Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Suggental, Waldkirch, Elz Valley, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 32428
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-32428.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Suggental, Waldkirch, Elz Valley, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 48°4'32"N
Longitude: 7°55'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.075555555556,7.925

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.

Alunite	Apatite	Baryte	Brochantite	Clay	Copper	Covellite	Digenite	Linarite	Mica
None	Not in a structural group	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Sulphur	Vivianite

Anglesite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bayldonite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Linarite ()*	Mimetite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Parasymplesite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Segnitite ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Apatite Baryte Brochantite Clay Copper Covellite Digenite Linarite Mica
None Not in a structural group Scheelite Sphalerite Sulphur Vivianite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	358.9	2734
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	358.9	5509
Bayldonite ()*	None	Cu₃PbO(AsO₃OH)₂(OH)₂	358.9	172
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	358.9	1633
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	358.9	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	358.9	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	358.9	1027
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	358.9	2228
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	358.9	987
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	358.9	1107
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	358.9	17380
Parasymplesite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	358.9	124
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	358.9	4894
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	358.9	1153
Segnitite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(AsO₃OH)(OH)₆	358.9	134
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	358.9	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	358.9	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	358.9	2045

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	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_00000149	298.9	251.9	Permian	Mineralization Age	high	Yes	Acanthite, Arsenopyrite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Quartz, Stibnite	32305	Hornbühl, Waldkirch, Elz Valley, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Waldkirch, Hornbühl	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309
Giersdorf_00000150	358.9	298.9	Carboniferous	Host Rock Age		Yes		32305	Hornbühl, Waldkirch, Elz Valley, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Waldkirch, Hornbühl	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309
Giersdorf_00000081	66	0	Cenozoic	Mineralization Age	high		Baryte, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Quartz	32428	Suggental, Waldkirch, Elz Valley, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Waldkirch, Erich im Suggental	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309
Giersdorf_00000082	358.9	298.9	Carboniferous	Host Rock Age				32428	Suggental, Waldkirch, Elz Valley, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Waldkirch, Erich im Suggental	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309

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