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Locality Name:
Iron Mines, Rothau, Bruche Valley (Breuch Valley), Bas-Rhin, Grand Est, France


mindat Locality ID: 13378
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-13378.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Iron Mines, Rothau, Bruche Valley (Breuch Valley), Bas-Rhin, Grand Est, France": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 B Be Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Be Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si W Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteBerylCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumDiasporeEpidote
FeldsparFluoriteMalachiteMolybdeniteNonePhenakitePyriteQuartzScheeliteSpinel
StibniteTetrahedriteTourmaline

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Beryl  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Dravite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Phenakite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Wittichenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1804286
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S301935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)80577
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)01025
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)0648
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Phenakite  (*)PhenakiteBe2(SiO4)0326
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl01725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)04894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)02705
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS30297


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