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Locality Name:
Kruth, Thur Valley (Thann Valley), Haut-Rhin, Grand Est, France


mindat Locality ID: 23249
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23249.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kruth, Thur Valley (Thann Valley), Haut-Rhin, Grand Est, France": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Fanny Mine
Hinter Bockloch
Uranium Deposit (Kruth 2)

Latitude: 47°55'51"N
Longitude: 6°57'50"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.930833333333,6.9638888888889

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 Ba Bi C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Se Si U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAragoniteArsenoliteArsenopyriteAutuniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCorundum
CovelliteDiasporeFluoriteGypsumKaoliniteLöllingiteMarcasiteMicaMilleriteNone
PerovskitePyriteQuartzRocksaltSkutteruditeSphaleriteStibniteSymplesiteTetrahedriteVivianite
WölsendorfiteZircon

57 IMA Minerals at location:
Annabergite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenolite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Billietite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Coffinite  (*)Covellite  (*)Curite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Erythrite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Fukuchilite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Guérinite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Heinrichite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hörnesite  (*)
Hydroniumjarosite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Klockmannite  (*)Löllingite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Metazeunerite  (*)Millerite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nickelskutterudite  (*)
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Parasymplesite  (*)Pharmacolite  (*)Picropharmacolite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Schröckingerite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Sharpite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Skutterudite  (*)Smythite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Symplesite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Torbernite  (*)Umangite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)
Wölsendorfite  (*)Zeunerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O154063445
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1540633250
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O3154063231
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1540639052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)254064,5406511547
Billietite  (*)NoneBa(UO2)6O4(OH)6·8H2O15406538
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31540631935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41540635516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)15406327770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1540635707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2254063,5406527198
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O154065566
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1540634165
Curite  (*)NonePb3+x[(UO2)4O4+x(OH)3-x]2·2H2O15406551
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21540639895
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O154063814
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2254063,540659617
Fukuchilite  (*)PyriteCu3FeS81540636
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS15406324243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1540637437
Guérinite  (*)NoneCa5(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2·9H2O15406331
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1540636890
Heinrichite  (*)NoneBa(UO2)2(AsO4)2·10H2O15406518
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3354063,54064,5406514640
Hörnesite  (*)VivianiteMg3(AsO4)2·8H2O154063103
Hydroniumjarosite  (*)Alunite(H3O)Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)615406365
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61540632228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41540635591
Klockmannite  (*)CovelliteCu5.2Se615406563
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2254063,54065762
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21540635674
Metazeunerite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O154065182
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS1540631066
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2254063,5406517380
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Skutterudite Perovskite(Ni,Co,Fe)As3154063176
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS154063767
Parasymplesite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O154063124
Pharmacolite  (*)GypsumCa(AsO3OH)·2H2O154063105
Picropharmacolite  (*)NoneCa4Mg(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2·11H2O15406399
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2254063,5406539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2354063,54064,5406561156
Schröckingerite  (*)NoneNaCa3(UO2)(SO4)(CO3)3F·10H2O154065128
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O1540631153
Sharpite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)3(CO3)4·3H2O1540655
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1540636417
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs3254063,54065531
Smythite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3+xS4 (x ≈ 0-0.3)15406377
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS15406321482
Symplesite  (*)SymplesiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O15406392
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13254063,540651803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131540635317
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O1540651059
Umangite  (*)NoneCu3Se215406571
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21540652718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O154065890
Wölsendorfite  (*)WölsendorfitePb7(UO2)14O19(OH)4·12H2O15406543
Zeunerite  (*)AutuniteCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·12H2O154065185



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