Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Tiefengraben Quarry, Reinerzau District, Alpirsbach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 32494
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-32494.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tiefengraben Quarry, Reinerzau District, Alpirsbach, 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.

Arsenolite	Baryte	Calcite	Fluorite	None	Not in a structural group	Sphalerite	Xanthoconite

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 As Ba C Ca F Fe O S Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Ba C Ca F Fe O S Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenolite Baryte Calcite Fluorite None Not in a structural group Sphalerite Xanthoconite

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Alacránite ()*	Arsenolite ()*	Baryte ()*	Fluorite ()*	Proustite ()*
Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Xanthoconite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Alacránite ()*	Not in a structural group	As₈S₉	358.9	145	18
Arsenolite ()*	Arsenolite	As₂O₃	358.9	145	231
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	358.9	145	11547
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	201	145	9617
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	358.9	145	733
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	358.9	145	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	358.9	145	21482
Xanthoconite ()*	Xanthoconite	Ag₃AsS₃	358.9	145	89

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000043	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_00000043	201	145	Jurassic		Mineralization Age	high				Yes		Fluorite		5663	Alte Gabe Gottes Mine, Reinerzau District, Alpirsbach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Reinerzau, Alte Gabe Gottes	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309
	Giersdorf_00000044	358.9	298.9	Carboniferous		Host Rock Age					Yes				5663	Alte Gabe Gottes Mine, Reinerzau District, Alpirsbach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Reinerzau, Alte Gabe Gottes	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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