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Locality Name:
Fürth, Odenwald, Hesse, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 363
Youngest recorded age at locality: 330.8

mindat Locality ID: 231874
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-231874.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fürth, Odenwald, Hesse, Germany": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Erlenbach
Ober-Ostern
Seidenbach
Weschnitz

Latitude: 49°39'58"N
Longitude: 8°47'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.666111111111,8.7916666666667
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 Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mn Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAnalcimeAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteBerylBismutiteCalciteChalcopyrite
ChalcostibiteClinozoisiteCopperCorundumDevillineDiasporeEpidoteFluoriteGarnetGypsum
MalachiteMarcasiteMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPharmacosideritePrehnitePyriteQuartz
RocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTitanite

41 IMA Minerals at location:
Almandine  (*)Analcime  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Beryl  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Devilline  (*)
Emplectite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Opal  (*)
Pharmacosiderite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)3363330.81593112353
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O363330.81593111627
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)363330.81593113250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS363330.81593119052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)363330.8559311,59313,59314,59318,5932011547
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18363330.81593114286
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi363330.81593111966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3363330.81593111935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)363330.8159314716
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4363330.81593115516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)363330.815931127770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S363330.81593125707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2363330.8259311,5931327198
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O363330.81593132970
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O363330.8159311366
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS2363330.8159314246
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)363330.81593118173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2363330.81593189617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS363330.815931124243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)363330.81593117437
Gold  (*)CopperAu363330.815931130554
Graphite  (*)NoneC363330.81593162812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O363330.81593116890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3363330.8259311,5931414640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3363330.81593115433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4363330.815931114899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2363330.8259311,5931312537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2363330.81593115674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2363330.81593115800
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O363330.81593122994
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O363330.8159311428
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)2363330.81593111898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2363330.815931139462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2363330.81593123106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8363330.81593119056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2363330.8459311,59314,59316,5931861156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)363330.81593114894
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O363330.81593111153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)363330.8259311,593206417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS363330.815931121482
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O363330.81593114899


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Giersdorf_00000964The Odenwald 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_00000984The Böllstein Odenwald is a unit found as part of the Odenwald Granodiorite Complex and is a garnet-bearing orthogneiss


2 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_00000964334330.8332.4±1.6U-Pb    Yes  1850Odenwald, Hesse, GermanyOdenwald Granitoid ComplexSiebel et al. (2012)10.1007/s00710-012-0200-3MP105_187U-Pb Zircon age for the Odenwald Granitoid
Giersdorf_00000984363351357±6Lu-HfAge is part of the Part I of the Variscan Orogenic Event   Yes  1850Odenwald, Hesse, GermanyBöllstein OdenwaldSiebel et al. (2012)10.1007/s00710-012-0200-3MP105_187Age is indicative of a high-pressure facies event in the footwall of the unit

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