Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Spessart, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 428
Youngest recorded age at locality: 98

mindat Locality ID: 21832
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-21832.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Spessart, 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

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.

No IMA Minerals occur at this locality according to mindat

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000963	The Spessart Granitoid Complex is a Variscan I-type granitoid that formed during subduction of the Rheic ocean and the collission of Avalonia and Armorica about 365 and 330 m.y.a.
Giersdorf_00000988	The Spessart Granitoid Complex is a Variscan I-type granitoid that formed during subduction of the Rheic ocean and the collission of Avalonia and Armorica about 365 and 330 m.y.a.
Giersdorf_00000989	The Spessart Granitoid Complex is a Variscan I-type granitoid that formed during subduction of the Rheic ocean and the collission of Avalonia and Armorica about 365 and 330 m.y.a.

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age from other Locality	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
MM66_385-00002	161	98	161		Yes	O	146071	Sailauf, Hösbach, Aschaffenburg, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany	Sailauf	Wagner and Lorenz (2002)	10.1180/0026461026630036	MM66_385
Giersdorf_00000963	332.4	328.4	330.4±2	U-Pb			21832	Spessart, Germany	Spessart Granitoid Complex	Siebel et al. (2012)	10.1007/s00710-012-0200-3	MP105_187	U-Pb Zircon age for the Spessart granitoid
Giersdorf_00000988	428	408	418±10	U-Pb			21832	Spessart, Germany	Spessart Granitoid Complex	Siebel et al. (2012)	10.1007/s00710-012-0200-3	MP105_187	Age of granites which intrude the lowest tectonic unit of the Spessart Granitoid Complex
Giersdorf_00000989	428	392	410±18	U-Pb			21832	Spessart, Germany	Spessart Granitoid Complex	Siebel et al. (2012)	10.1007/s00710-012-0200-3	MP105_187	Age of granodiorites which intrude the lowest tectonic unit of the Spessart Granitoid Complex

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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