Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bad Rippoldsau, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 28122
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-28122.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bad Rippoldsau, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Daniel Im Dehs Mine
Dollenbach Valley
Greifhalde
Johann Baptist Mine
Leopold Mine
Prosper Mine
Reichenbach Valley

Latitude: 48°25'15"N
Longitude: 8°20'1"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.420833333333,8.3336111111111

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.

Acanthite	Adelite	Allophane	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bastnäsite	Brochantite	Brookite	Calcite
Chalcopyrite	Copper	Covellite	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Meneghinite	Mixite	None	Not in a structural group
Pavonite	Pharmacosiderite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Spinel	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite	Tyrolite	Vivianite

Acanthite ()*	Agardite-(La) ()*	Agardite-(Nd) ()*	Aikinite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Azurite ()*	Bariopharmacosiderite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bayldonite ()*
Benjaminite ()*	Berryite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismutoferrite ()*	Bornite ()*
Brochantite ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Conichalcite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Duftite ()*	Erythrite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Miharaite ()*	Mixite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Quartz ()*
Silver ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Tyrolite ()*	Wittichenite ()*

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 Ce Co Cu F Fe H La Nd O P Pb S Sb Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Adelite Allophane Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Bastnäsite Brochantite Brookite Calcite
Chalcopyrite Copper Covellite Fluorite Kaolinite Malachite Meneghinite Mixite None Not in a structural group
Pavonite Pharmacosiderite Quartz Rocksalt Spinel Sulphur Tetrahedrite Tyrolite Vivianite

42 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	358.9	145	1	57292	2793
Agardite-(La) ()*	Mixite	LaCu²⁺₆(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O	358.9	145	1	57296	33
Agardite-(Nd) ()*	Mixite	NdCu²⁺₆(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O	358.9	145	1	57292	18
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	201	145	1	57292	315
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	201	145	1	57292	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	358.9	145	2	57297,57298	5509
Bariopharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	Ba_0.5Fe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·5H₂O	358.9	145	1	57292	150
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	358.9	145	3	57292,57297,57298	11547
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bastnäsite	Ce(CO₃)F	358.9	145	1	57292	304
Bayldonite ()*	None	Cu₃PbO(AsO₃OH)₂(OH)₂	358.9	145	1	57299	172
Benjaminite ()*	Pavonite	Ag₃Bi₇S₁₂	201	145	1	57292	45
Berryite ()*	Meneghinite	Cu₃Ag₂Pb₃Bi₇S₁₆	358.9	145	1	57292	50
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	358.9	145	1	57292	1966
Bismutoferrite ()*	Kaolinite	Fe³⁺₂Bi(SiO₄)₂(OH)	358.9	145	1	57292	51
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	358.9	145	3	57295,57297,57298	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	358.9	145	1	57292	1633
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	358.9	145	1	57299	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	358.9	145	2	57297,57298	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	358.9	145	3	57295,57297,57298	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	201	145	4	57292,57295,57297,57298	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	358.9	145	3	57295,57297,57298	3531
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	358.9	145	1	57292	363
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	358.9	145	3	57292,57297,57298	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	358.9	145	2	57297,57298	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	358.9	145	3	57292,57297,57298	2970
Duftite ()*	Adelite	PbCu(AsO₄)(OH)	358.9	145	1	57299	220
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	358.9	145	1	57292	814
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	358.9	145	2	57297,57298	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	201	145	3	57292,57297,57298	24243
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	358.9	145	1	57293	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	358.9	145	4	57292,57295,57297,57298	12537
Miharaite ()*	None	PbCu₄FeBiS₆	201	145	1	57292	19
Mixite ()*	Mixite	Cu₆Bi(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O	358.9	145	1	57292	168
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	358.9	145	1	57292	369
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	201	145	4	57292,57295,57297,57298	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	358.9	145	1	57292	5186
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	358.9	145	2	57297,57298	2045
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	358.9	145	1	57292	1803
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	358.9	145	3	57295,57297,57298	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	358.9	145	1	57292	5317
Tyrolite ()*	Tyrolite	Ca₂Cu₉(AsO₄)₄(CO₃)(OH)₈·11H₂O	358.9	145	1	57292	245
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	201	145	1	57292	297

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000061	Fahlore "Pale Ore" bearing deposits in the Black Forest region of Germany

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Giersdorf_00000061	201	145	Jurassic	Mineralization Age	high	Aikinite, Arsenopyrite, Benjaminite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Miharaite, Quartz, Wittichenite	32334	Daniel Im Dehs Mine, Bad Rippoldsau, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Bad Rippoldsau, Daniel im Dehs	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309
Giersdorf_00000062	358.9	298.9	Carboniferous	Host Rock Age			32334	Daniel Im Dehs Mine, Bad Rippoldsau, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Bad Rippoldsau, Daniel im Dehs	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309
Giersdorf_00000107	201	145	Jurassic	Mineralization Age	high	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Quartz	32339	Johann Baptist Mine, Bad Rippoldsau, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Bad Rippoldsau, Johann Baptist	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309
Giersdorf_00000108	358.9	298.9	Carboniferous	Host Rock Age			32339	Johann Baptist Mine, Bad Rippoldsau, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Bad Rippoldsau, Johann Baptist	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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