Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Bleibach, Elz Valley, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 34172
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-34172.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bleibach, Elz Valley, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Gottessegen Mine
Siensbach Mine

Latitude: 48°7'29"N
Longitude: 8°0'21"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.124722222222,8.0058333333333

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	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Covellite	Gypsum	Minium
Mixite	None	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Sulphur

Agardite-(La) ()*	Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Duftite ()*	Galena ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Minium ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*

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: As Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H La O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Corundum Covellite Gypsum Minium
Mixite None Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Sulphur

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Agardite-(La) ()*	Mixite	LaCu²⁺₆(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O	1	57346	33
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	57346	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	57345	3092
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	57345	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	57345	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	57346	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	57345,57346	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	57346	4165
Duftite ()*	Adelite	PbCu(AsO₄)(OH)	1	57346	220
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	57345,57346	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	57346	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	57346	14640
Minium ()*	Minium	Pb²⁺₂Pb⁴⁺O₄	1	57346	247
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	57346	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	57345	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	57345	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	57345,57346	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	57345	2045

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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