Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Copper Mine, Balzenbach, Hemsbach, Odenwald, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

mindat Locality ID: 32037
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-32037.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Copper Mine, Balzenbach, Hemsbach, Odenwald, Baden-Württemberg, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 49°35'58"N
Longitude: 8°40'57"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.599444444444,8.6825

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.

Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Enargite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz
Rutile	Wurtzite

Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*
Cuprite ()*	Enargite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*
Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*

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 Ba C Cu Fe H Mn O P S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Ba C Cu Fe H Mn O P S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Diaspore Enargite Malachite None Not in a structural group Quartz
Rutile Wurtzite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2970
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	910
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	369
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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