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Locality Name:
Rimbach-près-Masevaux, Doller Valley, Haut-Rhin, Grand Est, France


mindat Locality ID: 16127
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16127.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rimbach-près-Masevaux, Doller Valley, Haut-Rhin, Grand Est, France": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Hagenmattwald
Joseph Mine
Katzenbach Valley
Les Perches Lake
Petit Neuweiher
Stahlberg Mt.

Latitude: 47°50'1"N
Longitude: 6°56'2"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.833611111111,6.9338888888889

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 As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H Mg Mn O P Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCobaltite
CopperCorundumCovelliteDiasporeDigeniteFluoriteKaoliniteLöllingiteMalachiteMarcasite
MeneghiniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedrite

36 IMA Minerals at location:
Aikinite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Cosalite  (*)Covellite  (*)Digenite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Gorceixite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Löllingite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Romanèchite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS3153895315
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)253893,538962734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)253893,538951588
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1538959052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)453893,53894,53896,5389711547
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31538931935
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)453892,53894,53895,5389727770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)253893,538944979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S253893,538945707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2553892,53893,53894,53895,5389627198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O253892,538973531
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS153893966
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S5153895344
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS353893,53894,538954165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S353893,53894,538951027
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21538949895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2353893,53894,538969617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS453893,53894,53895,5389624243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)353893,53895,538977437
Gold  (*)CopperAu15389530554
Gorceixite  (*)AluniteBaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6153897121
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O315389714640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1538941689
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41538975591
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2153895762
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2353892,53893,5389712537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21538955674
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl1538951107
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2453893,53894,53895,5389739462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1538931725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2453893,53895,53896,5389761156
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10153897312
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O1538951153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)353894,53896,538976417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS453893,53894,53895,5389621482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13253893,538941803



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