Mineral Evolution Database

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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

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.

Alum	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Covellite
Devilline	Diaspore	Kaolinite	Linarite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

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) ()*

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:
Alum Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Covellite
Devilline Diaspore Kaolinite Linarite Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

25 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Alum-(K) ()*	Alum	KAl(SO₄)₂·12H₂O	358.9	92
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	358.9	2734
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	358.9	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	358.9	11547
Bayldonite ()*	None	Cu₃PbO(AsO₃OH)₂(OH)₂	358.9	172
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	358.9	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	66	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	358.9	4165
Devilline ()*	Devilline	CaCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	358.9	366
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	358.9	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	66	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	358.9	7437
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	358.9	5591
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	358.9	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	358.9	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	358.9	1107
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	358.9	492
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	358.9	767
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	66	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	358.9	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	66	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	358.9	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	358.9	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	66	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	358.9	1803

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_00000077	66	0	Cenozoic		Mineralization Age	high						Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Quartz, Sphalerite		5748	Prinzbach Veins, Biberach, Zell Am Harmersbach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Prinzbach village	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309
	Giersdorf_00000078	358.9	298.9	Carboniferous		Host Rock Age									5748	Prinzbach Veins, Biberach, Zell Am Harmersbach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	Prinzbach village	Staude et. al (2010)	10.1180/minmag.2010.074.2.312	MM74_309

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