Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ferdinand Mine, Tiefenbach Valley, Wolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 196
Youngest recorded age at locality: 170

mindat Locality ID: 32480
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-32480.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Extension

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ferdinand Mine, Tiefenbach Valley, Wolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg, 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.

Allophane	Alunite	Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Covellite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Vivianite

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 Co Cu Fe H Hg O Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba C Co Cu Fe H Hg O Pb S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Baryte Chalcopyrite Corundum Covellite Malachite None Not in a structural group Vivianite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beudantite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Covellite ()*	Erythrite ()*	Hematite ()*
Malachite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	196	170	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	196	170	11547
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	196	170	413
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	196	170	5516
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	196	170	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	196	170	3531
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	196	170	2600
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	196	170	4165
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	196	170	814
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	196	170	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	196	170	12537

1 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
	Pfaff2009tbl06-13	196	170	183±13	(U-Th)/He			hematite			Yes	Hematite			32326	Hohberg, St Roman, Wolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Hohberg, Schwarzwald ore district, Germany	Pfaff et al. (2009)	10.1127/0935-1221/2009/0021-1944	EJM21_817

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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