Mineral Evolution Database

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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:
Nieder-Beerbach, Mühltal, Odenwald, Hesse, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 363
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2.6

mindat Locality ID: 231977
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-231977.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nieder-Beerbach, Mühltal, Odenwald, Hesse, Germany": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Altes Schloß Quarry
Glasberg Quarry

Latitude: 49°47'13"N
Longitude: 8°41'17"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.786944444444,8.6880555555556

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.

Acanthite	Adelite	Analcime	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arseniosiderite	Arsenolamprite	Arsenolite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte
Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite	Diaspore
Epidote	Fairfieldite	Feldspar	Fettelite	Gadolinite	Gypsum	Jalpaite	Löllingite	Malachite	Molybdenite
Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Polybasite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Serpentine	Skutterudite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Tyrolite	Vivianite	Xanthoconite

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 B Ba Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Adelite Analcime Aragonite Arsenic Arseniosiderite Arsenolamprite Arsenolite Arsenopyrite Baryte
Calcite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Cubanite Diaspore
Epidote Fairfieldite Feldspar Fettelite Gadolinite Gypsum Jalpaite Löllingite Malachite Molybdenite
Natrolite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Perovskite Polybasite Prehnite Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz
Rocksalt Serpentine Skutterudite Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Titanite Tyrolite Vivianite Xanthoconite

70 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Annabergite ()*	Roselite-β ()*
Aragonite ()*	Argentopyrite ()*	Arsenic ()*	Arseniosiderite ()*	Arsenolamprite ()*
Arsenolite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chrysotile ()*
Cinnabar ()*	Clinosafflorite ()*	Conichalcite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Datolite ()*	Emplectite ()*	Epidote ()*	Erythrite ()*
Fettelite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Jalpaite ()*	Kaatialaite ()*	Kutinaite ()*	Lautite ()*	Löllingite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Nickeline ()*
Nickelskutterudite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Paxite ()*	Pearceite ()*	Pharmacolite ()*
Pitticite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Safflorite ()*	Silver ()*
Skutterudite ()*	Smithite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sternbergite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Titanite ()*	Trechmannite ()*	Tyrolite ()*	Xanthoconite ()*	Xonotlite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	359	2.6	1	59412	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	359	2.6	1	59412	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	359	2.6	1	59412	1627
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	359	2.6	1	59412	445
Roselite-β ()*	Fairfieldite	Ca₂Co(AsO₄)₂·2H₂O	359	2.6	1	59412	21
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	359	2.6	1	59412	3250
Argentopyrite ()*	Cubanite	AgFe₂S₃	359	2.6	1	59412	53
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As	359	2.6	1	59412	379
Arseniosiderite ()*	Arseniosiderite	Ca₂Fe³⁺₃O₂(AsO₄)₃·3H₂O	359	2.6	1	59412	194
Arsenolamprite ()*	Arsenolamprite	As	359	2.6	1	59412	19
Arsenolite ()*	Arsenolite	As₂O₃	359	2.6	1	59412	231
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	359	2.6	1	59412	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	359	2.6	1	59412	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	359	2.6	1	59412	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	359	2.6	1	59412	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	359	2.6	1	59412	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	359	2.6	1	59412	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	359	2.6	1	59412	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	359	2.6	1	59412	1382
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	359	2.6	1	59412	951
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	65.5	2.6	1	59412	2600
Clinosafflorite ()*	Löllingite	CoAs₂	359	2.6	1	59412	21
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	359	2.6	1	59412	363
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	359	2.6	1	59412	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	359	2.6	1	59412	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	359	2.6	1	59412	2970
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	359	2.6	1	59412	498
Emplectite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuBiS₂	359	2.6	1	59412	246
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	359	2.6	1	59412	8173
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	359	2.6	1	59412	814
Fettelite ()*	Fettelite	[Ag₆As₂S₇][Ag₁₀HgAs₂S₈]	65.5	2.6	1	59412	5
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	359	5	1	59412	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	359	2.6	1	59412	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	359	2.6	1	59412	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	359	2.6	1	59412	14640
Jalpaite ()*	Jalpaite	Ag₃CuS₂	359	2.6	1	59412	116
Kaatialaite ()*	None	Fe³⁺[AsO₂(OH)₂]₃·5H₂O	359	2.6	1	59412	12
Kutinaite ()*	None	Ag₆Cu₁₄As₇	359	2.6	1	59412	7
Lautite ()*	None	CuAsS	359	2.6	1	59412	32
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	359	2.6	1	59412	762
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	359	2.6	1	59412	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	359	2.6	1	59412	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	359	2.6	1	59412	5800
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	359	2.6	1	59412	1236
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	359	2.6	1	59412	633
Nickelskutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	(Ni,Co,Fe)As₃	359	2.6	1	59412	176
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	359	2.6	1	59412	2349
Paxite ()*	Arsenopyrite	CuAs₂	359	2.6	1	59412	3
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]	359	2.6	1	59412	249
Pharmacolite ()*	Gypsum	Ca(AsO₃OH)·2H₂O	359	2.6	1	59412	105
Pitticite ()*	None	[Fe,AsO₄,SO₄,H₂O] (?)	359	2.6	1	59412	140
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	359	2.6	1	59412	1898
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	359	2.6	1	59412	733
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	359	5	2	59411,59412	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	359	2.6	1	59412	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	359	2.6	1	59412	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	359	2.6	1	59412	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	359	2.6	1	59412	712
Safflorite ()*	Löllingite	CoAs₂	359	2.6	1	59412	317
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	359	2.6	1	59412	5186
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	359	2.6	1	59412	531
Smithite ()*	None	AgAsS₂	359	2.6	1	59412	11
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	359	5	1	59412	21482
Sternbergite ()*	Cubanite	AgFe₂S₃	359	2.6	1	59412	62
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	359	2.6	1	59412	1803
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	359	2.6	1	59412	4899
Trechmannite ()*	None	AgAsS₂	359	2.6	1	59412	7
Tyrolite ()*	Tyrolite	Ca₂Cu₉(AsO₄)₄(CO₃)(OH)₈·11H₂O	359	2.6	1	59412	245
Xanthoconite ()*	Xanthoconite	Ag₃AsS₃	359	2.6	1	59412	89
Xonotlite ()*	None	Ca₆Si₆O₁₇(OH)₂	359	2.6	1	59412	109

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000964	The 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_00000984	The Böllstein Odenwald is a unit found as part of the Odenwald Granodiorite Complex and is a garnet-bearing orthogneiss

10 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Age from other Locality	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
Giersdorf_00000964	334	330.8	332.4±1.6	U-Pb		Yes			1850	Odenwald, Hesse, Germany	Odenwald Granitoid Complex	Siebel et al. (2012)	10.1007/s00710-012-0200-3	MP105_187	U-Pb Zircon age for the Odenwald Granitoid
Giersdorf_00000984	363	351	357±6	Lu-Hf	Age is part of the Part I of the Variscan Orogenic Event	Yes			1850	Odenwald, Hesse, Germany	Böllstein Odenwald	Siebel et al. (2012)	10.1007/s00710-012-0200-3	MP105_187	Age is indicative of a high-pressure facies event in the footwall of the unit
Emily000261	23	23	23	U-Pb					1866	Glasberg Quarry, Nieder-Beerbach, Mühltal, Odenwald, Hesse, Germany	Glasberg quarry	Pfaff et al. (2010)	10.1007/s00126-010-0296-5	MD45_647
Emily000262	246	229							1866	Glasberg Quarry, Nieder-Beerbach, Mühltal, Odenwald, Hesse, Germany	Glasberg quarry	Pfaff et al. (2010)	10.1007/s00126-010-0296-6	MD45_648
Emily000263	23	5.3	Miocene				Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite		1866	Glasberg Quarry, Nieder-Beerbach, Mühltal, Odenwald, Hesse, Germany	Glasberg quarry	Pfaff et al. (2010)	10.1007/s00126-010-0296-5	MD45_647
Emily000264	25	5	15±10				Galena, Marcasite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Wurtzite		1866	Glasberg Quarry, Nieder-Beerbach, Mühltal, Odenwald, Hesse, Germany	Glasberg quarry	Pfaff et al. (2010)	10.1007/s00126-010-0296-5	MD45_647
Emily000265	59	47.8	Late Paleocene to early Eocene				Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite		1866	Glasberg Quarry, Nieder-Beerbach, Mühltal, Odenwald, Hesse, Germany	Glasberg quarry	Pfaff et al. (2010)	10.1007/s00126-010-0296-5	MD45_647
Emily000266	66	56	Paleocene				Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite		1866	Glasberg Quarry, Nieder-Beerbach, Mühltal, Odenwald, Hesse, Germany	Glasberg quarry	Pfaff et al. (2010)	10.1007/s00126-010-0296-5	MD45_647
Emily000267	359	323	Mississippian				Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite		1866	Glasberg Quarry, Nieder-Beerbach, Mühltal, Odenwald, Hesse, Germany	Glasberg quarry	Pfaff et al. (2010)	10.1007/s00126-010-0296-5	MD45_647
Hg-00016	65.5	2.6					Cinnabar, Fettelite	Hg	1866	Glasberg Quarry, Nieder-Beerbach, Mühltal, Odenwald, Hesse, Germany		Kissan (1993); Pfaff et al. (2010)

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R100124	Nieder-Beerbach, Mühltal, Odenwald, Hesse, Germany	https://rruff.info/R100124
R110042	Nieder-Beerbach, Mühltal, Odenwald, Hesse, Germany	https://rruff.info/R110042

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