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:
Cobalt Mine (Segen Gottes Mine; Gottes Segen Mine), Sulzburg, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 358.9
Youngest recorded age at locality: 132

mindat Locality ID: 32308
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-32308.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Extension

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cobalt Mine (Segen Gottes Mine; Gottes Segen Mine), Sulzburg, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 47°50'9"N
Longitude: 7°43'26"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.835833333333,7.7238888888889

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	Autunite	Baryte	Fluorite	Löllingite	Natroautunite	None	Perovskite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Skutterudite	Tetrahedrite	Vivianite

Abernathyite ()*	Baryte ()*	Erythrite ()*	Galena ()*	Graphite ()*
Löllingite ()*	Metazeunerite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Parasymplesite ()*	Pitticite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rammelsbergite ()*	Safflorite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Skutterudite ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Uraninite ()*	Zeunerite ()*

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 Ba C Cl Co Cu Fe H K Ni O Pb S Si U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Ba C Cl Co Cu Fe H K Ni O Pb S Si U

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Autunite Baryte Fluorite Löllingite Natroautunite None Perovskite Quartz Rocksalt
Skutterudite Tetrahedrite Vivianite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Abernathyite ()*	Natroautunite	K(UO₂)(AsO₄)·3H₂O	358.9	132	16
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	358.9	132	11547
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	358.9	132	814
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	358.9	132	24243
Graphite ()*	None	C	358.9	132	2812
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	358.9	132	762
Metazeunerite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	358.9	132	182
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	358.9	132	1107
Parasymplesite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	358.9	132	124
Pitticite ()*	None	[Fe,AsO₄,SO₄,H₂O] (?)	358.9	132	140
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	298.9	251.9	61156
Rammelsbergite ()*	Löllingite	NiAs₂	358.9	132	233
Safflorite ()*	Löllingite	CoAs₂	358.9	132	317
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	358.9	132	1153
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	298.9	251.9	531
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	358.9	132	1803
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	358.9	132	2718
Zeunerite ()*	Autunite	Cu(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·12H₂O	358.9	132	185

5 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	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_00000161	298.9	251.9	Permian		Mineralization Age	high		Yes	Bismuth, Fuloppite, Skutterudite	32311	Holderpfad Area, Sulzburg, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Sulzburg, Holderpfad	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309
Giersdorf_00000162	358.9	298.9	Carboniferous		Host Rock Age			Yes		32311	Holderpfad Area, Sulzburg, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Sulzburg, Holderpfad	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309
Pfaff2009tbl06-14	220	132	176±44	U-Pb			pitchblende	Yes		32311	Holderpfad Area, Sulzburg, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Holderpfad, Schwarzwald ore district, Germany	Pfaff et al. (2009)	10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944	EJM21_817
Giersdorf_00000159	298.9	251.9	Permian		Mineralization Age	high		Yes	Arsenopyrite, Bournonite, Quartz	32309	Schnelling Mine, Sulzburg, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Sulzburg, Schnelling mine	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309
Giersdorf_00000160	358.9	298.9	Carboniferous		Host Rock Age			Yes		32309	Schnelling Mine, Sulzburg, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Sulzburg, Schnelling mine	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309

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