Mineral Evolution Database

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

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

mindat Locality ID: 34186
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-34186.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Elz Valley, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Bleibach
Elzach
Waldkirch

Latitude: 48°4'32"N
Longitude: 7°55'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.075555555556,7.925

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	Alunite	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Argyrodite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Berthierite	Brochantite
Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Digenite	Gypsum	Linarite	Marcasite
Mica	Minium	Mixite	None	Not in a structural group	Pharmacosiderite	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite	Vivianite	Xanthoconite

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 Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe Ge H K La Mg O P Pb S Sb Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Alunite Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Argyrodite Arsenopyrite Baryte Berthierite Brochantite
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Digenite Gypsum Linarite Marcasite
Mica Minium Mixite None Not in a structural group Pharmacosiderite Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Stibnite Sulphur Tetrahedrite Vivianite Xanthoconite

55 IMA Minerals at location:

Agardite-(La) ()*	Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Argyrodite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Aurostibite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bayldonite ()*	Berthierite ()*
Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*	Duftite ()*	Freibergite ()*
Galena ()*	Gedrite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Linarite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Metastibnite ()*	Miargyrite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Minium ()*
Muscovite ()*	Parasymplesite ()*	Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrostilpnite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Scorodite ()*
Segnitite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stibiconite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tripuhyite ()*	Valentinite ()*

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
Agardite-(La) ()*	Mixite	LaCu²⁺₆(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O			1	57346	33
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	358.9	0	3	57346,57351,57352	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			1	57345	3092
Argyrodite ()*	Argyrodite	Ag₈GeS₆	358.9	251.9	1	57351	62
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	298.9	251.9	1	57351	9052
Aurostibite ()*	Pyrite	AuSb₂	358.9	251.9	1	57351	73
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	358.9	0	1	57352	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	57345	11547
Bayldonite ()*	None	Cu₃PbO(AsO₃OH)₂(OH)₂	358.9	0	1	57352	172
Berthierite ()*	Berthierite	FeSb₂S₄	358.9	251.9	1	57351	343
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	358.9	0	1	57352	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	57345	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	57346	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			2	57345,57346	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	358.9	251.9	1	57351	1382
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	358.9	0	2	57346,57352	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	358.9	0	1	57352	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	358.9	0	1	57352	1027
Duftite ()*	Adelite	PbCu(AsO₄)(OH)			1	57346	220
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	358.9	251.9	1	57351	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			2	57345,57346	24243
Gedrite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	57347	178
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	358.9	251.9	1	57351	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	358.9	251.9	1	57351	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	358.9	251.9	2	57346,57351	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	57346	14640
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	358.9	251.9	1	57351	784
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	358.9	0	2	57351,57352	2228
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄			1	57349	1507
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	358.9	0	1	57352	987
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	298.9	251.9	1	57351	5674
Metastibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	358.9	251.9	1	57351	87
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	358.9	251.9	1	57351	300
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	358.9	0	1	57352	1107
Minium ()*	Minium	Pb²⁺₂Pb⁴⁺O₄			1	57346	247
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	358.9	0	1	57352	17380
Parasymplesite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	358.9	0	1	57352	124
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O	358.9	251.9	1	57351	428
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	358.9	251.9	1	57351	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	298.9	251.9	1	57351	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl			1	57346	1725
Pyrostilpnite ()*	Xanthoconite	Ag₃SbS₃	358.9	251.9	1	57351	84
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	298.9	251.9	2	57345,57351	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	358.9	0	1	57352	4894
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	358.9	0	1	57352	1153
Segnitite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(AsO₃OH)(OH)₆	358.9	0	1	57352	134
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	57345	6417
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅			1	57347	1516
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	358.9	0	1	57352	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	358.9	0	3	57345,57346,57352	21482
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)	358.9	251.9	1	57351	446
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	298.9	251.9	1	57351	3418
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	358.9	0	3	57345,57351,57352	2045
Tripuhyite ()*	Rutile	Fe³⁺Sb⁵⁺O₄	358.9	251.9	1	57351	66
Valentinite ()*	None	Sb₂O₃	358.9	251.9	1	57351	369

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Giersdorf_00000149	298.9	251.9	Permian	Mineralization Age	high	Acanthite, Arsenopyrite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Quartz, Stibnite	32305	Hornbühl, Waldkirch, Elz Valley, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Waldkirch, Hornbühl	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309
Giersdorf_00000150	358.9	298.9	Carboniferous	Host Rock Age			32305	Hornbühl, Waldkirch, Elz Valley, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Waldkirch, Hornbühl	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309
Giersdorf_00000081	66	0	Cenozoic	Mineralization Age	high	Baryte, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Quartz	32428	Suggental, Waldkirch, Elz Valley, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Waldkirch, Erich im Suggental	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309
Giersdorf_00000082	358.9	298.9	Carboniferous	Host Rock Age			32428	Suggental, Waldkirch, Elz Valley, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Waldkirch, Erich im Suggental	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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