Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Espa, Butzbach, Wetteraukreis, Hesse, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 286392
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-286392.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Espa, Butzbach, Wetteraukreis, Hesse, Germany": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Silbersegen 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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Malachite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

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: As C Cu Fe H O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Malachite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	59631	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	59631	24243
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	59631	1066
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	59631	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	59631	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	59631	61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	59631	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	59631	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	59631	1803

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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