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Locality Name:
Nordrach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 32466
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-32466.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nordrach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Hornkopf
Kuhhornkopf
Moosbach Valley
Roßgrabeneck
Schützeneck
Schwaigwald

Latitude: 48°22'16"N
Longitude: 8°3'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.371111111111,8.05
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: Ag Al As Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Mn Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Fe H O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneApatiteArsenicArsenopyriteBismutiteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteCorundum
DiasporeDigeniteEnargiteLepidocrociteMeneghiniteMixiteMolybdeniteNickelineNonePavonite
PharmacosideritePyriteQuartzRutileScheeliteSphaleriteStauroliteStibniteTetrahedriteWurtzite

35 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)Benjaminite  (*)Berryite  (*)Bismite  (*)
Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Digenite  (*)Emplectite  (*)Enargite  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Manganite  (*)
Mixite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Russellite  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Staurolite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Wittichenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS257538,575409052
Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteBa0.5Fe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·5H2O157538150
Benjaminite  (*)PavoniteAg3Bi7S1220114515753745
Berryite  (*)MeneghiniteCu3Ag2Pb3Bi7S1620114515753750
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O3157538214
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi257538,575401966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3358.9145257537,575381935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)157538716
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61575381633
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2357535,57538,575405171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS220114515753727198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1575383531
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S2011451575371027
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS2201145157537246
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4201145157537910
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1575382740
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1575387437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3257538,5754014640
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)457534,57538,57539,57540581
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)157534770
Mixite  (*)MixiteCu6Bi(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O157538168
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21575385800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2257538,5754039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21575383106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8257538,575409056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2201145357537,57538,5754061156
Russellite  (*)NoneBi2WO615753840
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21575385614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)257538,575404894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1575386417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS15753821482
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)358.91450978
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13358.9145257537,575381803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13358.91451575375317
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS3157538297


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_00000109201145Jurassic Mineralization Agehigh    Benjaminite, Berryite, Chalcopyrite, Digenite, Emplectite, Enargite, Quartz, Sphalerite 32465St Jakob Mine (incl. Amalie Adit), Moosbach Valley, Nordrach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, GermanyNordrach, AmalieStaude et. al (2010)10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312MM74_309 
Giersdorf_00000110358.9298.9Carboniferous Host Rock Age      32465St Jakob Mine (incl. Amalie Adit), Moosbach Valley, Nordrach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, GermanyNordrach, AmalieStaude et. al (2010)10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312MM74_309 

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