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Locality Name:
Ferdinand Mine, Tiefenbach Valley, Wolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 196
Youngest recorded age at locality: 170

mindat Locality ID: 32480
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-32480.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Extension

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ferdinand Mine, Tiefenbach Valley, 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

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 C Co Cu Fe H Hg O Pb S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba C Co Cu Fe H Hg O Pb S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteBaryteChalcopyriteCorundumCovelliteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupVivianite

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beudantite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Covellite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Malachite  (*)
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)219617005509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)196170011547
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)61961700413
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS419617005516
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2196170027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O19617003531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS19617002600
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS19617004165
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O1961700814
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3196170014640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2196170012537



1 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
Pfaff2009tbl06-13196170183±13(U-Th)/He hematite  YesHematite  32326Hohberg, St Roman, Wolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, GermanyHohberg, Schwarzwald ore district, GermanyPfaff et al. (2009)10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944EJM21_817 


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