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:
Bernau, Todtnau, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 358.9
Youngest recorded age at locality: 145

mindat Locality ID: 34523
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-34523.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bernau, Todtnau, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Ecklewald
Hof
Riggenbach

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.

Allophane	Apatite	Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Fluorite	Garnet	Malachite	None	Prehnite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Stilpnomelane

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Apatite Baryte Chalcopyrite Clay Fluorite Garnet Malachite None Prehnite
Quartz Rocksalt Stilpnomelane

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Andradite ()*	Baryte ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Grossular ()*	Malachite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*
Quartz ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*

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
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	358.9	145	1	57746	1534
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	201	145	1	57747	11547
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	201	145	1	57747	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	358.9	145	2	57746,57747	3531
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	201	145	1	57747	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	201	145	1	57747	24243
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	358.9	145	1	57746	1544
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	358.9	145	1	57747	12537
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	358.9	145	1	57744	1898
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	358.9	145	1	57747	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	201	145	1	57747	61156
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	358.9	145	1	57749	456

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Age from other Locality	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_00000123	201	145	Jurassic	Mineralization Age	high	Yes	Baryte, Chalcopyrite, Fluorite, Galena, Marcasite, Pyrite, Quartz	32300	Baumhalde Mine, Todtnau, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Todtnau, Baumhaldegang	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309
Giersdorf_00000124	358.9	298.9	Carboniferous	Host Rock Age		Yes		32300	Baumhalde Mine, Todtnau, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Todtnau, Baumhaldegang	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309
Giersdorf_00000125	201	145	Jurassic	Mineralization Age	high		Chalcopyrite, Galena, Matildite, Pyrite, Quartz	188686	Hof, Bernau, Todtnau, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Todtnau, Bernau-Hof	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309
Giersdorf_00000126	358.9	298.9	Carboniferous	Host Rock Age				188686	Hof, Bernau, Todtnau, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Todtnau, Bernau-Hof	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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