Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Katharina Mine, Wildschapbach Valley, Schapbach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 32456
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-32456.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Extension

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Katharina Mine, Wildschapbach Valley, Schapbach, 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

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Bismutite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Covellite	Fluorite	Lillianite	Meneghinite
Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Tetrahedrite	Vivianite

Annabergite ()*	Asbolane ()*	Baryte ()*	Berryite ()*	Beyerite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Graphite ()*	Gustavite ()*	Matildite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Ba Bi C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Ni O Pb S Sb Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba Bi C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Bismutite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Covellite Fluorite Lillianite Meneghinite
Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Tetrahedrite Vivianite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	358.9	145	445
Asbolane ()*	Not in a structural group	Mn⁴⁺(O,OH)₂·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)_x(OH)_2x·nH₂O	358.9	145	143
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	201	145	11547
Berryite ()*	Meneghinite	Cu₃Ag₂Pb₃Bi₇S₁₆	358.9	145	50
Beyerite ()*	Bismutite	CaBi₂O₂(CO₃)₂	358.9	145	96
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	358.9	145	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	358.9	145	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	358.9	145	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	358.9	145	4165
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	358.9	145	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	358.9	145	24243
Graphite ()*	None	C	358.9	145	2812
Gustavite ()*	Lillianite	AgPbBi₃S₆	358.9	145	113
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂	358.9	145	252
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	358.9	145	17380
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	358.9	145	767
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	358.9	145	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	358.9	145	61156
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	358.9	145	5317

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000055	Fahlore "Pale Ore" bearing deposits in the Black Forest region of Germany

2 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	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Giersdorf_00000055	201	145	Jurassic		Mineralization Age	high				Yes		Baryte, Digenite, Wittichenite		32471	Josephs Treu Mine (Josephstreu Mine), Tiefenbach Valley, Schapbach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Schapbach, Josephs Treu	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309
	Giersdorf_00000056	358.9	298.9	Carboniferous		Host Rock Age					Yes				32471	Josephs Treu Mine (Josephstreu Mine), Tiefenbach Valley, Schapbach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Schapbach, Josephs Treu	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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