Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Fluorite Mine, Gehren, Schobse Valley, Ilmenau District, Thuringia, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 260
Youngest recorded age at locality: 260

mindat Locality ID: 106215
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-106215.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fluorite Mine, Gehren, Schobse Valley, Ilmenau District, Thuringia, 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.

Allophane	Baryte	Calcite	Copper	Fluorite	Malachite	None	Quartz

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 Ba C Ca Cu F H O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cu F H O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Baryte Calcite Copper Fluorite Malachite None Quartz

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*
Fluorite ()*	Malachite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	260	260	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	260	260	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	260	260	5707
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	260	260	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	260	260	3846
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	260	260	9617
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	260	260	12537
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	260	260	61156

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
	sedcu-00442	260	260	Permian							Yes			Cu	232754	Ilmenau, Ilmenau District, Thuringia, Germany	Ilmenau	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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