Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Aargau, Switzerland

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

mindat Locality ID: 29292
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29292.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Aargau, Switzerland": 40
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 20

Number of Child Localities: 15
Child Localities:
Aarau
Auenstein
Baden
Birmenstorf
Böttstein
Frick
Herznach
Laufenburg
Leuggern
Mellikon
Rheinfelden
Riniken
Schafisheim
Wallbach
Wildegg

Latitude: 47°28'27"N
Longitude: 8°2'31"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.474166666667,8.0419444444444

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.

Allargentum	Aragonite	Arsenic	Auricupride	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite
Diaspore	Digenite	Epsomite	Gypsum	Kieserite	Löllingite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Skutterudite	Sphalerite	Starkeyite	Wurtzite
Zircon

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 Ba Bi C Ca Ce Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O Pb Pd S Sb Se Si Sr Te Tl U V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allargentum Aragonite Arsenic Auricupride Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Covellite
Diaspore Digenite Epsomite Gypsum Kieserite Löllingite Malachite Marcasite Mica Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Perovskite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Skutterudite Sphalerite Starkeyite Wurtzite
Zircon

59 IMA Minerals at location:

Algodonite ()*	Altaite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Arsenic ()*	Auricupride ()*	Baryte ()*	Berzelianite ()*	Bismuth ()*
Bohdanowiczite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cattierite ()*	Celestine ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Clausthalite ()*	Coffinite ()*	Copper ()*	Crookesite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dyscrasite ()*	Epsomite ()*
Froodite ()*	Galena ()*	Glauberite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilesite ()*	Klockmannite ()*
Kutnohorite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Mirabilite ()*	Montroseite ()*
Naumannite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Nickelskutterudite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rammelsbergite ()*	Ranciéite ()*	Roscoelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*
Skutterudite ()*	Sobolevskite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*	Strontianite ()*
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	Szmikite ()*	Thénardite ()*	Wurtzite ()*

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
Algodonite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu_1-xAs_x (x ≈ 0.15)	200	150	1	113350	41
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	200	150	1	113341	489
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)			2	113344,113354	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			3	113327,113336,113338	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			1	113336	3250
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As			1	113334	379
Auricupride ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Cu₃Au	200	150	1	113350	24
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			3	113327,113334,113347	11547
Berzelianite ()*	None	Cu_2-xSe (x ≈ 0.12)	200	150	1	113350	66
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	200	150	2	113341,113352	1966
Bohdanowiczite ()*	None	AgBiSe₂	200	150	1	113356	41
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	200	150	1	113352	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			4	113327,113336,113338,113354	27770
Cattierite ()*	Pyrite	CoS₂	200	150	1	113341	30
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)			4	113325,113327,113338,113354	1252
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	200	150	2	113341,113354	27198
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe	200	150	3	113341,113350,113357	281
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	200	150	2	113341,113352	566
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	200	150	3	113341,113349,113350	3846
Crookesite ()*	None	Cu₇TlSe₄	200	150	2	113341,113350	14
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	200	150	1	113349	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	200	150	1	113352	1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	200	150	2	113338,113341	9895
Dyscrasite ()*	Allargentum	Ag_3+xSb_1-x (x ≈ 0.2)			1	113334	180
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O			1	113344	484
Froodite ()*	None	PdBi₂	200	150	1	113341	62
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	200	150	1	113341	24243
Glauberite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(SO₄)₂			1	113344	137
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	113338	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	200	150	2	113341,113350	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			5	113324,113325,113329,113331,113344	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl			2	113344,113354	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	113336	14640
Ilesite ()*	Starkeyite	Mn²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O			1	113347	9
Klockmannite ()*	Covellite	Cu_5.2Se₆	200	150	1	113350	63
Kutnohorite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(CO₃)₂			1	113327	234
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	200	150	1	113349	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	200	150	1	113341	5674
Mirabilite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)·10H₂O			1	113331	223
Montroseite ()*	Diaspore	(V³⁺,Fe²⁺,V⁴⁺)O(OH)	200	150	2	113341,113350	136
Naumannite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ag₂Se	200	150	1	113350	192
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	200	150	1	113352	633
Nickelskutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	(Ni,Co,Fe)As₃	200	150	2	113334,113341	176
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	200	150	5	113327,113336,113338,113341,113347	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			2	113334,113338	61156
Rammelsbergite ()*	Löllingite	NiAs₂	200	150	2	113341,113352	233
Ranciéite ()*	None	(Ca,Mn²⁺)_0.2(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂·0.6H₂O			2	113336,113360	177
Roscoelite ()*	Mica	KV³⁺₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	200	150	1	113341	253
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	113347	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	200	150	3	113341,113350,113352	5186
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃			1	113334	531
Sobolevskite ()*	Nickeline	PdBi	200	150	1	113352	44
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	113327	21482
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	200	150	1	113341	332
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)			2	113333,113336	589
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	None	CaCe(CO₃)₂F			1	113345	232
Szmikite ()*	Kieserite	Mn(SO₄)·H₂O			1	113347	14
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)			1	113344	299
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS			1	113327	372

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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