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Locality Name:
Freiamt, Freiamt Pb-Cu Mining District, Emmendingen, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 358.9
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 33784
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33784.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Freiamt, Freiamt Pb-Cu Mining District, Emmendingen, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Schloßberg-Gegentrum Mine
Segen Gottes Mine
Silberloch Mine
Silberloch-Gegentrum Mine

Latitude: 48°10'13"N
Longitude: 7°54'24"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.170277777778,7.9066666666667

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 C Ca Cd Cl Cu Fe H Mn Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAdeliteAllophaneAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteBrochantiteCaledonite
CarminiteChalcopyriteCopperCovelliteDevillineDigeniteGypsumLinariteMalachiteNone
Not in a structural groupPharmacosideritePyritePyrochloreQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSpangoliteSphalerite
StanniteSulphurTetrahedriteWurtzite

42 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bayldonite  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Caledonite  (*)
Carminite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Covellite  (*)
Devilline  (*)Digenite  (*)Duftite  (*)Elyite  (*)Galena  (*)
Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hydrocerussite  (*)Langite  (*)Linarite  (*)
Luzonite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Proustite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rosasite  (*)
Silver  (*)Spangolite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S358.9002793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)358.9002734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS66009052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2358.9005509
Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteBa0.5Fe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·5H2O358.900150
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)660011547
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)2358.900172
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O7358.900450
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61171131573581633
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6358.900359
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2358.900178
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)358.9004979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2660027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1171131573583531
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS66004165
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O358.900366
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S358.9001027
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)358.900220
Elyite  (*)NoneCuPb4(SO4)O2(OH)4·H2O358.90085
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS660024243
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS358.90157359717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O358.9006890
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)2117113157358201
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O117113157358593
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2358.900987
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS4358.900198
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2358.90012537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl358.9001107
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)358.900492
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3358.90157361733
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2660039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2358.9003106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl358.9001725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2358.90061156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)2117113157358454
Silver  (*)CopperAg358.901573595186
Spangolite  (*)SpangoliteCu6Al(SO4)(OH)12Cl·3H2O358.900105
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS358.90021482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS358.9002045
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13358.9001803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13358.9005317
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO4358.9001655



5 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
Pfaff2009tbl06-27117113115±2Rb-Sr illite     33784Freiamt, Freiamt Pb-Cu Mining District, Emmendingen, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, GermanyFreiamt-Sexau, Schwarzwald ore district, GermanyPfaff et al. (2009)10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944EJM21_817 
Giersdorf_00000089660Cenozoic Mineralization Agehigh    Arsenopyrite, Baryte, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Marcasite, Pyrite 32301Segen Gottes Mine, Freiamt, Freiamt Pb-Cu Mining District, Emmendingen, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, GermanyFreiamt, Segen GottesStaude et. al (2010)10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312MM74_309 
Giersdorf_00000090358.9298.9Carboniferous Host Rock Age      32301Segen Gottes Mine, Freiamt, Freiamt Pb-Cu Mining District, Emmendingen, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, GermanyFreiamt, Segen GottesStaude et. al (2010)10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312MM74_309 
Giersdorf_00000087660Cenozoic Mineralization Agehigh    Baryte, Covellite, Pyrite 32297Silberloch-Gegentrum Mine, Freiamt, Freiamt Pb-Cu Mining District, Emmendingen, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, GermanyFreiamt, Silberloch-GegentrumStaude et. al (2010)10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312MM74_309 
Giersdorf_00000088358.9298.9Carboniferous Host Rock Age      32297Silberloch-Gegentrum Mine, Freiamt, Freiamt Pb-Cu Mining District, Emmendingen, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, GermanyFreiamt, Silberloch-GegentrumStaude et. al (2010)10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312MM74_309 


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