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:
Bach, Bach - Donaustauf District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 146085
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146085.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bach, Bach - Donaustauf District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Bach Mine
Kittenrain Mine
Reißbühl Mine

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Fluorite	Kaolinite
Malachite	Marcasite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite

Baryte ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Nontronite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*
Sphalerite ()*

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 Cl Cu F Fe H Na O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Diaspore Fluorite Kaolinite
Malachite Marcasite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	58685,58686	11547
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	58685,58686	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	58685,58686	27198
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	4	58685,58686,58687,58688	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	58685,58686	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	58685,58686	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	4	58685,58686,58687,58688	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	58685,58686	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	58685,58686	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	3	58685,58686,58688	5674
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	2	58685,58686	471
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	58685,58686	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	2	58685,58686	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	58685,58686,58687,58688	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	58685,58686	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	58685,58686	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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