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Locality Name:
St Roman, Wolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 358.9
Youngest recorded age at locality: 120

mindat Locality ID: 34703
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-34703.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "St Roman, Wolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Hohberg
Sulzbächle

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 F Fe H Mn O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAndalusiteAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteCorundumCovelliteDevilline
FluoriteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupRutileSpinelTetrahedrite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Baryte  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Devilline  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Hausmannite  (*)Hematite  (*)Langite  (*)Malachite  (*)Olivenite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1961701578513250
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)201145257849,5785111547
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61961701578511633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)19617015785127770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS219617015785127198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1961701578513531
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS358.91201578494165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1961701578512970
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O196170157851366
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2201145257849,578519617
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O4358.9120157849350
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3196170257849,5785114640
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O196170157851593
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2358.9120257849,5785112537
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)358.9120157849492
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2358.91201578493106
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13358.91201578491803


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Giersdorf_00000053Fahlore "Pale Ore" bearing deposits in the Black Forest region of Germany


4 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
EJM21_817-00004180120180-120(U-Th)-He       32326Hohberg, St Roman, Wolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, GermanyHohberg district near WolfachPfaff et al. (2009)10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944EJM21_817 
Giersdorf_00000053201145Jurassic Mineralization Agehigh    Baryte, Fluorite 32326Hohberg, St Roman, Wolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, GermanySchiltach, HohbergStaude et. al (2010)10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312MM74_309 
Giersdorf_00000054358.9298.9Carboniferous Host Rock Age      32326Hohberg, St Roman, Wolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, GermanySchiltach, HohbergStaude et. al (2010)10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312MM74_309 
Pfaff2009tbl06-13196170183±13(U-Th)/He hematite   Hematite  32326Hohberg, St Roman, Wolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, GermanyHohberg, Schwarzwald ore district, GermanyPfaff et al. (2009)10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944EJM21_817 

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