Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Schlossberg Mine, Münstertal, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 32118
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-32118.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Schlossberg Mine, 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.

Allophane	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Covellite	Diaspore	Fluorite	Malachite	None
Not in a structural group	Quartz	Tetrahedrite

Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Covellite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Goethite ()*
Langite ()*	Malachite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*

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 Cu F Fe H O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Covellite Diaspore Fluorite Malachite None
Not in a structural group Quartz Tetrahedrite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	358.9	145	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	201	145	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	298.9	251.9	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	358.9	145	1633
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	358.9	145	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	201	145	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	358.9	145	3531
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	358.9	145	4165
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	358.9	145	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	358.9	145	7437
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	358.9	145	593
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	358.9	145	12537
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	298.9	145	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	358.9	145	6417
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	358.9	145	1803

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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