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:
Horbach, St Blasien, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 279803
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-279803.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Friedrich-August Mine

Latitude: 47°44'8"N
Longitude: 8°5'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.735555555556,8.0994444444444

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.

Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Covellite	Epsomite	Gypsum	Hexahydrite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Millerite
Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Spinel	Vivianite

Annabergite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Diopside ()*	Enstatite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Langite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*
Millerite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Morenosite ()*	Nickelhexahydrite ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Violarite ()*

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: As C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mo Ni O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Covellite Epsomite Gypsum Hexahydrite Malachite Marcasite Melanterite Millerite
Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Pyrite Pyroxene Spinel Vivianite

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	57675	445
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	57675	5516
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	57675	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	57675	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	57675	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	57675	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	57675	2970
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	57675	4135
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	57675	944
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	57675	6890
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	1	57675	593
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	57675	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	57675	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	57675	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	57675	915
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	57675	1066
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	57675	5800
Morenosite ()*	Epsomite	Ni(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	57675	84
Nickelhexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Ni(SO₄)·6H₂O	1	57675	37
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	57675	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	57675	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	57675	9056
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	1	57675	380

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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