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:
Schnepfenbusch Mine (Schnepfenbach Mine), Bauhaus, Richelsdorf District, Hesse, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 252
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 13810
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-13810.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Extension

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Schnepfenbusch Mine (Schnepfenbach Mine), Bauhaus, Richelsdorf District, Hesse, 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.

Baryte	Löllingite	Millerite	Nickeline	None	Perovskite	Skutterudite	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: As Ba Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H Ni O S Sb

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Ba Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H Ni O S Sb

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Löllingite Millerite Nickeline None Perovskite Skutterudite Vivianite

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Annabergite ()*	Baryte ()*	Erythrite ()*	Millerite ()*	Nickeline ()*
Nickelskutterudite ()*	Rammelsbergite ()*	Richelsdorfite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	252	66	445
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	252	66	11547
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	252	66	814
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	252	66	1066
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	252	66	633
Nickelskutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	(Ni,Co,Fe)As₃	252	66	176
Rammelsbergite ()*	Löllingite	NiAs₂	252	66	233
Richelsdorfite ()*	None	Ca₂Cu₅Sb⁵⁺(AsO₄)₄(OH)₆Cl·6H₂O	252	66	57

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
	Kristen002436	252	66	Post-Variscan (Mesozoic)		mineralization					Yes			Co, Ni, Ba, Cu, As, Ag	23246	Richelsdorf District, Hesse, Germany	Richelsdorf District	Friedrich and Herzig (1985)	10.1007/978-3-662-02538-3	BMSD_290

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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