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Locality Name:
Rouffach, Haut-Rhin, Grand Est, France


mindat Locality ID: 24192
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24192.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rouffach, Haut-Rhin, Grand Est, France": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Osenbach
Wintzfelden

Latitude: 47°59'5"N
Longitude: 7°13'9"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.984722222222,7.2191666666667
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 C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAllophaneAluniteAndalusiteAragoniteArseniosideriteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyrite
CopperCorundumDiasporeGypsumMalachiteMixiteNoneNot in a structural groupPharmacosideritePyrite
QuartzRocksaltTetrahedriteTyrolite

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Anhydrite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arseniosiderite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Clinoclase  (*)Conichalcite  (*)Copper  (*)Cornwallite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Segnitite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tyrolite  (*)Zálesíite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)1539871588
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1539873250
Arseniosiderite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(AsO4)3·3H2O153987194
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21539875509
Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteBa0.5Fe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·5H2O153987150
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)253987,5399111547
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61539871633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)353987,53989,5399227770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS215398727198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O253987,539913531
Clinoclase  (*)NoneCu3(AsO4)(OH)3153987127
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)153987363
Copper  (*)CopperCu1539873846
Cornwallite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)4153987175
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1539872970
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21539879895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS15398924243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)353987,53989,539917437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1539906890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3253987,5399114640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2253987,5399112537
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)153987492
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2253987,5398939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2353987,53989,5399161156
Segnitite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)6153987134
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)253987,539916417
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO1539871101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131539875317
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O153987245
Zálesíite  (*)MixiteCaCu6(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)(OH)6·3H2O15398784


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