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Locality Name:
Branich Hill (Pranig Hill), Schriesheim, Odenwald, Baden-Württemberg, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 277740
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-277740.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Branich Hill (Pranig Hill), Schriesheim, Odenwald, Baden-Württemberg, Germany": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Anna-Elisabeth Mine

Latitude: 49°28'40"N
Longitude: 8°40'23"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.477777777778,8.6730555555556

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 As Ba Bi Ca Co Cu F Fe H Mn O Pb S Si U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteBaryteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteCopperCorundumFluoriteGypsumLöllingiteMarcasite
MelanteriteNonePerovskitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSkutteruditeSphalerite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Emplectite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)
Pitticite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Safflorite  (*)
Silver  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1579669052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)15796611547
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS215796627198
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS2157966246
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21579669617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS15796624243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1579666890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O315796614640
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21579665674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O157966915
Pitticite  (*)None[Fe,AsO4,SO4,H2O] (?)157966140
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215796639462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21579663106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO215796661156
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs2157966317
Silver  (*)CopperAg1579665186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs3157966531
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS15796621482
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21579662718



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