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Locality Name:
B 294 Road Tunnel, Reutherberg, Wolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 33930
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33930.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "B 294 Road Tunnel, Reutherberg, 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 B Bi Ca Cu Fe H Na O Pb S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Bi Ca Cu Fe H Na O Pb S Si Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteFeldsparGadoliniteKaoliniteMeneghiniteNoneNot in a structural group
PrehnitePyriteRocksalt

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Aikinite  (*)Albite  (*)Datolite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS31961700315
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)19617008803
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)1961700498
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)19617008173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS196170024243
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O319617005433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)419617005591
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O19617001271
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)219617001898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2196170039462



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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