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Locality Name:
Willnau Dumps, Hofsgrund (South Field), Schauinsland Pb-Zn Mining District, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 112
Youngest recorded age at locality: 108

mindat Locality ID: 32138
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-32138.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Willnau Dumps, Hofsgrund (South Field), Schauinsland Pb-Zn Mining District, 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

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 C Cl Cu Fe H Mo O P Pb S Si V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As C Cl Cu Fe H Mo O P Pb S Si V Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteBrochantiteCalciteCaledoniteCopperDescloizite
LinariteNoneNot in a structural groupScheeliteVivianite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Beudantite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Descloizite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Köttigite  (*)Leadhillite  (*)Linarite  (*)
Olivenite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)
Susannite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S11210802793
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)61121080413
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)611210801633
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)61121080359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11210804979
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)1121080378
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O11210801689
Köttigite  (*)VivianiteZn3(AsO4)2·8H2O112108060
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)21121080265
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)21121080987
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)1121080492
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O1121080309
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl11210801725
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)11210806417
Silver  (*)CopperAg11210805186
Susannite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2112108099
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO411210801655



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Pfaff2009tbl06-28112108110±2Rb-Sr sphalerite  YesSphalerite  12412Schauinsland Pb-Zn Mining District, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, GermanySchauinsland, Schwarzwald ore district, GermanyPfaff et al. (2009)10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944EJM21_817 


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