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Locality Name:
Mühltal, Odenwald, Hesse, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 363
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2.6

mindat Locality ID: 33225
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-33225.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mühltal, Odenwald, Hesse, Germany": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Nieder-Beerbach
Nieder-Ramstadt
Trautheim
Waschenbach

Latitude: 49°48'16"N
Longitude: 8°41'48"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.804444444444,8.6966666666667
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 B Ba Bi C Ca Ce Cl Co Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Se Si Ti U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAdeliteAllaniteAnalcimeAndalusiteAragoniteArsenicArseniosideriteArsenolampriteArsenolite
ArsenopyriteAutuniteBaryteBrauniteCalciteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteClayClinozoisiteCopper
CorundumCovelliteCubaniteDiasporeEpidoteFairfielditeFeldsparFetteliteFluoriteGadolinite
GarnetGypsumJalpaiteLöllingiteMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteMordeniteNatroliteNickeline
NoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePolybasitePrehnitePyritePyrophyllitePyroxeneQuartzRocksalt
RutileSerpentineSkutteruditeSphaleriteSpinelStanniteTetrahedriteTitaniteTourmalineTyrolite
VivianiteWollastoniteXanthoconiteZircon

101 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Analcime  (*)Andalusite  (*)
Annabergite  (*)Roselite-β  (*)Aragonite  (*)Argentopyrite  (*)Arsenic  (*)
Arseniosiderite  (*)Arsenolamprite  (*)Arsenolite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Betekhtinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Braunite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Clausthalite  (*)Clinosafflorite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Coffinite  (*)Conichalcite  (*)
Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Datolite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Djurleite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dravite  (*)Emplectite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Erythrite  (*)Fettelite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Grossular  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Idaite  (*)Jalpaite  (*)
Kaatialaite  (*)Krutovite  (*)Kutinaite  (*)Lautite  (*)Löllingite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Maucherite  (*)Metazeunerite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Mordenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Nickelskutterudite  (*)
Orthoclase  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Paxite  (*)Pearceite  (*)Pharmacolite  (*)
Piemontite  (*)Pitticite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Proustite  (*)
Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Pyrostilpnite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)Safflorite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Silver  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Smithite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)
Sternbergite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Titanite  (*)Trechmannite  (*)Tyrolite  (*)
Uraninite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Xanthoconite  (*)Xonotlite  (*)Zeunerite  (*)
Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S3632.6459412,59416,59420,594212793
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)3592.61594128803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)363330.8159420706
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O3632.6359412,59416,594201627
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO5363330.81594151310
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O3632.6259412,59416445
Roselite-β  (*)FairfielditeCa2Co(AsO4)2·2H2O3592.615941221
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)3592.61594123250
Argentopyrite  (*)CubaniteAgFe2S33592.615941253
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs3592.6159412379
Arseniosiderite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(AsO4)3·3H2O3592.6159412194
Arsenolamprite  (*)ArsenolampriteAs3592.615941219
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O33592.6159412231
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)23632.6259412,594215509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)3632.6559412,59416,59418,59420,5942111547
Betekhtinite  (*)None(Cu,Fe)21Pb2S15363330.8259416,5942045
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS43632.6359412,59416,594205516
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)363330.8159415483
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3632.6459412,59416,59420,5942127770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)3592.61594124979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S3632.6359412,59416,594205707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23632.6459412,59416,59420,5942127198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl3632.6259412,594211382
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)43592.6159412951
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS65.52.61594122600
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe363330.8159416281
Clinosafflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs23592.615941221
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)363330.81594201025
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O363330.8159416566
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)3592.6159412363
Copper  (*)CopperCu3632.6259412,594203846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS3632.6259412,594164165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O3632.6259412,594202970
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)3592.6159412498
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6363330.8259414,594164135
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S16363330.8159416300
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2363330.81594209895
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)363330.8159415648
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS23632.6259412,59420246
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)3632.6459412,59414,59416,594208173
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O3632.6259412,59416814
Fettelite  (*)Fettelite[Ag6As2S7][Ag10HgAs2S8]65.52.61594125
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2363330.8259416,594209617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3635359412,59416,5942024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)3632.6359412,59416,594207437
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)3363330.8259414,594161544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O3632.6259412,594206890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O33632.6459412,59416,59418,5942014640
Idaite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3FeS4363330.8159416142
Jalpaite  (*)JalpaiteAg3CuS23592.6159412116
Kaatialaite  (*)NoneFe3+[AsO2(OH)2]3·5H2O3592.615941212
Krutovite  (*)PyriteNiAs2363330.815941611
Kutinaite  (*)NoneAg6Cu14As73592.61594127
Lautite  (*)NoneCuAsS3592.615941232
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs23592.6159412762
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O43632.6459412,59414,59416,5942014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)23632.6459412,59416,59420,5942112537
Maucherite  (*)NoneNi11As8363330.8159416161
Metazeunerite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O363330.8159416182
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS23632.6359412,59416,594205800
Mordenite  (*)Mordenite(Na2,Ca,K2)4(Al8Si40)O96·28H2O363330.8159416405
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2363330.815941517380
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O3632.6259412,594161236
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs3632.6259412,59416633
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Skutterudite Perovskite(Ni,Co,Fe)As33632.6259412,59416176
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)3632.6259412,594162349
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS363330.8159416767
Paxite  (*)ArsenopyriteCuAs23592.61594123
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]3592.6159412249
Pharmacolite  (*)GypsumCa(AsO3OH)·2H2O3592.6159412105
Piemontite  (*)EpidoteCa2(Al2Mn3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)363330.8159415260
Pitticite  (*)None[Fe,AsO4,SO4,H2O] (?)3592.6159412140
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]363330.8159416716
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)23632.6359412,59416,594201898
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS33592.6159412733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3363330.81594161425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23635459411,59412,59416,5942039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2363330.81594153106
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)23592.6159412771
Pyrostilpnite  (*)XanthoconiteAg3SbS3363330.815941684
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S83632.6259412,594169056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23632.6359412,59416,5942061156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS3592.6159412712
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs23632.6259412,59416317
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)363330.81594166417
Silver  (*)CopperAg3632.6559412,59413,59416,59420,594215186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs33592.6159412531
Smithite  (*)NoneAgAsS23592.615941211
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3635359412,59416,5942021482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS4363330.8159416586
Sternbergite  (*)CubaniteAgFe2S33592.615941262
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S133632.6259412,594161803
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O3632.6359412,59416,594204899
Trechmannite  (*)NoneAgAsS23592.61594127
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O3592.6159412245
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2363330.81594162718
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO3363330.81594161247
Xanthoconite  (*)XanthoconiteAg3AsS33592.615941289
Xonotlite  (*)NoneCa6Si6O17(OH)23592.6159412109
Zeunerite  (*)AutuniteCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·12H2O363330.8159416185
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)363330.81594201025


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Giersdorf_00000964The 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_00000984The Böllstein Odenwald is a unit found as part of the Odenwald Granodiorite Complex and is a garnet-bearing orthogneiss


10 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Giersdorf_00000964334330.8332.4±1.6U-Pb    Yes  1850Odenwald, Hesse, GermanyOdenwald Granitoid ComplexSiebel et al. (2012)10.1007/s00710-012-0200-3MP105_187U-Pb Zircon age for the Odenwald Granitoid
Giersdorf_00000984363351357±6Lu-HfAge is part of the Part I of the Variscan Orogenic Event   Yes  1850Odenwald, Hesse, GermanyBöllstein OdenwaldSiebel et al. (2012)10.1007/s00710-012-0200-3MP105_187Age is indicative of a high-pressure facies event in the footwall of the unit
Emily000261232323U-Pb       1866Glasberg Quarry, Nieder-Beerbach, Mühltal, Odenwald, Hesse, GermanyGlasberg quarryPfaff et al. (2010)10.1007/s00126-010-0296-5MD45_647 
Emily000262246229         1866Glasberg Quarry, Nieder-Beerbach, Mühltal, Odenwald, Hesse, GermanyGlasberg quarryPfaff et al. (2010)10.1007/s00126-010-0296-6MD45_648 
Emily000263235.3Miocene      Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite 1866Glasberg Quarry, Nieder-Beerbach, Mühltal, Odenwald, Hesse, GermanyGlasberg quarryPfaff et al. (2010)10.1007/s00126-010-0296-5MD45_647 
Emily00026425515±10      Galena, Marcasite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Wurtzite 1866Glasberg Quarry, Nieder-Beerbach, Mühltal, Odenwald, Hesse, GermanyGlasberg quarryPfaff et al. (2010)10.1007/s00126-010-0296-5MD45_647 
Emily0002655947.8Late Paleocene to early Eocene      Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite 1866Glasberg Quarry, Nieder-Beerbach, Mühltal, Odenwald, Hesse, GermanyGlasberg quarryPfaff et al. (2010)10.1007/s00126-010-0296-5MD45_647 
Emily0002666656Paleocene      Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite 1866Glasberg Quarry, Nieder-Beerbach, Mühltal, Odenwald, Hesse, GermanyGlasberg quarryPfaff et al. (2010)10.1007/s00126-010-0296-5MD45_647 
Emily000267359323Mississippian      Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite 1866Glasberg Quarry, Nieder-Beerbach, Mühltal, Odenwald, Hesse, GermanyGlasberg quarryPfaff et al. (2010)10.1007/s00126-010-0296-5MD45_647 
Hg-0001665.52.6       Cinnabar, FetteliteHg1866Glasberg Quarry, Nieder-Beerbach, Mühltal, Odenwald, Hesse, Germany Kissan (1993); Pfaff et al. (2010)   

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R100124Nieder-Beerbach, Mühltal, Odenwald, Hesse, Germanyhttps://rruff.info/R100124
R110042Nieder-Beerbach, Mühltal, Odenwald, Hesse, Germanyhttps://rruff.info/R110042

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