboniferous Host Rock Age      5695Hechtsberg Quarry, Hausach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, GermanyHausach, Hechtsberg quarryStaude et. al (2010)10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312MM74_309 


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