Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Geschwend, Todtnau, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 281811
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-281811.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Geschwend, Todtnau, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Bernhard Mine

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

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.

Aragonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Fluorite	Marcasite	None	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

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: C Ca Cu F Fe O Pb S Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Fluorite Marcasite None Rocksalt Sphalerite

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Marcasite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	358.9	145	1	57753	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	358.9	145	1	57753	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	201	145	1	57753	27198
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	201	145	1	57753	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	201	145	1	57753	24243
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	201	145	1	57753	5674
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	358.9	145	1	57753	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	358.9	145	1	57753	21482

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Age from other Locality	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_00000123	201	145	Jurassic	Mineralization Age	high	Yes	Baryte, Chalcopyrite, Fluorite, Galena, Marcasite, Pyrite, Quartz	32300	Baumhalde Mine, Todtnau, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Todtnau, Baumhaldegang	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309
Giersdorf_00000124	358.9	298.9	Carboniferous	Host Rock Age		Yes		32300	Baumhalde Mine, Todtnau, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Todtnau, Baumhaldegang	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309
Giersdorf_00000125	201	145	Jurassic	Mineralization Age	high	Yes	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Matildite, Pyrite, Quartz	188686	Hof, Bernau, Todtnau, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Todtnau, Bernau-Hof	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309
Giersdorf_00000126	358.9	298.9	Carboniferous	Host Rock Age		Yes		188686	Hof, Bernau, Todtnau, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Todtnau, Bernau-Hof	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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