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:
Oberentersbach, Zell Am Harmersbach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 358.9
Youngest recorded age at locality: 251.9

mindat Locality ID: 34305
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-34305.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Oberentersbach, Zell Am Harmersbach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Barbara Mine (Stephanie Adit)
Nicolai Mine

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.

Acanthite	Calcite	Copper	Corundum	Marcasite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

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 C Ca Fe O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Calcite Copper Corundum Marcasite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Calcite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S			1	57821	2793
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	57821	27770
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	298.9	251.9	2	57820,57821	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	358.9	251.9	2	57820,57821	14640
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			1	57821	5674
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	298.9	251.9	2	57820,57821	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	358.9	251.9	2	57820,57821	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			1	57821	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	57821	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	358.9	251.9	2	57820,57821	21482

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_00000147	298.9	251.9	Permian		Mineralization Age	high						Arsenopyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrargyrite, Quartz, Silver		32571	Barbara Mine (Stephanie Adit), Oberentersbach, Zell Am Harmersbach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Oberentersbach, Barbara	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309
	Giersdorf_00000148	358.9	298.9	Carboniferous		Host Rock Age									32571	Barbara Mine (Stephanie Adit), Oberentersbach, Zell Am Harmersbach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Oberentersbach, Barbara	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309

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