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Locality Name:
Urberg, St Blasien, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 276869
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-276869.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Urberg, St Blasien, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Gottesehre Mine (Ruprecht Mine; Ruprecht Vein)

Latitude: 47°43'32"N
Longitude: 8°7'14"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.725555555556,8.1205555555556
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 Bi C Ca Cd Ce Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Nd Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sr U V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAdeliteAllophaneAluniteApatiteAragoniteArsenicArseniosideriteArsenoliteBaryte
BrochantiteCalciteCaledoniteChalcopyriteClayCopperCoronaditeCorundumCovelliteDescloizite
DevillineDiasporeFluoriteGypsumHydrotalciteKaoliniteLöllingiteLillianiteLinariteMalachite
MarcasiteMelanteriteMilleriteMixiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePyritePyrochlore
QuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSkutteruditeSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSulphurTetrahedriteVivianite
WurtziteXanthoconite

86 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Agardite-(Ce)  (*)Agardite-(Nd)  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)
Annabergite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenic  (*)Arseniosiderite  (*)Arsenolite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bernalite  (*)Beudantite  (*)Bindheimite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cryptomelane  (*)Cuprite  (*)Devilline  (*)Dolomite  (*)Duftite  (*)
Erythrite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Fluorphosphohedyphane  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Graphite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Gustavite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrocerussite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Langite  (*)
Linarite  (*)Litharge  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Matildite  (*)
Melanterite  (*)Millerite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Mixite  (*)Mottramite  (*)
Nickeline  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Phosphohedyphane  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rammelsbergite  (*)
Safflorite  (*)Sauconite  (*)Schapbachite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)
Skutterudite  (*)Smythite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spionkopite  (*)Strontianite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Takovite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Todorokite  (*)
Tripuhyite  (*)Uranospinite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Xanthoconite  (*)
Yarrowite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S358.91451576862793
Agardite-(Ce)  (*)MixiteCeCu2+6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O358.914515768643
Agardite-(Nd)  (*)MixiteNdCu2+6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O358.914515768618
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)358.91451576862734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2358.91451576863092
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O358.9145157686445
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)358.91451576863250
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs358.9145157686379
Arseniosiderite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(AsO4)3·3H2O358.9145157686194
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O3358.9145157686231
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2358.91451576865509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)20114515768611547
Bernalite  (*)PerovskiteFe(OH)3358.91451576868
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6358.9145157686413
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O7358.9145157686450
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4358.91451576865516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6358.91451576861633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)358.914515768627770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6358.9145157686359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)358.91451576864979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S358.91451576865707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS220114515768627198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O358.91451576863531
Copper  (*)CopperCu358.91451576863846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS358.91451576864165
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16358.9145157686599
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O358.91451576862970
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O358.9145157686366
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2358.91451576869895
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)358.9145157686220
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O358.9145157686814
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22011451576869617
Fluorphosphohedyphane  (*)ApatiteCa2Pb3(PO4)3F358.91451576864
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS20114515768624243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)358.91451576867437
Graphite  (*)NoneC358.91451576862812
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS358.9145157686717
Gustavite  (*)LillianiteAgPbBi3S6358.9145157686113
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O358.91451576866890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3358.914515768614640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O358.91451576861689
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)2358.9145157686201
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)6358.91451576861066
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4358.91451576865591
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O358.9145157686593
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2358.9145157686987
Litharge  (*)NonePbO358.9145157686139
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2358.914515768612537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2358.91451576865674
Matildite  (*)NoneAgBiS2358.9145157686252
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O358.9145157686915
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS358.91451576861066
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl358.91451576861107
Mixite  (*)MixiteCu6Bi(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O358.9145157686168
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)358.9145157686362
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs358.9145157686633
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS358.9145157686767
Phosphohedyphane  (*)ApatiteCa2Pb3(PO4)3Cl358.914515768671
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3358.9145157686733
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS220114515768639462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2358.91451576863106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl358.91451576861725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8358.91451576869056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2358.914515768661156
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs2201145157686233
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs2358.9145157686317
Sauconite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Zn3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O358.914515768656
Schapbachite  (*)RocksaltAg0.4Pb0.2Bi0.4S358.914515768614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)358.91451576866417
Silver  (*)CopperAg2011451576865186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs3201145157686531
Smythite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3+xS4 (x ≈ 0-0.3)358.914515768677
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS20114515768621482
Spionkopite  (*)NoneCu39S28358.914515768673
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)358.9145157686589
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS358.91451576862045
Takovite  (*)HydrotalciteNi6Al2(CO3)(OH)16·4H2O358.914515768618
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13358.91451576861803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13358.91451576865317
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O358.9145157686433
Tripuhyite  (*)RutileFe3+Sb5+O4358.914515768666
Uranospinite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(AsO4)2·10H2O358.914515768651
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl358.9145157686605
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO4358.91451576861655
Xanthoconite  (*)XanthoconiteAg3AsS3358.914515768689
Yarrowite  (*)NoneCu9S8358.914515768670


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_00000143201145Jurassic Mineralization Agehigh    Baryte, Chalcopyrite, Fluorite, Galena, Pyrite, Rammelsbergite, Silver, Skutterudite, Sphalerite 1764Gottesehre Mine (Ruprecht Mine; Ruprecht Vein), Urberg, St Blasien, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, GermanyUrberg, GottesehreStaude et. al (2010)10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312MM74_309 
Giersdorf_00000144358.9298.9Carboniferous Host Rock Age      1764Gottesehre Mine (Ruprecht Mine; Ruprecht Vein), Urberg, St Blasien, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, GermanyUrberg, GottesehreStaude et. al (2010)10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312MM74_309 

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