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:
Großer Horst, Schmelz, Saarland, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 133579
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-133579.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Großer Horst, Schmelz, Saarland, Germany": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Hoxfels
Michelbach Quarry

Latitude: 49°27'52"N
Longitude: 6°51'45"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.464444444444,6.8625

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Harmotome	Mica	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt

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 Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Diaspore Harmotome Mica None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Celadonite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Harmotome ()*	Hematite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	61908	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	61908	27770
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	61908	309
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	61908	27198
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	61908	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	61908	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	61908	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	61908	7437
Harmotome ()*	Harmotome	Ba₂(Si₁₂Al₄)O₃₂·12H₂O	1	61908	290
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	61908	14640
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	61908	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	61908	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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