Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Feldberg Area, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 33957
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33957.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Hochkopf
Kammentobel
Rotenbach Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Adelite	Allophane	Apatite	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Covellite	Garnet
Hydrotalcite	Malachite	Mica	Mixite	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt
Smectite-vermiculite	Sodalite	Topaz	Tyrolite	Vivianite

Aegirine ()*	Agardite-(La) ()*	Agardite-(Y) ()*	Andradite ()*	Annabergite ()*
Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Conichalcite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Galena ()*	Grossular ()*	Haüyne ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Perovskite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Reevesite ()*	Romanèchite ()*
Saponite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Topaz ()*	Tyrolite ()*

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 Cl Cu F Fe H K La Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Si Ti Y

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe H Mg Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Allophane Apatite Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Covellite Garnet
Hydrotalcite Malachite Mica Mixite None Not in a structural group Perovskite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt
Smectite-vermiculite Sodalite Topaz Tyrolite Vivianite

29 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆			1	57365	1022
Agardite-(La) ()*	Mixite	LaCu²⁺₆(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O	358.9	298.9	1	57367	33
Agardite-(Y) ()*	Mixite	YCu²⁺₆(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O	358.9	298.9	1	57367	90
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃			1	57365	1534
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	358.9	298.9	1	57367	445
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	358.9	298.9	1	57367	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	358.9	298.9	1	57367	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	358.9	298.9	1	57367	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	358.9	298.9	1	57367	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	358.9	298.9	1	57367	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	358.9	298.9	1	57367	3531
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	358.9	298.9	1	57367	363
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	358.9	298.9	1	57367	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	358.9	298.9	1	57367	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	358.9	298.9	1	57367	2970
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	358.9	298.9	1	57367	24243
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	57365	1544
Haüyne ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Na₃Ca(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂(SO₄)			1	57365	158
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	358.9	298.9	1	57367	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	57365	17380
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃			1	57365	495
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl			1	57366	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	358.9	298.9	1	57367	61156
Reevesite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Ni₆Fe³⁺₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O	358.9	298.9	1	57367	48
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀	358.9	298.9	1	57367	312
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	358.9	298.9	0		301
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	358.9	298.9	1	57367	1153
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂			1	57365	1476
Tyrolite ()*	Tyrolite	Ca₂Cu₉(AsO₄)₄(CO₃)(OH)₈·11H₂O	358.9	298.9	1	57367	245

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Giersdorf_00000120	358.9	298.9	Carboniferous		Host Rock Age									33955	Rotenbach Mine, Feldberg Area, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Feldberg, Rotenbach	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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