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Locality Name:
Dorothea Mine, Freudenstadt, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 252
Youngest recorded age at locality: 5

mindat Locality ID: 32576
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-32576.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dorothea Mine, Freudenstadt, 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
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 Fe H La Mn Mo O P Pb S Sb Si U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H La Mn Mo O P Pb S Sb Si U Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAndalusiteArsenopyriteAtelestiteAutuniteBaryteBismutiteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyrite
ChalcostibiteCopperCovelliteCyanotrichiteDiasporeLepidocrociteMalachiteMixiteNoneNot in a structural group
PharmacosideriteQuartzScheeliteSphaleriteStanniteTetrahedriteTyrolite

42 IMA Minerals at location:
Agardite-(La)  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Atelestite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bayldonite  (*)Beyerite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Camérolaite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cornubite  (*)Cornwallite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Delafossite  (*)Dussertite  (*)Emplectite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Langite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Luzonite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Metatorbernite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Parnauite  (*)Pitticite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Romanèchite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Strashimirite  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Torbernite  (*)Tyrolite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Zálesíite  (*)Zeunerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Agardite-(La)  (*)MixiteLaCu2+6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O2525033
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS252509052
Atelestite  (*)AtelestiteBi2O(AsO4)(OH)2525047
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2252505509
Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteBa0.5Fe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·5H2O25250150
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)235011547
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)225250172
Beyerite  (*)BismutiteCaBi2O2(CO3)22525096
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)25250716
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4252505516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6252501633
Camérolaite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu6Al3(OH)18(H2O)2[Sb(OH)6](SO4)2525015
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2235027198
Cornubite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)425250109
Cornwallite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)425250175
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS252504165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O252502970
Delafossite  (*)NoneCu1+Fe3+O225250144
Dussertite  (*)AluniteBaFe3+3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)62525033
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS225250246
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)252507437
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O25250593
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)25250581
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS425250198
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22525012537
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O25250443
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)25250492
Parnauite  (*)NoneCu9(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)10·7H2O25250105
Pitticite  (*)None[Fe,AsO4,SO4,H2O] (?)25250140
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22525061156
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O1025250312
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O252501153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)252506417
Silver  (*)CopperAg252505186
Strashimirite  (*)NoneCu4(AsO4)2(OH)2·2.5H2O2525090
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13252501803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13252505317
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O252501059
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O25250245
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO4252501655
Zálesíite  (*)MixiteCaCu6(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)(OH)6·3H2O2525084
Zeunerite  (*)AutuniteCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·12H2O25250185


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Giersdorf_00000021Fahlore "Pale Ore" bearing deposits in the Black Forest region of Germany
Giersdorf_00000023Fahlore "Pale Ore" bearing deposits in the Black Forest region of Germany


4 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_00000021235Miocene Mineralization Agehigh   YesBaryte, Chalcopyrite 5674Freudenstadt, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, GermanyFreudenstadt, quarryStaude et. al (2010)10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312MM74_309 
Giersdorf_00000022252237Lower Triassic Host Rock Age   Yes  5674Freudenstadt, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, GermanyFreudenstadt, quarryStaude et. al (2010)10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312MM74_309 
Giersdorf_00000023235Miocene Mineralization Agehigh    Baryte, Chalcopyrite 32576Dorothea Mine, Freudenstadt, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, GermanyFreudenstadt, Dorothea MineStaude et. al (2010)10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312MM74_309 
Giersdorf_00000024252237Lower Triassic Host Rock Age      32576Dorothea Mine, Freudenstadt, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, GermanyFreudenstadt, Dorothea MineStaude et. al (2010)10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312MM74_309 

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