Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Villingen, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 247
Youngest recorded age at locality: 201

mindat Locality ID: 37645
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-37645.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Villingen, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Goldene Bühl
Obereschach
Obereschach-Villingen Road
Sandstone Quarries
Sommertshauser Halde
Unterkirnach

Latitude: 48°4'44"N
Longitude: 8°23'41"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.078888888889,8.3947222222222
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: As C Ca Cu Fe H Mn O Pb S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBixbyiteCalciteChalcopyriteCovelliteGypsumMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
RocksaltRutileSpinelTetrahedriteTitaniteZircon

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Bixbyite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cornwallite  (*)Covellite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hausmannite  (*)Malachite  (*)Manganite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Realgar  (*)Rutile  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Titanite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2247201257774,577795509
Bixbyite  (*)BixbyiteMn3+2O3247201157781104
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4247201457774,57777,57778,577815516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)24720115777927770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)2472011577794979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2472011577815707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2247201257777,5777927198
Cornwallite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)4247201157778175
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS247201357774,57777,577794165
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS247201257776,5777924243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O2472011577796890
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O4247201157781350
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2247201357774,57778,5777912537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)247201157781770
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2247201357774,57777,5777939462
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS247201157779712
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO22472011577825614
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13247201357774,57777,577791803
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O2472011577824899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)2472011577825251


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Giersdorf_00000005Fahlore "Pale Ore" bearing deposits in the Black Forest region of Germany


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_00000005247201Middle Triassic to Jurassic Mineralization Agehigh    Chalcopyrite, Galena, Marcasite, Pyrite, Sphalerite 37645Villingen, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, GermanyVillingen-Schwenningen, Villingen Clay DepositStaude et. al (2010)10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.311MM74_309 
Giersdorf_00000006247237Middle Triassic Host Rock Age      37645Villingen, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, GermanyVillingen-Schwenningen, Villingen Clay DepositStaude et. al (2010)10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312MM74_309 

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