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Locality Name:
St Wilhelm, Todtnau, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 281900
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-281900.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Katzensteig

Latitude: 47°53'5"N
Longitude: 7°57'4"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.884722222222,7.9511111111111
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 Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H O P Pb S Sb Si V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteCaledoniteChalcopyriteCovelliteDescloizite
DiasporeDigeniteFluoriteLinariteMalachiteNonePyrochloreQuartzRocksaltSphalerite
SulphurTetrahedriteVivianite

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Bayldonite  (*)Beudantite  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Caledonite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Covellite  (*)Descloizite  (*)
Digenite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Segnitite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)358.9298.915776011547
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)2358.9298.9157760172
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6358.9298.9157760413
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O7358.9298.9157760450
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6358.9298.9157760359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)358.9298.91577604979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2358.9298.915776027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O358.9298.91577603531
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS358.9298.91577604165
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)358.9298.9157760378
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S358.9298.91577601027
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O358.9298.9157760814
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2358.9298.91577609617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS358.9298.915776024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)358.9298.91577607437
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2358.9298.9157760987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2358.9298.915776012537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl358.9298.91577601107
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl358.9298.91577601725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2358.9298.915776061156
Segnitite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)6358.9298.9157760134
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)358.9298.91577606417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS358.9298.915776021482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS358.9298.91577602045
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13358.9298.91577601803


5 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_00000123201145Jurassic Mineralization Agehigh   YesBaryte, Chalcopyrite, Fluorite, Galena, Marcasite, Pyrite, Quartz 32300Baumhalde Mine, Todtnau, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, GermanyTodtnau, BaumhaldegangStaude et. al (2010)10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312MM74_309 
Giersdorf_00000124358.9298.9Carboniferous Host Rock Age   Yes  32300Baumhalde Mine, Todtnau, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, GermanyTodtnau, BaumhaldegangStaude et. al (2010)10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312MM74_309 
Giersdorf_00000125201145Jurassic Mineralization Agehigh   YesChalcopyrite, Galena, Matildite, Pyrite, Quartz 188686Hof, Bernau, Todtnau, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, GermanyTodtnau, Bernau-HofStaude et. al (2010)10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312MM74_309 
Giersdorf_00000126358.9298.9Carboniferous Host Rock Age   Yes  188686Hof, Bernau, Todtnau, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, GermanyTodtnau, Bernau-HofStaude et. al (2010)10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312MM74_309 
Giersdorf_00000118358.9298.9Carboniferous Host Rock Age      32136Katzensteig, St Wilhelm, Todtnau, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, GermanySt. Wilhelm, KatzensteigStaude et. al (2010)10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312MM74_309 

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