Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Caroline Mine, Eberbächle, Freiamt Pb-Cu Mining District, Emmendingen, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 358.9
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 32298
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-32298.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Caroline Mine, Eberbächle, Freiamt Pb-Cu Mining District, Emmendingen, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 48°7'35"N
Longitude: 7°55'9"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.126388888889,7.9191666666667

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	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Covellite	Enargite	Malachite
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite	Vivianite
Wurtzite

Acanthite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enargite ()*	Galena ()*	Malachite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Richelsdorfite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Strontianite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Todorokite ()*
Vivianite ()*	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 Al As Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Covellite Enargite Malachite
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Sulphur Tetrahedrite Vivianite
Wurtzite

27 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	358.9	2793
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	358.9	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	66	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	358.9	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	66	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	358.9	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	358.9	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	66	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	358.9	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	358.9	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	358.9	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	358.9	9895
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	358.9	910
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	358.9	24243
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	358.9	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	66	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	66	61156
Richelsdorfite ()*	None	Ca₂Cu₅Sb⁵⁺(AsO₄)₄(OH)₆Cl·6H₂O	358.9	57
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	358.9	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	358.9	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	358.9	21482
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	358.9	589
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	358.9	2045
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	358.9	1803
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	358.9	433
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	358.9	636
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	358.9	1655

3 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	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_00000085	66	0	Cenozoic		Mineralization Age	high			Arsenopyrite, Baryte, Chalcopyrite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Quartz	32298	Caroline Mine, Eberbächle, Freiamt Pb-Cu Mining District, Emmendingen, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Freiamt, Caroline im Eberbächle	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309
Giersdorf_00000086	358.9	298.9	Carboniferous		Host Rock Age					32298	Caroline Mine, Eberbächle, Freiamt Pb-Cu Mining District, Emmendingen, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Freiamt, Caroline im Eberbächle	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309
Pfaff2009tbl06-27	117	113	115±2	Rb-Sr			illite	Yes		33784	Freiamt, Freiamt Pb-Cu Mining District, Emmendingen, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Freiamt-Sexau, 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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