Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Baiersbronn, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 33782
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33782.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Baiersbronn, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Schönegründ
Schönmünzach

Latitude: 48°35'28"N
Longitude: 8°23'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.591111111111,8.3833333333333
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 Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Hg Li O S Sb Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAndalusiteAtelestiteBismutiteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteCopperCovelliteMalachiteMixite
NoneNot in a structural groupPyroxeneQuartzTetrahedrite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Atelestite  (*)Azurite  (*)Beyerite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Clinoclase  (*)Copper  (*)
Cornwallite  (*)Covellite  (*)Emplectite  (*)Eulytine  (*)Malachite  (*)
Mixite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Parnauite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)
Spodumene  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Wroewolfeite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Atelestite  (*)AtelestiteBi2O(AsO4)(OH)252515733647
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)225251573365509
Beyerite  (*)BismutiteCaBi2O2(CO3)2252515733696
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)2525157336716
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S25251573365707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS223515733627198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O25251573363531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS25251573362600
Clinoclase  (*)NoneCu3(AsO4)(OH)32525157336127
Copper  (*)CopperCu25251573363846
Cornwallite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)42525157336175
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS25251573364165
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS22525157336246
Eulytine  (*)NoneBi4(SiO4)3252515733672
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2252515733612537
Mixite  (*)MixiteCu6Bi(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O2525157336168
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)2525157336492
Parnauite  (*)NoneCu9(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)10·7H2O2525157336105
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2252515733661156
Silver  (*)CopperAg25251573365186
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O6157337688
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1325251573361803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1325251573365317
Wroewolfeite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O252515733695


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Giersdorf_00000019Fahlore "Pale Ore" bearing deposits in the Black Forest region of Germany


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_00000019235Miocene Mineralization Agehigh    Baryte, Chalcopyrite 5672Königswart Mine (Johann-Friedrich Mine), Schönegründ, Baiersbronn, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, GermanyBaiersbronn, KönigswartStaude et. al (2010)10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312MM74_309 
Giersdorf_00000020252237Lower Triassic Host Rock Age      5672Königswart Mine (Johann-Friedrich Mine), Schönegründ, Baiersbronn, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, GermanyBaiersbronn, KönigswartStaude et. al (2010)10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312MM74_309 

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