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:
West Cut, Rollenberg Railway Tunnel, Bruchsal, Kraichgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 32102
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-32102.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "West Cut, Rollenberg Railway Tunnel, Bruchsal, Kraichgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 49°8'53"N
Longitude: 8°37'9"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.148055555556,8.6191666666667

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	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Corundum	Gypsum	Marcasite	Melanterite	None	Orpiment
Pyrite	Sphalerite

Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Gibbsite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*
Orpiment ()*	Pyrite ()*	Realgar ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 Fe H K O S Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba C Ca Fe H K Mg O S Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Corundum Gypsum Marcasite Melanterite None Orpiment
Pyrite Sphalerite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	247	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	247	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	66	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	247	27770
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	247	504
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	247	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	247	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	247	2228
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	247	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	247	915
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	247	511
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	66	39462
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	247	712
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	247	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	247	21482

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000009	Fahlore "Pale Ore" bearing deposits in the Black Forest region of Germany
Giersdorf_00000011	Fahlore "Pale Ore" bearing deposits in the Black Forest region of Germany

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Age from other Locality	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Giersdorf_00000009	66	0	Cenozoic	Mineralization Age	high	Yes	Pyrite	32245	Bruchsal, Kraichgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Bruchsal, Quarry	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309
Giersdorf_00000010	247	237	Middle Triassic	Host Rock Age		Yes		32245	Bruchsal, Kraichgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Bruchsal, Quarry	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309
Giersdorf_00000011	66	0	Cenozoic	Mineralization Age	high	Yes	Baryte, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite	32245	Bruchsal, Kraichgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Bruchsal, Untergrombach	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309
Giersdorf_00000012	247	237	Middle Triassic	Host Rock Age		Yes		32245	Bruchsal, Kraichgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Bruchsal, Untergrombach	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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