Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Koschach, Malta Valley, Hohe Tauern, Carinthia, Austria

mindat Locality ID: 42944
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-42944.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Koschach, Malta Valley, Hohe Tauern, Carinthia, Austria": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Fallbach Valley
Gigler Quarry (Tierpark Quarry)
Mining Prospect
Modre Quarry (Svata Quarry; Koschach Quarry)
Pflüglhof Inn
Rödernwände
Schleier Fall

Latitude: 46°58'40"N
Longitude: 13°27'40"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.977777777778,13.461111111111

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.

Apatite	Apophyllite	Baryte	Beryl	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Natrolite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Titanite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Augite ()*	Bavenite ()*	Bertrandite ()*
Beryl ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Mesolite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Prehnite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*
Scolecite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Titanite ()*	Wulfenite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*
Zircon ()*

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 Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Sr Ti W Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be H O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Apophyllite Baryte Beryl Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite
Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Malachite Mica Molybdenite Natrolite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite
Spinel Titanite Zircon

41 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	20039,20043	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	3	20037,20039,20041	2162
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	20043	2060
Bavenite ()*	None	Ca₄Be_2+xAl_2-xSi₉O_26-x(OH)_2+x (x = 0 to 1)	2	20037,20039	255
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	0		606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	0		4286
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	2	20037,20039	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	20037,20039,20041,20043	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	3	20037,20039,20041	1252
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	20039	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	3	20035,20037,20039	1756
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3	20037,20039,20041	1025
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	20037	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3	20037,20039,20041	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	4	20037,20039,20041,20043	2740
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O	2	20037,20039	303
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	4	20037,20039,20041,20043	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	20037,20039,20041	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	20037,20042	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	20037,20039,20043	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	20041	1689
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	20039	5433
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	3	20037,20039,20041	1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	20039	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	20039	12537
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	1	20039	425
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	20036	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2	20037,20039	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	20037,20039,20041	17380
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4	20037,20039,20041,20043	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	20037,20038,20039,20042,20043	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	20039,20042	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	20035,20037,20039,20041,20042,20043	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	20039	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	4	20037,20039,20041,20043	4894
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	3	20037,20039,20041	390
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	20037,20039,20041	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	5	20035,20037,20039,20041,20043	4899
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	20041	1655
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	20037	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2	20037,20039	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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