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Locality Name:
Lautertal (Odenwald), Odenwald, Hesse, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 231893
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-231893.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lautertal (Odenwald), Odenwald, Hesse, Germany": 37
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 30

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Gadernheim
Raidelbach
Reichenbach

Latitude: 49°42'33"N
Longitude: 8°44'23"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.709166666667,8.7397222222222
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 Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Co Cr Cu Fe H I K Mn Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Ti V Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAdeliteAllophaneAluniteAmorphousAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenicArseniosiderite
AtelestiteBaryteBismutiteBrackebuschiteBrochantiteCalciteCaledoniteCarminiteChalcanthiteChalcophyllite
ChalcopyriteChalcostibiteChenevixiteClayCopperCoronaditeCorundumCovelliteDescloiziteDevilline
DiasporeDigeniteEnargiteFornaciteGypsumKaoliniteLazuliteLepidocrociteLinariteMalachite
MedenbachiteMeneghiniteMixiteMolybdeniteNatrochalciteNoneNot in a structural groupPharmacosideritePyritePyrochlore
QuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteStanniteStibniteTetrahedriteTitaniteVivianite
Wurtzite

109 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Alunite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Antlerite  (*)Arsenbrackebuschite  (*)
Arseniosiderite  (*)Atelestite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bayldonite  (*)Beudantite  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Bismutite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)
Carminite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcophyllite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chenevixite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Churchite-(Y)  (*)
Clinobisvanite  (*)Clinoclase  (*)Conichalcite  (*)Copper  (*)Corkite  (*)
Cornubite  (*)Cornwallite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Delafossite  (*)Descloizite  (*)Devilline  (*)Digenite  (*)Djurleite  (*)
Duftite  (*)Dussertite  (*)Emplectite  (*)Enargite  (*)Erythrite  (*)
Fornacite  (*)Galena  (*)Gartrellite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Graphite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hentschelite  (*)Heyite  (*)Hinsdalite  (*)
Hydroxylapatite  (*)Iodargyrite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kintoreite  (*)Krupkaite  (*)
Langite  (*)Leadhillite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Libethenite  (*)Linarite  (*)
Luzonite  (*)Malachite  (*)Medenbachite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Mixite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Molybdofornacite  (*)Mottramite  (*)Mrázekite  (*)Olivenite  (*)
Opal  (*)Petitjeanite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Phosphogartrellite  (*)Pitticite  (*)
Plumbogummite  (*)Preisingerite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)Pucherite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Reichenbachite  (*)Richelsdorfite  (*)
Rutile  (*)Scorodite  (*)Silver  (*)Strashimirite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Tenorite  (*)Titanite  (*)Tripuhyite  (*)Tsumcorite  (*)Tsumebite  (*)
Vanadinite  (*)Vauquelinite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S363330.81593852793
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6363330.8159382966
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)363330.8359392,59393,593962734
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)4363330.8159396246
Arsenbrackebuschite  (*)BrackebuschitePb2(Fe3+,Zn)(AsO4)2(OH,H2O)363330.8259365,5939224
Arseniosiderite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(AsO4)3·3H2O363330.8159396194
Atelestite  (*)AtelestiteBi2O(AsO4)(OH)363330.8259365,5939447
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2363330.81259365,59371,59372,59382,59387,59388,59389,59392,59394,59396,59397,593995509
Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteBa0.5Fe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·5H2O363330.8459389,59392,59396,59397150
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)363330.81259365,59371,59372,59376,59378,59382,59383,59391,59392,59394,59396,5939911547
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)2363330.81159376,59377,59378,59380,59382,59383,59392,59394,59396,59397,59399172
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6363330.81259369,59370,59371,59372,59378,59382,59389,59391,59392,59394,59396,59397413
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O7363330.8159396450
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi363330.8259365,593921966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3363330.81593961935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)363330.81059365,59371,59378,59389,59391,59392,59393,59394,59396,59399716
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4363330.81593855516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6363330.8359390,59392,593961633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)363330.8359373,59396,5939927770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6363330.8159392359
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2363330.8759369,59370,59382,59391,59392,59396,59397178
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)363330.81259371,59372,59378,59383,59386,59387,59390,59392,59393,59394,59395,593964979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O363330.8259369,59396925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S363330.8859371,59372,59373,59387,59394,59395,59396,593995707
Chalcophyllite  (*)ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24·36H2O363330.8159396194
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2363330.81159365,59369,59371,59372,59387,59389,59392,59394,59395,59396,5939727198
Chenevixite  (*)ChenevixiteCuFe3+(AsO4)(OH)2363330.8359382,59396,5939790
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl363330.8259396,593991382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O363330.8459373,59385,59387,593923531
Churchite-(Y)  (*)GypsumY(PO4)·2H2O363330.8359382,59385,5939270
Clinobisvanite  (*)NoneBi(VO4)363330.8559378,59382,59389,59392,5939636
Clinoclase  (*)NoneCu3(AsO4)(OH)3363330.8159396127
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)363330.8259376,59396363
Copper  (*)CopperCu363330.8859365,59371,59373,59378,59382,59387,59392,593963846
Corkite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6363330.8259385,59399151
Cornubite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)4363330.8159396109
Cornwallite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)4363330.8359392,59396,59397175
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS363330.8759369,59371,59386,59392,59393,59395,593964165
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16363330.8359378,59379,59380599
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O363330.81059365,59371,59373,59377,59378,59387,59392,59394,59395,593962970
Delafossite  (*)NoneCu1+Fe3+O2363330.8159374144
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)363330.8159396378
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O363330.8159387366
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S363330.81593961027
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S16363330.8259373,59396300
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)363330.8959371,59376,59378,59382,59391,59392,59394,59396,59397220
Dussertite  (*)AluniteBaFe3+3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)6363330.8359375,59385,5939633
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS2363330.8359365,59389,59394246
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4363330.8159396910
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O363330.8259385,59387814
Fornacite  (*)FornaciteCuPb2(CrO4)(AsO4)(OH)363330.815939685
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS363330.81259365,59371,59372,59383,59386,59387,59388,59392,59393,59394,59395,5939624243
Gartrellite  (*)NonePbCuFe3+(AsO4)2(OH)·H2O363330.8659378,59382,59392,59396,59397,5939941
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)363330.81459369,59370,59371,59372,59373,59377,59378,59389,59391,59392,59393,59394,59396,593977437
Gold  (*)CopperAu363330.815939630554
Graphite  (*)NoneC363330.81593642812
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3363330.8459373,59378,59396,5939714640
Hentschelite  (*)LazuliteCuFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2363330.8559365,59371,59392,59394,5939620
Heyite  (*)BrackebuschitePb5Fe2+2O4(VO4)2363330.8459378,59382,59383,5939910
Hinsdalite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6363330.8259376,5939682
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH363330.8259376,59396367
Iodargyrite  (*)WurtziteAgI363330.8459378,59381,59396,59399180
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4363330.81593645591
Kintoreite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6363330.8259392,5939441
Krupkaite  (*)MeneghinitePbCuBi3S6363330.815936580
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O363330.8259385,59387593
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2363330.8159392265
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)363330.8459369,59372,59396,59397581
Libethenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(PO4)(OH)363330.8259376,59396234
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2363330.8559386,59390,59392,59393,59396987
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS4363330.8259389,59396198
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2363330.82159365,59371,59372,59373,59376,59377,59378,59382,59383,59384,59386,59387,59388,59389,59390,59391,59392,59394,59395,59396,5939912537
Medenbachite  (*)MedenbachiteBi2Fe3+Cu2+(AsO4)2O(OH)3363330.8259382,593925
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl363330.8459371,59378,59392,593961107
Mixite  (*)MixiteCu6Bi(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O363330.81059365,59377,59378,59380,59382,59389,59391,59392,59396,59399168
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2363330.81593875800
Molybdofornacite  (*)FornaciteCuPb2(MoO4)(AsO4)(OH)363330.815937817
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)363330.8959371,59376,59377,59378,59382,59388,59391,59392,59396362
Mrázekite  (*)NoneBi2Cu3(PO4)2O2(OH)2·2H2O363330.8359365,59394,5939611
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)363330.8459389,59392,59396,59397492
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O363330.8359369,59380,593962994
Petitjeanite  (*)NoneBi3O(PO4)2(OH)363330.8259365,5939215
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O363330.8259368,59396428
Phosphogartrellite  (*)NonePbCuFe3+(PO4)2(OH,H2O)2363330.8459365,59371,59392,593944
Pitticite  (*)None[Fe,AsO4,SO4,H2O] (?)363330.8159396140
Plumbogummite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6363330.8559376,59378,59392,59394,59396170
Preisingerite  (*)NoneBi3O(AsO4)2(OH)363330.8359382,59392,5939653
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)4363330.8859371,59377,59378,59382,59392,59394,59396,59399369
Pucherite  (*)ScheeliteBi(VO4)363330.8459382,59392,59394,5939653
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2363330.8359374,59387,5939639462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2363330.81593963106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl363330.81859365,59371,59372,59378,59379,59381,59382,59383,59386,59387,59388,59391,59392,59393,59394,59395,59396,593971725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2363330.82959365,59369,59370,59371,59372,59373,59374,59376,59377,59378,59379,59380,59381,59382,59383,59384,59386,59387,59388,59389,59390,59391,59392,59393,59394,59395,59396,59397,5939961156
Reichenbachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)4363330.81059365,59376,59377,59378,59380,59382,59392,59394,59396,5939926
Richelsdorfite  (*)NoneCa2Cu5Sb5+(AsO4)4(OH)6Cl·6H2O363330.815939657
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2363330.81593965614
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O363330.8259396,593971153
Silver  (*)CopperAg363330.8659371,59373,59387,59392,59396,593995186
Strashimirite  (*)NoneCu4(AsO4)2(OH)2·2.5H2O363330.815939690
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13363330.8659365,59389,59392,59394,59396,593971803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO363330.8459373,59378,59392,593961101
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O363330.81593854899
Tripuhyite  (*)RutileFe3+Sb5+O4363330.815939666
Tsumcorite  (*)NatrochalcitePbZn2(AsO4)2·2H2O363330.815938529
Tsumebite  (*)BrackebuschitePb2Cu(PO4)(SO4)(OH)363330.8359365,59382,5939232
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl363330.8259371,59396605
Vauquelinite  (*)NoneCuPb2(CrO4)(PO4)(OH)363330.81059371,59376,59378,59386,59391,59392,59394,59396,59397,5939963
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS3363330.8359365,59389,59394297
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO4363330.8459371,59378,59392,593961655


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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