Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Waldaschaff, Aschaffenburg, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 335
Youngest recorded age at locality: 331

mindat Locality ID: 284548
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-284548.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Waldaschaff, Aschaffenburg, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Pauline Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Allophane	Apatite	Baryte	Bismutite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Corundum	Diaspore	Fluorite
Malachite	Mixite	None	Not in a structural group	Pharmacosiderite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rhabdophane	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite

Azurite ()*	Bariopharmacosiderite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beyerite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Bismutite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cuprite ()*
Cuprobismutite ()*	Emplectite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhabdophane-(Ce) ()*
Rhabdophane-(Nd) ()*	Romanèchite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Wittichenite ()*	Zálesíite ()*

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 Ba Bi C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H Mn Nd O P S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Apatite Baryte Bismutite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Corundum Diaspore Fluorite
Malachite Mixite None Not in a structural group Pharmacosiderite Pyrite Quartz Rhabdophane Stibnite Tetrahedrite

25 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	335	331	1	58397	5509
Bariopharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	Ba_0.5Fe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·5H₂O	335	331	1	58397	150
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	335	331	1	58397	11547
Beyerite ()*	Bismutite	CaBi₂O₂(CO₃)₂	335	331	1	58397	96
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	335	331	1	58397	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	335	331	1	58397	716
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	335	331	1	58397	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	335	331	1	58397	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	335	331	1	58397	3531
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	335	331	1	58397	2970
Cuprobismutite ()*	None	Cu₈AgBi₁₃S₂₄	335	331	1	58397	43
Emplectite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuBiS₂	335	331	1	58397	246
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	335	331	1	58397	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	335	331	1	58397	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	335	331	1	58397	14640
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	335	331	1	58397	367
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	335	331	1	58397	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	335	331	1	58397	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	335	331	1	58397	61156
Rhabdophane-(Ce) ()*	Rhabdophane	Ce(PO₄)·H₂O	335	331	1	58397	66
Rhabdophane-(Nd) ()*	Rhabdophane	Nd(PO₄)·H₂O	335	331	1	58397	14
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀	335	331	1	58397	312
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	335	331	1	58397	1803
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	335	331	1	58397	297
Zálesíite ()*	Mixite	CaCu₆(AsO₄)₂(AsO₃OH)(OH)₆·3H₂O	335	331	1	58397	84

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000977	The Waldaschaff area is found as part of the Spessart Granitoid Complex
Giersdorf_00000978	The Waldaschaff area is found as part of the Spessart Granitoid Complex
Giersdorf_00000979	The Waldaschaff area is found as part of the Spessart Granitoid Complex

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Sample Num	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
Giersdorf_00000977	331	331	331	U-Pb	Age is part of the "Part II" series of the Variscan Orogenic Event, which are younger than Part I orogenic activities	zircon	HB-5	Zircon	284548	Waldaschaff, Aschaffenburg, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany	Waldaschaff	Siebel et al. (2012)	10.1007/s00710-012-0200-3	MP105_187	Pb207/Pb206 Isotope apparent ages for zircons found in the Spessart Granodiorite Complex
Giersdorf_00000978	333	333	333	U-Pb	Age is part of the "Part II" series of the Variscan Orogenic Event, which are younger than Part I orogenic activities	zircon	HB-5	Zircon	284548	Waldaschaff, Aschaffenburg, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany	Waldaschaff	Siebel et al. (2012)	10.1007/s00710-012-0200-3	MP105_187	Pb207/Pb206 Isotope apparent ages for zircons found in the Spessart Granodiorite Complex
Giersdorf_00000979	335	335	335	U-Pb	Age is part of the "Part II" series of the Variscan Orogenic Event, which are younger than Part I orogenic activities	zircon	HB-5	Zircon	284548	Waldaschaff, Aschaffenburg, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany	Waldaschaff	Siebel et al. (2012)	10.1007/s00710-012-0200-3	MP105_187	Pb207/Pb206 Isotope apparent ages for zircons found in the Spessart Granodiorite Complex

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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