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:
Wattwiller, Cernay, Haut-Rhin, Grand Est, France

mindat Locality ID: 122621
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-122621.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wattwiller, Cernay, Haut-Rhin, Grand Est, France": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Aeschenruntz Mine
Erzgrubenthal Mine
Fluhbaechle Valley
Gypsum Occurrence
Hirzenstein Cliffs
Hirzenstein Vein

Latitude: 47°50'10"N
Longitude: 7°10'49"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.836111111111,7.1802777777778

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	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Fluorite	Gypsum
Malachite	Marcasite	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Covellite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Quartz ()*	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: Al As Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Corundum Covellite Diaspore Fluorite Gypsum
Malachite Marcasite None Not in a structural group Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	53875	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	53875	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	53875	3250
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	53875	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	4	53875,53876,53878,53879	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	53875	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	53875	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	53875	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	53875	3531
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	53875	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	53875	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	53875,53876	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	53875,53876,53879	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	53874	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	53877	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	53876	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	53875	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	53875	5674
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	53875,53876,53878	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	53875,53879	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	53875	1803

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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