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:
Lime Quarry, Altenberg, Ste Marie-aux-Mines (Markirch), Haut-Rhin, Grand Est, France

Oldest recorded age at locality: 338
Youngest recorded age at locality: 270

mindat Locality ID: 259799
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-259799.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lime Quarry, Altenberg, Ste Marie-aux-Mines (Markirch), Haut-Rhin, Grand Est, France": 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.

Calcite	Clay	Humite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Spinel	Talc	Titanite

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 C Ca F Fe H K Mg O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca F Fe H K Mg O S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clay Humite Mica None Pyrite Pyroxene Spinel Talc Titanite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chondrodite ()*	Diopside ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Spinel ()*	Talc ()*	Titanite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	338	270	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	338	270	27770
Chondrodite ()*	Humite	Mg₅(SiO₄)₂F₂	338	270	285
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	338	270	4135
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	338	270	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	338	270	39462
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	338	270	1934
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	338	270	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	338	270	4899

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
	Kristen002428	338	270	Neo/Late-Variscan age		mineralization					Yes			Cu, Ag, As, Pb, Zn	1673	Ste Marie-aux-Mines (Markirch), Haut-Rhin, Grand Est, France	Sainte Marie-aux-Mines	Hafeznia et al. (2012)		GRA14_2012

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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