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Locality Name:
Prinzbach Veins, Biberach, Zell Am Harmersbach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 358.9
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 5748
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-5748.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Prinzbach Veins, Biberach, Zell Am Harmersbach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 48°19'26"N
Longitude: 8°0'36"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.323888888889,8.01

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 As Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O P Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O P Pb S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AlumAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCovellite
DevillineDiasporeKaoliniteLinariteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksalt
SphaleriteTetrahedrite

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Alum-(K)  (*)Anglesite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bayldonite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Devilline  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Mimetite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alum-(K)  (*)AlumKAl(SO4)2·12H2O358.90092
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)358.9002734
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2358.9005509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)358.90011547
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)2358.900172
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)358.9004979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2660027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS358.9004165
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O358.900366
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2358.9009895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS660024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)358.9007437
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4358.9005591
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2358.900987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2358.90012537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl358.9001107
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)358.900492
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS358.900767
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2660039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl358.9001725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2660061156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)358.9006417
Silver  (*)CopperAg358.9005186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS660021482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13358.9001803



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_00000077660Cenozoic Mineralization Agehigh    Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Quartz, Sphalerite 5748Prinzbach Veins, Biberach, Zell Am Harmersbach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, GermanyPrinzbach villageStaude et. al (2010)10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312MM74_309 
Giersdorf_00000078358.9298.9Carboniferous Host Rock Age      5748Prinzbach Veins, Biberach, Zell Am Harmersbach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, GermanyPrinzbach villageStaude et. al (2010)10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312MM74_309 


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