Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Rotenbach Mine, Feldberg Area, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 358.9
Youngest recorded age at locality: 298.9

mindat Locality ID: 33955
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33955.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rotenbach Mine, Feldberg Area, 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: Al As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H La Mn Ni O Pb S Si Y 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H La Mn Ni O Pb S Si Y 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAllophaneCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCovelliteHydrotalciteMalachiteMixiteNone
Not in a structural groupQuartzRocksaltTyroliteVivianite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Agardite-(La)  (*)Agardite-(Y)  (*)Annabergite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Conichalcite  (*)
Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Galena  (*)Malachite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Reevesite  (*)Romanèchite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Tyrolite  (*)
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)6·3H2O358.9298.9033
Agardite-(Y)  (*)MixiteYCu2+6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O358.9298.9090
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O358.9298.90445
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2358.9298.905509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4358.9298.905516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)358.9298.9027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S358.9298.905707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2358.9298.9027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O358.9298.903531
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)358.9298.90363
Copper  (*)CopperCu358.9298.903846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS358.9298.904165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O358.9298.902970
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS358.9298.9024243
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2358.9298.9012537
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2358.9298.9061156
Reevesite  (*)HydrotalciteNi6Fe3+2(CO3)(OH)16·4H2O358.9298.9048
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10358.9298.90312
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O358.9298.901153
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O358.9298.90245


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
Giersdorf_00000120358.9298.9Carboniferous Host Rock Age      33955Rotenbach Mine, Feldberg Area, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, GermanyFeldberg, RotenbachStaude et. al (2010)10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312MM74_309 

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