Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Hohberg, St Roman, Wolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 358.9
Youngest recorded age at locality: 120

mindat Locality ID: 32326
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-32326.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hohberg, St Roman, Wolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg, 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.

Andalusite	Baryte	Corundum	Covellite	Fluorite	Malachite	None	Rutile	Spinel	Tetrahedrite

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: As Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Mn O S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Mn O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Baryte Corundum Covellite Fluorite Malachite None Rutile Spinel Tetrahedrite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Covellite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Hausmannite ()*	Hematite ()*
Malachite ()*	Olivenite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	201	145	11547
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	358.9	120	4165
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	201	145	9617
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄	358.9	120	350
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	196	170	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	358.9	120	12537
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	358.9	120	492
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	358.9	120	3106
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	358.9	120	1803

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000053	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	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
EJM21_817-00004	180	120	180-120	(U-Th)-He						32326	Hohberg, St Roman, Wolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Hohberg district near Wolfach	Pfaff et al. (2009)	10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944	EJM21_817
Giersdorf_00000053	201	145	Jurassic		Mineralization Age	high			Baryte, Fluorite	32326	Hohberg, St Roman, Wolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Schiltach, Hohberg	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309
Giersdorf_00000054	358.9	298.9	Carboniferous		Host Rock Age					32326	Hohberg, St Roman, Wolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Schiltach, Hohberg	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309
Pfaff2009tbl06-13	196	170	183±13	(U-Th)/He			hematite	Hematite		32326	Hohberg, St Roman, Wolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Hohberg, 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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