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Locality Name:
Pauline Mine, Waldaschaff, Aschaffenburg, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 335
Youngest recorded age at locality: 331

mindat Locality ID: 156161
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156161.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pauline Mine, Waldaschaff, Aschaffenburg, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany": 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: Ag Al As Ba Bi C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H Mn Nd O P S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba Bi C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H Mn Nd O P S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneApatiteBaryteBismutiteCalciteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteCorundumDiasporeFluorite
MalachiteMixiteNoneNot in a structural groupPharmacosideritePyriteQuartzRhabdophaneStibniteTetrahedrite

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beyerite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Bismutite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Cuprobismutite  (*)Emplectite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hydroxylapatite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhabdophane-(Ce)  (*)
Rhabdophane-(Nd)  (*)Romanèchite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Wittichenite  (*)Zálesíite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)233533105509
Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteBa0.5Fe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·5H2O3353310150
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)335331011547
Beyerite  (*)BismutiteCaBi2O2(CO3)2335331096
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S333533101935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)3353310716
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)335331027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2335331027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O33533103531
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O33533102970
Cuprobismutite  (*)NoneCu8AgBi13S24335331043
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS23353310246
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF233533109617
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)33533107437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3335331014640
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH3353310367
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2335331012537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2335331039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2335331061156
Rhabdophane-(Ce)  (*)RhabdophaneCe(PO4)·H2O335331066
Rhabdophane-(Nd)  (*)RhabdophaneNd(PO4)·H2O335331014
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O103353310312
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1333533101803
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS33353310297
Zálesíite  (*)MixiteCaCu6(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)(OH)6·3H2O335331084


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Giersdorf_00000977The Waldaschaff area is found as part of the Spessart Granitoid Complex
Giersdorf_00000978The Waldaschaff area is found as part of the Spessart Granitoid Complex
Giersdorf_00000979The Waldaschaff area is found as part of the Spessart Granitoid Complex


3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Giersdorf_00000977331331331U-PbAge is part of the "Part II" series of the Variscan Orogenic Event, which are younger than Part I orogenic activitieszirconHB-5 YesZircon  284548Waldaschaff, Aschaffenburg, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, GermanyWaldaschaffSiebel et al. (2012)10.1007/s00710-012-0200-3MP105_187Pb207/Pb206 Isotope apparent ages for zircons found in the Spessart Granodiorite Complex
Giersdorf_00000978333333333U-PbAge is part of the "Part II" series of the Variscan Orogenic Event, which are younger than Part I orogenic activitieszirconHB-5 YesZircon  284548Waldaschaff, Aschaffenburg, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, GermanyWaldaschaffSiebel et al. (2012)10.1007/s00710-012-0200-3MP105_187Pb207/Pb206 Isotope apparent ages for zircons found in the Spessart Granodiorite Complex
Giersdorf_00000979335335335U-PbAge is part of the "Part II" series of the Variscan Orogenic Event, which are younger than Part I orogenic activitieszirconHB-5 YesZircon  284548Waldaschaff, Aschaffenburg, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, GermanyWaldaschaffSiebel et al. (2012)10.1007/s00710-012-0200-3MP105_187Pb207/Pb206 Isotope apparent ages for zircons found in the Spessart Granodiorite Complex

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