Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kraichgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 32246
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-32246.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kraichgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Bruchsal
Maulbronn
Sinsheim

Latitude: 49°7'12"N
Longitude: 8°46'51"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.12,8.7808333333333

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	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Coronadite	Corrensite
Corundum	Diaspore	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Linarite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Mica	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Orpiment	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sodalite	Sphalerite	Spinel
Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Tridymite

Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Augite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Coronadite ()*
Corrensite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Goethite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Haüyne ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Linarite ()*	Maghemite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nepheline ()*
Orpiment ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*
Romanèchite ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Todorokite ()*

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 Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Chalcopyrite Clay Coronadite Corrensite
Corundum Diaspore Gypsum Kaolinite Linarite Malachite Marcasite Melanterite Mica Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Orpiment Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sodalite Sphalerite Spinel
Stibnite Tetrahedrite Tridymite

42 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	247	1	57916	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	247	1	57916	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	247	2	57920,57921	2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	247	1	57915	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	66	2	57915,57916	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	247	3	57915,57916,57920	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	247	1	57915	1252
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	247	1	57915	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	66	3	57915,57920,57921	27198
Coronadite ()*	Coronadite	Pb(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	247	1	57915	227
Corrensite ()*	Corrensite Clay	(Ca,Na,K)_1-x(Mg,Fe,Al)₉(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₁₀·nH₂O	247	1	57918	49
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	247	1	57915	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	247	1	57915	24243
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	247	1	57916	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	247	3	57915,57920,57921	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	247	2	57915,57916	6890
Haüyne ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Na₃Ca(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂(SO₄)	247	1	57920	158
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	247	3	57916,57918,57921	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	247	2	57920,57921	5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	247	1	57916	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	247	1	57915	5591
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	247	1	57915	987
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄	247	2	57920,57921	229
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	247	2	57920,57921	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	247	1	57915	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	247	2	57916,57920	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	247	1	57916	915
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	247	1	57915	1107
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	247	1	57918	17380
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	247	2	57920,57921	884
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	247	1	57916	511
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	66	3	57916,57920,57921	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	247	1	57921	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	247	2	57915,57918	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	247	1	57916	712
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀	247	1	57915	312
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	247	1	57916	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	247	1	57915	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	247	1	57916	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	247	1	57915	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	247	1	57915	5317
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	247	1	57915	433

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?	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	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			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	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			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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