Mineral Evolution Database
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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.


Locality Name:
Heidelwerk Copper Mine (Schlächtenhaus), Endenburg, Kandern, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 32380
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-32380.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Heidelwerk Copper Mine (Schlächtenhaus), Endenburg, Kandern, 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: Al As Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg O P Pb S Sb Si U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg O P Pb S Sb Si U Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAllophaneApatiteArsenicChalcostibiteCopperMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPharmacosiderite
TetrahedriteTyrolite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Conichalcite  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Emplectite  (*)Langite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Saléeite  (*)Strashimirite  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tyrolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2358.9005509
Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteBa0.5Fe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·5H2O358.900150
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi358.9001966
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S358.9005707
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O358.9003531
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)358.900363
Copper  (*)CopperCu358.9003846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O358.9002970
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS2358.900246
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O358.900593
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2358.90012537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl358.9001107
Saléeite  (*)NoneMg(UO2)2(PO4)2(H2O)10358.90095
Strashimirite  (*)NoneCu4(AsO4)2(OH)2·2.5H2O358.90090
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO358.9001101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13358.9005317
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O358.900245


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Giersdorf_00000031Fahlore "Pale Ore" bearing deposits in the Black Forest region of Germany


2 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_00000031660Cenozoic Mineralization Agehigh    Baryte, Chalcopyrite, Digenite, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite 32380Heidelwerk Copper Mine (Schlächtenhaus), Endenburg, Kandern, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, GermanySchlächtenhaus, KupfergrubeStaude et. al (2010)10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312MM74_309 
Giersdorf_00000032358.9298.9Carboniferous Host Rock Age      32380Heidelwerk Copper Mine (Schlächtenhaus), Endenburg, Kandern, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, GermanySchlächtenhaus, KupfergrubeStaude et. al (2010)10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312MM74_309 

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