Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Dunkle Platte Quarry, Wembach, Ober-Ramstadt, Odenwald, Hesse, Germany

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

mindat Locality ID: 32012
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-32012.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dunkle Platte Quarry, Wembach, Ober-Ramstadt, Odenwald, Hesse, Germany": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 49°48'28"N
Longitude: 8°46'47"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 49.807777777778,8.7797222222222

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.

Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Fluorite	Lepidocrocite	Mica
None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Titanite

Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Hematite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	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 As Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Na O S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Feldspar Fluorite Lepidocrocite Mica
None Pyrite Quartz Rutile Titanite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	363	330.8	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	363	330.8	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	363	330.8	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	363	330.8	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	363	330.8	27198
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	363	330.8	9617
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	363	330.8	14640
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	363	330.8	581
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	363	330.8	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	363	330.8	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	363	330.8	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	363	330.8	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	363	330.8	6417
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	363	330.8	4899

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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