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Locality Name:
Nieder-Ramstadt, Mühltal, Odenwald, Hesse, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 363
Youngest recorded age at locality: 330.8

mindat Locality ID: 32242
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-32242.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nieder-Ramstadt, Mühltal, Odenwald, Hesse, Germany": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Kirchberg
Wingertsberg Quarry

Latitude: 49°49'54"N
Longitude: 8°41'52"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.831666666667,8.6977777777778
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 B Ba C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Se Si Ti U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAnalcimeAndalusiteAutuniteBaryteBrauniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisite
CopperCorundumCovelliteDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetLöllingiteMalachite
MicaMolybdeniteMordeniteNatroliteNickelineNonePerovskitePolybasitePrehnitePyrite
PyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileSkutteruditeSphaleriteSpinelStanniteTetrahedriteTitanite
TourmalineVivianiteWollastoniteXanthoconiteZircon

57 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Analcime  (*)Andalusite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Betekhtinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Braunite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Clausthalite  (*)Coffinite  (*)Covellite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Djurleite  (*)Dravite  (*)Epidote  (*)Erythrite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Grossular  (*)Hematite  (*)Idaite  (*)
Krutovite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Maucherite  (*)Metazeunerite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Mordenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Nickeline  (*)
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Piemontite  (*)Polybasite  (*)
Prehnite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrostilpnite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Safflorite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Titanite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Wollastonite  (*)Zeunerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S363330.81594162793
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O363330.81594161627
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO5363330.81594151310
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O363330.8159416445
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)363330.815941611547
Betekhtinite  (*)None(Cu,Fe)21Pb2S15363330.815941645
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4363330.81594165516
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)363330.8159415483
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)363330.815941627770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S363330.81594165707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2363330.815941627198
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe363330.8159416281
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O363330.8159416566
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS363330.81594164165
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6363330.8259414,594164135
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S16363330.8159416300
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)363330.8159415648
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)363330.8259414,594168173
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O363330.8159416814
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2363330.81594169617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS363330.815941624243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)363330.81594167437
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)3363330.8259414,594161544
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3363330.815941614640
Idaite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3FeS4363330.8159416142
Krutovite  (*)PyriteNiAs2363330.815941611
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4363330.8259414,5941614899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2363330.815941612537
Maucherite  (*)NoneNi11As8363330.8159416161
Metazeunerite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O363330.8159416182
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2363330.81594165800
Mordenite  (*)Mordenite(Na2,Ca,K2)4(Al8Si40)O96·28H2O363330.8159416405
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2363330.815941517380
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O363330.81594161236
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs363330.8159416633
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Skutterudite Perovskite(Ni,Co,Fe)As3363330.8159416176
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)363330.81594162349
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS363330.8159416767
Piemontite  (*)EpidoteCa2(Al2Mn3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)363330.8159415260
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]363330.8159416716
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)2363330.81594161898
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3363330.81594161425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2363330.815941639462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2363330.81594153106
Pyrostilpnite  (*)XanthoconiteAg3SbS3363330.815941684
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8363330.81594169056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2363330.815941661156
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs2363330.8159416317
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)363330.81594166417
Silver  (*)CopperAg363330.81594165186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS363330.815941621482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS4363330.8159416586
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13363330.81594161803
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O363330.81594164899
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2363330.81594162718
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO3363330.81594161247
Zeunerite  (*)AutuniteCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·12H2O363330.8159416185


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Giersdorf_00000964The Odenwald Granitoid Complex is a Variscan I-type granitoid that formed during subduction of the Rheic ocean and the collission of Avalonia and Armorica about 365 and 330 m.y.a.
Giersdorf_00000984The Böllstein Odenwald is a unit found as part of the Odenwald Granodiorite Complex and is a garnet-bearing orthogneiss


2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Giersdorf_00000964334330.8332.4±1.6U-Pb    Yes  1850Odenwald, Hesse, GermanyOdenwald Granitoid ComplexSiebel et al. (2012)10.1007/s00710-012-0200-3MP105_187U-Pb Zircon age for the Odenwald Granitoid
Giersdorf_00000984363351357±6Lu-HfAge is part of the Part I of the Variscan Orogenic Event   Yes  1850Odenwald, Hesse, GermanyBöllstein OdenwaldSiebel et al. (2012)10.1007/s00710-012-0200-3MP105_187Age is indicative of a high-pressure facies event in the footwall of the unit

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