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:
Kropbach, Münstertal, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 48299
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-48299.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kropbach, Münstertal, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Karl-August Adit
Porphyry Quarry

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Gypsum	Kieserite	None	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Starkeyite	Wurtzite

Ankerite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Baryte ()*	Boyleite ()*	Galena ()*
Greenockite ()*	Gunningite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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: Ba C Ca Cd Cu Fe H O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Gypsum Kieserite None Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Starkeyite Wurtzite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	358.9	145	1	57520	3092
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	358.9	145	2	57519,57520	919
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	201	145	1	57520	11547
Boyleite ()*	Starkeyite	Zn(SO₄)·4H₂O	358.9	145	1	57520	23
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	298.9	145	1	57520	24243
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	358.9	145	1	57520	717
Gunningite ()*	Kieserite	Zn(SO₄)·H₂O	358.9	145	1	57520	48
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	358.9	145	1	57520	6890
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	358.9	145	1	57520	1066
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	298.9	145	1	57520	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	358.9	145	1	57520	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	358.9	145	1	57520	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	298.9	145	2	57519,57520	21482

8 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_00000133	201	145	Jurassic	Mineralization Age	high	Yes	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Marcasite, Pyrite, Quartz, Sphalerite	32114	Knappengrund Mine, Belchen, Münstertal, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Münstertal, Knappengrund	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309
Giersdorf_00000134	358.9	298.9	Carboniferous	Host Rock Age		Yes		32114	Knappengrund Mine, Belchen, Münstertal, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Münstertal, Knappengrund	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309
Giersdorf_00000135	201	145	Jurassic	Mineralization Age	high	Yes	Baryte, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Rammelsbergite, Sphalerite	32114	Knappengrund Mine, Belchen, Münstertal, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Münstertal, Knappengrund-Gegentrum	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309
Giersdorf_00000136	358.9	298.9	Carboniferous	Host Rock Age		Yes		32114	Knappengrund Mine, Belchen, Münstertal, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Münstertal, Knappengrund-Gegentrum	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309
Giersdorf_00000153	298.9	251.9	Permian	Mineralization Age	high	Yes	Arsenopyrite, Bornite, Digenite, Galena, Quartz	32120	Wildsbach Mine, Hof, Münstertal, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Münstertal, Wildsbach	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309
Giersdorf_00000154	358.9	298.9	Carboniferous	Host Rock Age		Yes		32120	Wildsbach Mine, Hof, Münstertal, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Münstertal, Wildsbach	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309
Giersdorf_00000155	298.9	251.9	Permian	Mineralization Age	high	Yes	Arsenopyrite, Berthierite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Quartz, Sphalerite, Stibnite	32110	Münstergrund Mine, St Trudpert, Münstertal, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Münstertal, Münstergrund	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309
Giersdorf_00000156	358.9	298.9	Carboniferous	Host Rock Age		Yes		32110	Münstergrund Mine, St Trudpert, Münstertal, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Münstertal, Münstergrund	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309

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