Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
St Lorenz Mine, Spitzberg, Wolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 358.9
Youngest recorded age at locality: 145

mindat Locality ID: 32408
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-32408.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "St Lorenz Mine, Spitzberg, 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.

Allophane	Andalusite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Tyrolite

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 C Ca Cu Fe H O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cu Fe H O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Andalusite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Malachite None Not in a structural group Quartz Tyrolite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Allophane ()*	Azurite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Malachite ()*	Olivenite ()*	Quartz ()*	Tyrolite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	358.9	145	470
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	358.9	145	5509
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	358.9	145	925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	358.9	145	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	358.9	145	3531
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	358.9	145	12537
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	358.9	145	492
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	201	145	61156
Tyrolite ()*	Tyrolite	Ca₂Cu₉(AsO₄)₄(CO₃)(OH)₈·11H₂O	358.9	145	245

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000057	Fahlore "Pale Ore" bearing deposits in the Black Forest region of Germany

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	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
Giersdorf_00000057	201	145	Jurassic		Mineralization Age	high				Baryte, Quartz	32408	St Lorenz Mine, Spitzberg, Wolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Wolfach, St. Lorenz am Spitzberg	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309
Giersdorf_00000058	358.9	298.9	Carboniferous		Host Rock Age						32408	St Lorenz Mine, Spitzberg, Wolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Wolfach, St. Lorenz am Spitzberg	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309
Pfaff2009tbl06-13	196	170	183±13	(U-Th)/He			hematite	Yes	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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