Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Michelsberg Mine, Gutach, Hornberg, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 5679
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-5679.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Michelsberg Mine, Gutach, Hornberg, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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	Chalcopyrite	Malachite	None

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 Cu Fe H O S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ba C Ca Cu Fe H O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Malachite None

4 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Malachite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	201	145	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	358.9	145	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	358.9	145	27198
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	358.9	145	12537

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000059	Fahlore "Pale Ore" bearing deposits in the Black Forest region of Germany

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Giersdorf_00000059	201	145	Jurassic		Mineralization Age	high				Yes		Baryte, Galena, Quartz		33934	Sulzbach Valley, Gutach, Hornberg, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Gutach, Sulzbach	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309
	Giersdorf_00000060	358.9	298.9	Carboniferous		Host Rock Age					Yes				33934	Sulzbach Valley, Gutach, Hornberg, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Gutach, Sulzbach	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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