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:
Main Cut, Rollenberg Railway Tunnel, Bruchsal, Kraichgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 247
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 32101
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-32101.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Main Cut, Rollenberg Railway Tunnel, Bruchsal, Kraichgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 49°8'47"N
Longitude: 8°37'17"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.146388888889,8.6213888888889

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Coronadite	Diaspore	Gypsum	Kaolinite
Linarite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rocksalt	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite

Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Coronadite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mimetite ()*
Quartz ()*	Romanèchite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Todorokite ()*

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: Al As Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Sr Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Coronadite Diaspore Gypsum Kaolinite
Linarite Malachite None Not in a structural group Quartz Rocksalt Stibnite Tetrahedrite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	247	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	66	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	247	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	247	1252
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	247	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	66	27198
Coronadite ()*	Coronadite	Pb(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	247	227
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	247	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	247	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	247	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	247	6890
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	247	5591
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	247	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	247	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	247	1107
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	247	61156
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀	247	312
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	247	2473
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	247	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	247	5317
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	247	433

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000009	Fahlore "Pale Ore" bearing deposits in the Black Forest region of Germany
Giersdorf_00000011	Fahlore "Pale Ore" bearing deposits in the Black Forest region of Germany

4 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_00000009	66	0	Cenozoic	Mineralization Age	high	Yes	Pyrite	32245	Bruchsal, Kraichgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Bruchsal, Quarry	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309
Giersdorf_00000010	247	237	Middle Triassic	Host Rock Age		Yes		32245	Bruchsal, Kraichgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Bruchsal, Quarry	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309
Giersdorf_00000011	66	0	Cenozoic	Mineralization Age	high	Yes	Baryte, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite	32245	Bruchsal, Kraichgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Bruchsal, Untergrombach	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309
Giersdorf_00000012	247	237	Middle Triassic	Host Rock Age		Yes		32245	Bruchsal, Kraichgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Bruchsal, Untergrombach	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309

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