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:
Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 247
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 287591
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-287591.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Rhein-Neckar District
Rhein-Neckar-Kreis
Rhine River

Latitude: 49°17'59"N
Longitude: 8°42'14"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.299722222222,8.7038888888889

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Geocronite	Gypsum	Marcasite
Melanterite	Meneghinite	None	Not in a structural group	Orpiment	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Sphalerite	Starkeyite	Stibnite	Sulphur

Anglesite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bindheimite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cattierite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*
Geocronite ()*	Gold ()*	Gratonite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hutchinsonite ()*
Hydrozincite ()*	Jordanite ()*	Kermesite ()*	Livingstonite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Melanterite ()*	Meneghinite ()*	Metastibnite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Orpiment ()*
Plagionite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*
Rozenite ()*	Seligmannite ()*	Semseyite ()*	Smithite ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stibiconite ()*	Sulphur ()*

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 As Au Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H Hg Mg Mn O Pb S Sb Si Tl Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Geocronite Gypsum Marcasite
Melanterite Meneghinite None Not in a structural group Orpiment Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Sphalerite Starkeyite Stibnite Sulphur

38 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	247	1	57910	2734
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	247	1	57910	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	247	2	57905,57910	11547
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	247	1	57910	450
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	66	3	57905,57907,57910	27770
Cattierite ()*	Pyrite	CoS₂	247	1	57909	30
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	247	1	57910	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	66	2	57905,57910	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	247	2	57905,57910	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	247	2	57905,57910	24243
Geocronite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄Sb₆S₂₃	247	1	57910	133
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	247	1	57911	30554
Gratonite ()*	None	Pb₉As₄S₁₅	247	1	57910	24
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	247	3	57905,57908,57910	6890
Hutchinsonite ()*	None	TlPbAs₅S₉	247	1	57910	8
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	247	1	57910	1066
Jordanite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄As₆S₂₃	247	1	57910	105
Kermesite ()*	None	Sb₂OS₂	247	1	57910	230
Livingstonite ()*	None	HgSb₄S₆(S)₂	247	1	57910	24
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	247	1	57905	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	247	1	57905	915
Meneghinite ()*	Meneghinite	Pb₁₃CuSb₇S₂₄	247	1	57910	158
Metastibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	247	1	57910	87
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	247	2	57905,57910	1107
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	247	2	57905,57910	511
Plagionite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₈S₁₇	247	1	57910	100
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	66	3	57905,57908,57910	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	247	1	57910	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	247	1	57905	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	247	2	57905,57910	712
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O	247	1	57905	293
Seligmannite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbAsS₃	247	1	57910	64
Semseyite ()*	None	Pb₉Sb₈S₂₁	247	1	57910	165
Smithite ()*	None	AgAsS₂	247	1	57910	11
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	247	2	57905,57910	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	247	2	57905,57910	21482
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)	247	1	57910	446
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	247	1	57910	2045

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000007	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_00000007	66	0	Cenozoic		Mineralization Age	high						Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Digenite, Pyrite		287591	Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Karlsruhe, Ettlingen Wattkopftunnel	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309
	Giersdorf_00000008	247	237	Middle Triassic		Host Rock Age									287591	Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Karlsruhe, Ettlingen Wattkopftunnel	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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