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Locality Name:
Riester Mine (Riester Vein), Sulzburg, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 32310
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-32310.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Riester Mine (Riester Vein), Sulzburg, 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: Cu S Sb 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu S Sb Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
NoneTetrahedrite

1 IMA Minerals at location:
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13358.9005317


7 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
Giersdorf_00000161298.9251.9Permian Mineralization Agehigh   YesBismuth, Fuloppite, Skutterudite 32311Holderpfad Area, Sulzburg, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, GermanySulzburg, HolderpfadStaude et. al (2010)10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312MM74_309 
Giersdorf_00000162358.9298.9Carboniferous Host Rock Age   Yes  32311Holderpfad Area, Sulzburg, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, GermanySulzburg, HolderpfadStaude et. al (2010)10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312MM74_309 
Pfaff2009tbl06-14220132176±44U-Pb pitchblende  Yes  32311Holderpfad Area, Sulzburg, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, GermanyHolderpfad, Schwarzwald ore district, GermanyPfaff et al. (2009)10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944EJM21_817 
Giersdorf_00000093660Cenozoic Mineralization Agehigh    Chalcopyrite, Fluorite, Galena, Pyrite 32310Riester Mine (Riester Vein), Sulzburg, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, GermanySulzburg, RiesterStaude et. al (2010)10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312MM74_309 
Giersdorf_00000094358.9298.9Carboniferous Host Rock Age      32310Riester Mine (Riester Vein), Sulzburg, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, GermanySulzburg, RiesterStaude et. al (2010)10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312MM74_309 
Giersdorf_00000159298.9251.9Permian Mineralization Agehigh   YesArsenopyrite, Bournonite, Quartz 32309Schnelling Mine, Sulzburg, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, GermanySulzburg, Schnelling mineStaude et. al (2010)10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312MM74_309 
Giersdorf_00000160358.9298.9Carboniferous Host Rock Age   Yes  32309Schnelling Mine, Sulzburg, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, GermanySulzburg, Schnelling mineStaude et. al (2010)10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312MM74_309 

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