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:
Laufenburg, Aargau, Switzerland

Oldest recorded age at locality: 200
Youngest recorded age at locality: 150

mindat Locality ID: 289377
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-289377.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Laufenburg, Aargau, Switzerland": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Kaisten

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.

Arsenic	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Diaspore	Löllingite	Marcasite	Mica	None	Perovskite	Pyrite
Rocksalt	Skutterudite	Zircon

Altaite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Cattierite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clausthalite ()*
Coffinite ()*	Copper ()*	Crookesite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Froodite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Marcasite ()*	Montroseite ()*	Nickelskutterudite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Rammelsbergite ()*	Roscoelite ()*	Silver ()*	Stromeyerite ()*

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 Au Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O Pb Pd S Se Si Te Tl U V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Chalcopyrite Copper Diaspore Löllingite Marcasite Mica None Perovskite Pyrite
Rocksalt Skutterudite Zircon

20 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
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	200	150	1	113341	489
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	200	150	1	113341	1966
Cattierite ()*	Pyrite	CoS₂	200	150	1	113341	30
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	200	150	1	113341	27198
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe	200	150	1	113341	281
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	200	150	1	113341	566
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	200	150	1	113341	3846
Crookesite ()*	None	Cu₇TlSe₄	200	150	1	113341	14
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	200	150	1	113341	9895
Froodite ()*	None	PdBi₂	200	150	1	113341	62
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	200	150	1	113341	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	200	150	1	113341	30554
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	200	150	1	113341	5674
Montroseite ()*	Diaspore	(V³⁺,Fe²⁺,V⁴⁺)O(OH)	200	150	1	113341	136
Nickelskutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	(Ni,Co,Fe)As₃	200	150	1	113341	176
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	200	150	1	113341	39462
Rammelsbergite ()*	Löllingite	NiAs₂	200	150	1	113341	233
Roscoelite ()*	Mica	KV³⁺₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	200	150	1	113341	253
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	200	150	1	113341	5186
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	200	150	1	113341	332

1 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
	DeepDive-Co-0002	200	150	200-150	sediment compaction rate	age estimated from sediment compaction rate									122683	NAGRA Bore, Kaisten, Laufenburg, Aargau, Switzerland	Kaisten	Hofmann (1990)	10.1016/0009-2541(90)90039-A	CG81_55	age estimated from sediment compaction rate

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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