Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Heppenheim, Odenwald, Hesse, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 363
Youngest recorded age at locality: 330.8

mindat Locality ID: 32369
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-32369.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Heppenheim, Odenwald, Hesse, Germany": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Erbach
Essigkamm
Kirschhausen
Mittershausen
Sonderbach
Wald-Erlenbach

Latitude: 49°38'15"N
Longitude: 8°40'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.6375,8.6830555555556

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	Arsenic	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcioferrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Clinozoisite
Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Malachite	Meneghinite	Molybdenite
None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Scheelite	Spinel	Titanite

Aikinite ()*	Albite ()*	Allophane ()*	Anatase ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bismite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Cacoxenite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Emplectite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gladite ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Kingsmountite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montgomeryite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Powellite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Scheelite ()*	Strengite ()*	Titanite ()*	Variscite ()*	Wittichenite ()*
Wulfenite ()*

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: Al Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Ti W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Arsenic Baryte Brochantite Calcioferrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Clinozoisite
Copper Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Malachite Meneghinite Molybdenite
None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Scheelite Spinel Titanite

41 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
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	363	330.8	1	59354	315
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	363	330.8	1	59344	8803
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	363	330.8	1	59347	470
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	363	330.8	1	59347	2162
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	363	330.8	1	59354	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	363	330.8	2	59342,59354	11547
Bismite ()*	None	Bi₂O₃	363	330.8	1	59354	214
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	363	330.8	1	59354	1966
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	363	330.8	1	59354	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	363	330.8	1	59354	1633
Cacoxenite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂₄AlO₆(PO₄)₁₇(OH)₁₂·75H₂O	363	330.8	1	59347	280
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	363	330.8	2	59344,59354	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	363	330.8	1	59354	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	363	330.8	1	59354	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	363	330.8	1	59354	3531
Emplectite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuBiS₂	363	330.8	1	59354	246
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	363	330.8	2	59344,59354	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	363	330.8	1	59354	9617
Gladite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBi₅S₉	363	330.8	1	59354	67
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	363	330.8	2	59347,59354	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	363	330.8	1	59354	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	363	330.8	2	59347,59349	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	363	330.8	1	59354	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	363	330.8	1	59354	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	363	330.8	1	59347	2228
Kingsmountite ()*	Calcioferrite	Ca₃MnFe²⁺Al₄(PO₄)₆(OH)₄·12H₂O	363	330.8	1	59347	12
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	363	330.8	1	59354	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	363	330.8	1	59354	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	363	330.8	1	59354	5800
Montgomeryite ()*	Calcioferrite	Ca₄MgAl₄(PO₄)₆(OH)₄·12H₂O	363	330.8	1	59347	44
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	363	330.8	2	59352,59354	2349
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	363	330.8	1	59354	494
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	363	330.8	1	59354	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	363	330.8	3	59344,59347,59354	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	363	330.8	3	59344,59347,59354	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	363	330.8	1	59354	4894
Strengite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	363	330.8	1	59347	263
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	363	330.8	4	59344,59352,59354,59356	4899
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	363	330.8	1	59347	301
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	363	330.8	1	59354	297
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	363	330.8	1	59354	1655

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000964	The Odenwald Granitoid Complex is a Variscan I-type granitoid that formed during subduction of the Rheic ocean and the collission of Avalonia and Armorica about 365 and 330 m.y.a.
Giersdorf_00000984	The Böllstein Odenwald is a unit found as part of the Odenwald Granodiorite Complex and is a garnet-bearing orthogneiss

2 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
	Giersdorf_00000964	334	330.8	332.4±1.6	U-Pb						Yes				1850	Odenwald, Hesse, Germany	Odenwald Granitoid Complex	Siebel et al. (2012)	10.1007/s00710-012-0200-3	MP105_187	U-Pb Zircon age for the Odenwald Granitoid
	Giersdorf_00000984	363	351	357±6	Lu-Hf	Age is part of the Part I of the Variscan Orogenic Event					Yes				1850	Odenwald, Hesse, Germany	Böllstein Odenwald	Siebel et al. (2012)	10.1007/s00710-012-0200-3	MP105_187	Age is indicative of a high-pressure facies event in the footwall of the unit

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