Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Tiefenbach Valley, Schapbach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 276882
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-276882.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tiefenbach Valley, Schapbach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Josephs Treu Mine (Josephstreu Mine)

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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 Cu Fe H Hg Ni O Pb S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAndalusiteNickelineNone

8 IMA Minerals at location:
Bornite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Cornwallite  (*)Nickeline  (*)
Olivenite  (*)Parnauite  (*)Segnitite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4358.91451575775516
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O358.91451575773531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS358.91451575772600
Cornwallite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)4358.9145157577175
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs358.9145157577633
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)358.9145157577492
Parnauite  (*)NoneCu9(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)10·7H2O358.9145157577105
Segnitite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)6358.9145157577134



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Giersdorf_00000055Fahlore "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_00000055201145Jurassic Mineralization Agehigh    Baryte, Digenite, Wittichenite 32471Josephs Treu Mine (Josephstreu Mine), Tiefenbach Valley, Schapbach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, GermanySchapbach, Josephs TreuStaude et. al (2010)10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312MM74_309 
Giersdorf_00000056358.9298.9Carboniferous Host Rock Age      32471Josephs Treu Mine (Josephstreu Mine), Tiefenbach Valley, Schapbach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, GermanySchapbach, Josephs TreuStaude et. al (2010)10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312MM74_309 


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