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Locality Name:
Waschenbach, Mühltal, Odenwald, Hesse, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 23465
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23465.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Emmertsberg Quarry
Thomas Quarry

Latitude: 49°47'43"N
Longitude: 8°42'16"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.795277777778,8.7044444444444
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 Ba Bi C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllaniteAnalcimeBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteClinozoisiteCopperCorundum
DiasporeEpidoteFluoriteGypsumMalachiteMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPrehnitePyrite
QuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelTitanite

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Analcime  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Betekhtinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chlorargyrite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Emplectite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Titanite  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S363330.8259420,594212793
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)363330.8159420706
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O363330.81594201627
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2363330.81594215509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)363330.8259420,5942111547
Betekhtinite  (*)None(Cu,Fe)21Pb2S15363330.815942045
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4363330.81594205516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)363330.8259420,5942127770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S363330.81594205707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2363330.8259420,5942127198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl363330.81594211382
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)363330.81594201025
Copper  (*)CopperCu363330.81594203846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O363330.81594202970
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2363330.81594209895
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS2363330.8159420246
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)363330.81594208173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2363330.81594209617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS363330.815942024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)363330.81594207437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O363330.81594206890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3363330.815942014640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4363330.815942014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2363330.8259420,5942112537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2363330.81594205800
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)2363330.81594201898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2363330.815942039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2363330.815942061156
Silver  (*)CopperAg363330.8259420,594215186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS363330.815942021482
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O363330.81594204899
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)363330.81594201025


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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