Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Mättle, Todtmoos, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 282342
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-282342.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Nickel 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.

Chalcopyrite	Covellite	Malachite	Marcasite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Spinel

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 Cu Fe H Mo Ni O S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Covellite Malachite Marcasite Molybdenite Nickeline None Pentlandite Pyrite Spinel

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*

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
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	201	145	1	57739	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	358.9	145	1	57739	4165
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	358.9	145	1	57739	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	358.9	145	1	57739	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	358.9	145	1	57739	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	358.9	145	1	57739	5800
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	358.9	145	1	57739	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	358.9	145	1	57739	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	358.9	145	1	57739	9056

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000065	Fahlore "Pale Ore" bearing deposits in the Black Forest region of Germany

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Giersdorf_00000065	201	145	Jurassic		Mineralization Age	high				Yes		Chalcopyrite, Galena, Quartz		32411	Hermann Mine, Todtmoos, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Todtmoos, Hermann a.d. Schwarzen Säge	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309
	Giersdorf_00000066	358.9	298.9	Carboniferous		Host Rock Age					Yes				32411	Hermann Mine, Todtmoos, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Todtmoos, Hermann a.d. Schwarzen Säge	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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