Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Gailbach, Aschaffenburg, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

Oldest recorded age at locality: 342
Youngest recorded age at locality: 324

mindat Locality ID: 39438
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-39438.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gailbach, Aschaffenburg, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Heinrich Shaft (Heinrich Marble Works)
Stengerts

Latitude: 49°56'47"N
Longitude: 9°11'23"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.946388888889,9.1897222222222

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.

Amphibole	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Garnet	Humite	Mica	None	Rhodonite
Talc	Titanite

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 C Ca F Fe H K Mg Mn O Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Garnet Humite Mica None Rhodonite
Talc Titanite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Almandine ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chondrodite ()*	Epidote ()*
Grossular ()*	Humite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Talc ()*
Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*

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
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	342	324	2	58357,58358	2353
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	58355	718
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	58355	27770
Chondrodite ()*	Humite	Mg₅(SiO₄)₂F₂			1	58355	285
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	342	324	2	58357,58358	8173
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	58355	1544
Humite ()*	Humite	Mg₇(SiO₄)₃F₂			1	58355	80
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			1	58355	2273
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)			1	58355	969
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	58355	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	342	324	2	58357,58358	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	58355	2562

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000965	The Stengerts Quarries are found in the Spessart Granitoid Complex
Giersdorf_00000966	The Stengerts Quarries are found in the Spessart Granitoid Complex
Giersdorf_00000967	The Stengerts Quarries are found in the Spessart Granitoid Complex
Giersdorf_00000968	The Stengerts Quarries are found in the Spessart Granitoid Complex

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Sample Num	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
Giersdorf_00000965	335	335	335	U-Pb	Age is part of the "Part II" series of the Variscan Orogenic Event, which are younger than Part I orogenic activities	zircon	HB-1	Zircon	39436	Stengerts, Gailbach, Aschaffenburg, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany	Stengerts	Siebel et al. (2012)	10.1007/s00710-012-0200-3	MP105_187	Pb207/Pb206 Isotope apparent ages for zircons found in the Spessart Granodiorite Complex
Giersdorf_00000966	336	336	336	U-Pb	Age is part of the "Part II" series of the Variscan Orogenic Event, which are younger than Part I orogenic activities	zircon	HB-1	Zircon	39436	Stengerts, Gailbach, Aschaffenburg, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany	Stengerts	Siebel et al. (2012)	10.1007/s00710-012-0200-3	MP105_187	Pb207/Pb206 Isotope apparent ages for zircons found in the Spessart Granodiorite Complex
Giersdorf_00000967	342	342	342	U-Pb	Age is part of the "Part II" series of the Variscan Orogenic Event, which are younger than Part I orogenic activities	zircon	HB-1	Zircon	39436	Stengerts, Gailbach, Aschaffenburg, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany	Stengerts	Siebel et al. (2012)	10.1007/s00710-012-0200-3	MP105_187	Pb207/Pb206 Isotope apparent ages for zircons found in the Spessart Granodiorite Complex
Giersdorf_00000968	324	324	324	U-Pb	Age is part of the "Part II" series of the Variscan Orogenic Event, which are younger than Part I orogenic activities	zircon	HB-1	Zircon	39436	Stengerts, Gailbach, Aschaffenburg, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany	Stengerts	Siebel et al. (2012)	10.1007/s00710-012-0200-3	MP105_187	Pb207/Pb206 Isotope apparent ages for zircons found in the Spessart Granodiorite Complex

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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