Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland

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

mindat Locality ID: 29297
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29297.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland": 28
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Arlesheim
Buus
Laufen
Liestal
Pratteln
Sissach
Zeglingen

Latitude: 47°27'32"N
Longitude: 7°42'27"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.458888888889,7.7075

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.

Alunite	Arseniosiderite	Baryte	Bixbyite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Diaspore	Fluorite	Gypsum
Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pharmacosiderite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Titanite
Zircon

Arseniosiderite ()*	Avicennite ()*	Bariopharmacosiderite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Clausthalite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Goethite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scorodite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Titanite ()*	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: Al As Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Se Si Sr Ti Tl Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Arseniosiderite Baryte Bixbyite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Diaspore Fluorite Gypsum
Mica None Not in a structural group Pharmacosiderite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Titanite
Zircon

22 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
Arseniosiderite ()*	Arseniosiderite	Ca₂Fe³⁺₃O₂(AsO₄)₃·3H₂O	200	150	1	113383	194
Avicennite ()*	Bixbyite	Tl₂O₃	200	150	1	113383	7
Bariopharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	Ba_0.5Fe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·5H₂O	200	150	1	113383	150
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	200	150	8	113375,113383,113385,113386,113389,113391,113393,113396	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	200	150	1	113389	1252
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	200	150	1	113389	27198
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe	200	150	1	113397	281
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	200	150	3	113383,113389,113393	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	200	150	6	113377,113378,113380,113381,113391,113393	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	200	150	2	113383,113389	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	200	150	3	113375,113391,113399	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	200	150	1	113379	1398
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	200	150	1	113391	1689
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	200	150	1	113383	2228
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	200	150	1	113383	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	200	150	4	113373,113383,113389,113393	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	200	150	2	113394,113399	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	200	150	1	113383	5614
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	200	150	1	113383	1153
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	200	150	3	113389,113391,113393	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	200	150	1	113383	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	200	150	1	113383	5251

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					Yes				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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