Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Waldeck-Frankenberg, Hesse, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 260
Youngest recorded age at locality: 260

mindat Locality ID: 307249
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-307249.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Waldeck-Frankenberg, Hesse, Germany": 48
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 30

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Bad Wildungen
Diemelsee
Frankenberg
Korbach
Twistetal
Vöhl
Waldeck

Latitude: 51°17'36"N
Longitude: 8°52'31"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 51.293333333333,8.8752777777778

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	Alunite	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum
Covellite	Diaspore	Fluorite	Gypsum	Malachite	Marcasite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel

Allophane ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Clausthalite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gorceixite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Libethenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Strontianite ()*	Wroewolfeite ()*

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 Au Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg Mg Mn O P Pb S Se Si Sr Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum
Covellite Diaspore Fluorite Gypsum Malachite Marcasite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel

38 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
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	260	260	2	59566,59584	470
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	260	260	3	59563,59566,59584	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			3	59554,59563,59593	3250
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	260	260	4	59563,59566,59584,59593	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	260	260	7	59553,59560,59563,59566,59584,59593,59596	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	260	260	2	59566,59593	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	260	260	11	59553,59554,59556,59558,59560,59563,59566,59586,59590,59593,59596	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)			1	59590	1252
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	59593	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	260	260	3	59566,59584,59593	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	260	260	6	59550,59553,59563,59566,59586,59593	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	260	260	1	59566	2600
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe	260	260	1	59566	281
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	59593	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			2	59563,59593	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	260	260	2	59566,59593	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	260	260	4	59553,59554,59563,59566	9895
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F			1	59553	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	260	260	1	59566	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	260	260	3	59553,59566,59593	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	260	260	4	59553,59566,59593,59596	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	260	260	2	59566,59584	30554
Gorceixite ()*	Alunite	BaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	260	260	1	59566	121
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	260	260	2	59566,59593	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	260	260	5	59553,59563,59566,59593,59596	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	260	260	1	59566	5433
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)	260	260	1	59566	234
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	260	260	1	59566	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	260	260	5	59553,59563,59584,59593,59596	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	260	260	4	59553,59566,59586,59593	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	260	260	5	59553,59554,59563,59566,59593	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	59558	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	260	260	8	59550,59553,59554,59558,59563,59566,59593,59596	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	59553	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	260	260	2	59566,59593	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	260	260	4	59553,59563,59566,59593	21482
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)			1	59590	589
Wroewolfeite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O			1	59593	95

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	sedcu-00438	260	260	Permian										Cu	226090	Korbach, Waldeck-Frankenberg, Hesse, Germany	Korbach	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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