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Locality Name:
Bas-Rhin, Grand Est, France


mindat Locality ID: 23371
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23371.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bas-Rhin, Grand Est, France": 58
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 34

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Bruche Valley (Breuch Valley)
Haguenau
Hochfelden
Lembach
Neu-Breisach
Obernai
Sélestat (Schlettstadt)
Villé Valley
Wissembourg (Weißenburg)

Latitude: 48°38'48"N
Longitude: 7°32'47"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.646666666667,7.5463888888889

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 B Ba Be Bi C Ca Cd Ce Cl Co Cu F Fe H Hg K La Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Te Ti U W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAdeliteAllargentumAllophaneAluniteAmphiboleAnalcimeAndalusiteApatiteAragonite
ArsenicArseniosideriteArsenoliteArsenopyriteAtacamiteAutuniteBaryteBerthieriteBerylBismutite
BotryogenBournoniteBrauniteBrochantiteCalciteCaledoniteCarminiteChalcanthiteChalcophylliteChalcopyrite
ChalcostibiteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteColumbiteCopiapiteCopperCoronaditeCorundum
CovelliteCubaniteDiasporeDigeniteDundasiteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGadoliniteGarnet
GypsumHydrotalciteKaoliniteKobelliteKtenasiteLepidocrociteLillianiteLinariteMalachiteMarcasite
MelanteriteMilleriteMixiteMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOxalatePectolitePerovskite
PharmacosideritePhenakitePolybasitePrehnitePyritePyrochlorePyroxeneQuartzRamsdelliteRocksalt
RutileScheeliteSkutteruditeSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTetradymiteTetrahedriteTitaniteTopaz
TourmalineTyroliteUllmanniteVivianiteWoodwarditeWurtziteXanthoconiteZinkenite

176 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Agardite-(Ce)  (*)Agardite-(La)  (*)Albite  (*)
Allophane  (*)Alunite  (*)Analcime  (*)Anatase  (*)Andalusite  (*)
Andradite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Antimony  (*)
Aragonite  (*)Argentopyrite  (*)Arseniosiderite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Atacamite  (*)
Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bayldonite  (*)
Berthierite  (*)Bertrandite  (*)Beryl  (*)Beudantite  (*)Bindheimite  (*)
Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Bornite  (*)Botryogen  (*)
Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Braunite  (*)Brianyoungite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Carminite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcophyllite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)
Chloraluminite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)
Conichalcite  (*)Copiapite  (*)Copper  (*)Cornubite  (*)Cornwallite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Creedite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Datolite  (*)
Delafossite  (*)Digenite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dravite  (*)Duftite  (*)
Dundasite  (*)Dyscrasite  (*)Elyite  (*)Emplectite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Erythrite  (*)Eulytine  (*)Ferberite  (*)Ferro-hornblende  (*)Fibroferrite  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Freieslebenite  (*)Fülöppite  (*)Galena  (*)
Galenobismutite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Greenockite  (*)
Grossular  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)
Hidalgoite  (*)Hollandite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kermesite  (*)
Langite  (*)Leadhillite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Linarite  (*)Linnaeite  (*)
Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Manganite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Massicot  (*)Melanterite  (*)Metazeunerite  (*)Millerite  (*)Mimetite  (*)
Mixite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Nsutite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)
Pectolite  (*)Petitjeanite  (*)Pharmacoalumite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Phenakite  (*)
Polybasite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Ramdohrite  (*)Ranciéite  (*)Richelsdorfite  (*)Romanèchite  (*)Rosasite  (*)
Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Schulenbergite  (*)Scorodite  (*)
Senarmontite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Stolzite  (*)Strashimirite  (*)
Tellurobismuthite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Titanite  (*)Todorokite  (*)Topaz  (*)Tyrolite  (*)Ullmannite  (*)
Valentinite  (*)Vivianite  (*)Whewellite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)Woodwardite  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)Xanthoconite  (*)Zálesíite  (*)Zeunerite  (*)Zinkenite  (*)
Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S453829,53846,53847,538492793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2253810,538343419
Agardite-(Ce)  (*)MixiteCeCu2+6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O15384643
Agardite-(La)  (*)MixiteLaCu2+6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O15384633
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)353800,53818,538348803
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O153810470
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6253814,53818966
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O1538341627
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21538182162
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO51538361310
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31538121534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)453831,53846,53847,538492734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)1538261588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21153814,53815,53816,53817,53818,53819,53820,53834,53841,53847,538493092
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb153841363
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)453818,53834,53847,538493250
Argentopyrite  (*)CubaniteAgFe2S315384153
Arseniosiderite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(AsO4)3·3H2O153843194
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS553812,53839,53841,53847,538499052
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3153843544
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6353810,53831,53843919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2753817,53818,53829,53834,53843,53847,538495509
Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteBa0.5Fe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·5H2O153843150
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)1653814,53815,53816,53817,53818,53819,53820,53821,53829,53834,53837,53839,53841,53843,53847,5384911547
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)2153846172
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S4253841,53842343
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)2253802,53818606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18553800,53802,53812,53813,538184286
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6153846413
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O7253847,53849450
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi453812,53817,53818,538411966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3353800,53812,538141935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)153837716
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4353800,53812,538175516
Botryogen  (*)BotryogenMgFe3+(SO4)2(OH)·7H2O15384145
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11353841,53847,53849843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS3253847,538491089
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)153837483
Brianyoungite  (*)NoneZn3(CO3)(OH)415382979
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6453814,53829,53843,538461633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1753800,53812,53814,53815,53816,53817,53818,53819,53820,53821,53827,53834,53839,53841,53843,53847,5384927770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6153846359
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2153846178
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21538095171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)553821,53831,53846,53847,538494979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O153817925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S253818,538295707
Chalcophyllite  (*)ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24·36H2O153843194
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21253800,53812,53814,53817,53818,53821,53834,53837,53843,53846,53847,5384927198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)8153800577
Chloraluminite  (*)NoneAlCl3·6H2O1538343
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O553814,53817,53829,53834,538433531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS1537962600
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)253800,538101025
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS153843966
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)153843363
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O153814382
Copper  (*)CopperCu353813,53817,538433846
Cornubite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)4153843109
Cornwallite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)4153843175
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS653810,53829,53834,53846,53847,538494165
Creedite  (*)NoneCa3Al2(SO4)(OH)2F8·2H2O15383948
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3253812,53818802
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O353817,53829,538432970
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)153834498
Delafossite  (*)NoneCu1+Fe3+O2153843144
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S353812,53818,538291027
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21553812,53814,53815,53816,53817,53818,53819,53820,53821,53827,53834,53841,53843,53847,538499895
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)153800648
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)153846220
Dundasite  (*)DundasitePbAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·H2O15382997
Dyscrasite  (*)AllargentumAg3+xSb1-x (x ≈ 0.2)153841180
Elyite  (*)NoneCuPb4(SO4)O2(OH)4·H2O15382885
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS2153812246
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)353814,53818,538348173
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O253843,53849814
Eulytine  (*)NoneBi4(SiO4)315383772
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)253814,53847551
Ferro-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Fe2+4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2253810,53834271
Fibroferrite  (*)Not in a structural groupFe3+(SO4)(OH)·5H2O153818107
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F253800,538102740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21553800,53802,53812,53814,53815,53816,53817,53818,53819,53820,53834,53839,53845,53846,538499617
Freieslebenite  (*)NoneAgPbSbS3153841105
Fülöppite  (*)NonePb3Sb8S1515384155
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS1053814,53818,53821,53830,53831,53834,53839,53846,53847,5384924243
Galenobismutite  (*)KobellitePbBi2S4153812192
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1453800,53812,53814,53818,53827,53830,53831,53834,53837,53843,53846,53847,53849,538517437
Gold  (*)CopperAu15380630554
Graphite  (*)NoneC253847,538492812
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS153829717
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31538101544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O553814,53825,53826,53834,538436890
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6153810741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O31453798,53800,53802,53812,53814,53815,53816,53817,53818,53819,53820,53830,53834,5383714640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1538311689
Hidalgoite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(SO4)(AsO4)(OH)615384657
Hollandite  (*)CoronaditeBa(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16153837243
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6253814,538392228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4253837,538395591
Kermesite  (*)NoneSb2OS2153841230
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O353814,53829,53846593
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2253829,53846265
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)153834581
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2253831,53846987
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S4153849249
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)1538491487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4653800,53812,53814,53818,53834,5383614899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)21053800,53814,53817,53829,53834,53837,53843,53846,53847,5384912537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)353829,53837,53839770
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2553812,53827,53841,53847,538495674
Massicot  (*)NonePbO253847,53849202
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O253814,53834915
Metazeunerite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O153843182
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS1538491066
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl453831,53846,53847,538491107
Mixite  (*)MixiteCu6Bi(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O153843168
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2653800,53801,53812,53813,53814,538185800
Nsutite  (*)RamsdelliteMn2+xMn4+1-xO2-2x(OH)2x153810121
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)153843492
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1538362349
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)153834363
Petitjeanite  (*)NoneBi3O(PO4)2(OH)15383715
Pharmacoalumite  (*)PharmacosideriteKAl4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6.5H2O15384317
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O153843428
Phenakite  (*)PhenakiteBe2(SiO4)353800,53802,53818326
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]153841716
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O153829309
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)2353804,53818,538341898
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3153821733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3353841,53847,538491425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21653800,53812,53814,53815,53816,53817,53818,53819,53820,53821,53827,53834,53839,53841,53847,5384939462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2553818,53819,53829,53837,538433106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl753800,53830,53831,53845,53846,53847,538491725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8353812,53814,538189056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22253800,53809,53810,53812,53814,53815,53816,53817,53818,53819,53820,53821,53829,53832,53834,53837,53839,53841,53843,53846,53847,5384961156
Ramdohrite  (*)LillianitePb5.9Fe0.1Mn0.1In0.1Cd0.2Ag2.8Sb10.8S2415384134
Ranciéite  (*)None(Ca,Mn2+)0.2(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2·0.6H2O153829177
Richelsdorfite  (*)NoneCa2Cu5Sb5+(AsO4)4(OH)6Cl·6H2O15384357
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10453829,53837,53847,53849312
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)2153829454
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2253812,538185614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)553800,53812,53814,53818,538474894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1538002705
Schulenbergite  (*)Ktenasite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O153829142
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O1538431153
Senarmontite  (*)ArsenoliteSb2O3153841179
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)553818,53834,53837,53843,538476417
Silver  (*)CopperAg453831,53841,53843,538465186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs3153849531
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1538292473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS953812,53814,53818,53829,53834,53839,53841,53847,5384921482
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)453841,53843,53847,53849446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3453837,53841,53847,538493418
Stolzite  (*)ScheelitePb(WO4)253814,53847156
Strashimirite  (*)NoneCu4(AsO4)2(OH)2·2.5H2O15384390
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te3153812276
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13253818,538431803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO453817,53843,53847,538491101
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S153812510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13753800,53821,53829,53841,53843,53847,538495317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O253810,538344899
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O153843433
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F21538181476
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O153843245
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS153841293
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O3153841369
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O253828,53851636
Whewellite  (*)OxalateCa(C2O4)·H2O15384966
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS3253800,53812297
Woodwardite  (*)Woodwardite Hydrotalcite(Cu1-xAlx)(SO4)x/2(OH)2·nH2O (x < 0.5, n < 3x/2)15384557
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO4353829,53845,538461655
Xanthoconite  (*)XanthoconiteAg3AsS315382189
Zálesíite  (*)MixiteCaCu6(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)(OH)6·3H2O15384384
Zeunerite  (*)AutuniteCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·12H2O153843185
Zinkenite  (*)ZinkenitePb9Sb22S42153841228
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1538181025



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