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Locality Name:
Einbach Valley, Hausach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 358.9
Youngest recorded age at locality: 298.9

mindat Locality ID: 29228
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29228.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Einbach Valley, Hausach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Erzengel Gabriel Mine (Gabriel Mine)
Laßgrund Road Cut
Maria Josepha Mine

Latitude: 48°20'15"N
Longitude: 8°10'16"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.3375,8.1711111111111

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: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mg Mo O P Pb S Sb Si W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayColumbite
CopperFluoriteKaoliniteMarcasiteMiniumNonePharmacosideritePyritePyrochloreQuartz
RocksaltScheeliteSulphur

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bindheimite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Elyite  (*)Ferberite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Hydrocerussite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Leadhillite  (*)Litharge  (*)Marcasite  (*)Minium  (*)
Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Scorodite  (*)Segnitite  (*)Silver  (*)Stolzite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Susannite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S358.9298.91574472793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)358.9298.91574452734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS358.9298.91574459052
Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteBa0.5Fe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·5H2O358.9298.9157445150
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)358.9298.9257445,5744611547
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O7358.9298.9157445450
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)358.9298.915744727770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)358.9298.91574454979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2358.9298.915744727198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2358.9298.91574459895
Elyite  (*)NoneCuPb4(SO4)O2(OH)4·H2O358.9298.915744585
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)358.9298.9157445551
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2358.9298.9257445,574469617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS358.9298.915744524243
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)2358.9298.9157445201
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4358.9298.91574475591
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2358.9298.9157445265
Litharge  (*)NonePbO358.9298.9157445139
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2358.9298.91574455674
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O4358.9298.9157445247
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3358.9298.91574471425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2358.9298.9257445,5744739462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl358.9298.9257445,574461725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2358.9298.9357445,57446,5744761156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)358.9298.91574454894
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O358.9298.91574451153
Segnitite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)6358.9298.9157445134
Silver  (*)CopperAg358.9298.9257445,574475186
Stolzite  (*)ScheelitePb(WO4)358.9298.9157445156
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS358.9298.91574452045
Susannite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2358.9298.915744599
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO4358.9298.91574451655



1 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_00000074358.9298.9Carboniferous Host Rock Age      5694Erzengel Gabriel Mine (Gabriel Mine), Einbach Valley, Hausach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, GermanyHausach, Einbachtal, Erzengel GabrielStaude et. al (2010)10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312MM74_309 


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