Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Leopold Adit (Herrenwald Vein), Belchen, Münstertal, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 358.9
Youngest recorded age at locality: 145

mindat Locality ID: 32116
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-32116.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Leopold Adit (Herrenwald Vein), Belchen, Münstertal, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Baryte	Calcite	Fluorite	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rocksalt
Scheelite	Sphalerite

Ankerite ()*	Arsenic ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*
Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Strontianite ()*
Wulfenite ()*

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 As Ba C Ca Cl F Fe H Mg Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Ba C Ca Cl F Fe H Mg Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Arsenic Baryte Calcite Fluorite None Not in a structural group Quartz Rocksalt
Scheelite Sphalerite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	358.9	145	3092
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As	358.9	145	379
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	201	145	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	358.9	145	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	358.9	145	4979
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	358.9	145	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	358.9	145	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	298.9	145	24243
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	358.9	145	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	358.9	145	1066
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	358.9	145	1425
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	358.9	145	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	298.9	145	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	298.9	145	21482
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	358.9	145	589
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	358.9	145	1655

8 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_00000133	201	145	Jurassic	Mineralization Age	high	Yes	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Marcasite, Pyrite, Quartz, Sphalerite	32114	Knappengrund Mine, Belchen, Münstertal, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Münstertal, Knappengrund	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309
Giersdorf_00000134	358.9	298.9	Carboniferous	Host Rock Age		Yes		32114	Knappengrund Mine, Belchen, Münstertal, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Münstertal, Knappengrund	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309
Giersdorf_00000135	201	145	Jurassic	Mineralization Age	high	Yes	Baryte, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Rammelsbergite, Sphalerite	32114	Knappengrund Mine, Belchen, Münstertal, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Münstertal, Knappengrund-Gegentrum	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309
Giersdorf_00000136	358.9	298.9	Carboniferous	Host Rock Age		Yes		32114	Knappengrund Mine, Belchen, Münstertal, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Münstertal, Knappengrund-Gegentrum	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309
Giersdorf_00000153	298.9	251.9	Permian	Mineralization Age	high	Yes	Arsenopyrite, Bornite, Digenite, Galena, Quartz	32120	Wildsbach Mine, Hof, Münstertal, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Münstertal, Wildsbach	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309
Giersdorf_00000154	358.9	298.9	Carboniferous	Host Rock Age		Yes		32120	Wildsbach Mine, Hof, Münstertal, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Münstertal, Wildsbach	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309
Giersdorf_00000155	298.9	251.9	Permian	Mineralization Age	high	Yes	Arsenopyrite, Berthierite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Quartz, Sphalerite, Stibnite	32110	Münstergrund Mine, St Trudpert, Münstertal, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Münstertal, Münstergrund	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309
Giersdorf_00000156	358.9	298.9	Carboniferous	Host Rock Age		Yes		32110	Münstergrund Mine, St Trudpert, Münstertal, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Münstertal, Münstergrund	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309

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