Mineral Evolution Database

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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

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.

Acanthite	Alunite	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Brochantite	Calcite	Caledonite	Copper	Descloizite
Linarite	None	Not in a structural group	Scheelite	Vivianite

Acanthite ()*	Beudantite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Caledonite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Descloizite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Köttigite ()*	Leadhillite ()*	Linarite ()*
Olivenite ()*	Posnjakite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*
Susannite ()*	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 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:
Acanthite Alunite Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Brochantite Calcite Caledonite Copper Descloizite
Linarite None Not in a structural group Scheelite Vivianite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	112	108	2793
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	112	108	413
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	112	108	1633
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	112	108	359
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	112	108	4979
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	112	108	378
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	112	108	1689
Köttigite ()*	Vivianite	Zn₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	112	108	60
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	112	108	265
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	112	108	987
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	112	108	492
Posnjakite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·H₂O	112	108	309
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	112	108	1725
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	112	108	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	112	108	5186
Susannite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	112	108	99
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	112	108	1655

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
	Pfaff2009tbl06-28	112	108	110±2	Rb-Sr			sphalerite			Yes	Sphalerite			12412	Schauinsland Pb-Zn Mining District, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Schauinsland, Schwarzwald ore district, Germany	Pfaff et al. (2009)	10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944	EJM21_817

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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