Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bitschwiller-les-Thann, Thur Valley (Thann Valley), Haut-Rhin, Grand Est, France

mindat Locality ID: 122663
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-122663.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bitschwiller-les-Thann, Thur Valley (Thann Valley), Haut-Rhin, Grand Est, France": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Allenbourn (Allenburn)
Baerenthal (Dursthal Vein)
Erzenbach Mines
Wickenbaechele Vein

Latitude: 47°49'35"N
Longitude: 7°3'11"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.826388888889,7.0530555555556

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Coronadite	Corundum	Diaspore	Fluorite	Malachite	None
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cryptomelane ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*
Malachite ()*	Manganite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Ranciéite ()*
Romanèchite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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: Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mn O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Coronadite Corundum Diaspore Fluorite Malachite None
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	54053	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	54053	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	54053	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	54053	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	54053	27198
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	1	54053	599
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	54053	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	54053	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	54053	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	4	54053,54054,54055,54056	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	54053	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	1	54053	770
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	54053	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	54053,54054,54055,54056	61156
Ranciéite ()*	None	(Ca,Mn²⁺)_0.2(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂·0.6H₂O	1	54053	177
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀	1	54053	312
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	54053,54055	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	54053	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	54053	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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