Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Gorxheimertal, Odenwald, Hesse, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 232129
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-232129.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gorxheimertal, Odenwald, Hesse, Germany": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Gorxheim
Trösel

Latitude: 49°31'53"N
Longitude: 8°44'7"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.531388888889,8.7352777777778

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.

Alunite	Amorphous	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Baryte ()*	Beudantite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Malachite ()*
Opal ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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: As Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Apatite Aragonite Baryte Chalcopyrite Copper Malachite None Not in a structural group
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	363	330.8	1	59323	11547
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	363	330.8	1	59323	413
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	363	330.8	1	59323	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	363	330.8	1	59323	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	363	330.8	1	59323	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	363	330.8	1	59323	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	363	330.8	1	59323	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	363	330.8	1	59323	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	363	330.8	1	59323	24243
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	363	330.8	1	59323	12537
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	363	330.8	1	59323	2994
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	363	330.8	1	59323	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	363	330.8	1	59323	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	363	330.8	1	59323	21482

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

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	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

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