Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Glotter Valley, Freiburg Im Breisgau, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 358.9
Youngest recorded age at locality: 251.9

mindat Locality ID: 35305
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-35305.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Glotter Valley, Freiburg Im Breisgau, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Flammeck
Heuweiler
Ohrensbach

Latitude: 48°3'7"N
Longitude: 7°54'10"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.051944444444,7.9027777777778

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: Ag Al Ba C Cl Cu Fe H Na O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAnalcimeApatiteBaryteBerthieriteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteMalachiteNone
PyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSulphur

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Analcime  (*)Anglesite  (*)Baryte  (*)Berthierite  (*)
Bournonite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)Malachite  (*)
Miargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S358.9251.91573702793
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O358.9251.91573711627
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)358.9251.91573732734
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)358.9251.915737311547
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S4358.9251.9157370343
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS3358.9251.91573731089
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S358.9251.91573735707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2298.9251.915737327198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS358.9251.915737324243
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2358.9251.915737312537
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS2358.9251.9157370300
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2298.9251.915737339462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl358.9251.91573731725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2298.9251.915737361156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)358.9251.91573736417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS358.9251.915737321482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS358.9251.91573702045



2 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
Giersdorf_00000151298.9251.9Permian Mineralization Agehigh    Chalcopyrite, Lollingite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Quartz 32383Flammeck, Glotter Valley, Freiburg Im Breisgau, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, GermanyGlotter valley, FlammeckStaude et. al (2010)10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312MM74_309 
Giersdorf_00000152358.9298.9Carboniferous Host Rock Age      32383Flammeck, Glotter Valley, Freiburg Im Breisgau, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, GermanyGlotter valley, FlammeckStaude et. al (2010)10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312MM74_309 


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