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Locality Name:
Fröschnitz Valley (Fröschnitz), Steinhaus Am Semmering, Spital Am Semmering, Fischbacher Alpen, Styria, Austria


mindat Locality ID: 230150
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-230150.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fröschnitz Valley (Fröschnitz), Steinhaus Am Semmering, Spital Am Semmering, Fischbacher Alpen, Styria, Austria": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Arzberg Am Semmering
Kirch Valley

Latitude: 47°36'27"N
Longitude: 15°47'56"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.6075,15.798888888889

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 Ba C Ca Cd Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Fe S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundum
DescloiziteDiasporeFeldsparLepidocrociteLinariteMalachiteMarcasiteMeneghiniteMicaNickeline
NoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelSulphurTetrahedrite
Wurtzite

40 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Albite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Aurorite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Cerussite  (*)Cesàrolite  (*)Chalcophanite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Descloizite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrocerussite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Linarite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Meneghinite  (*)Mimetite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Susannite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Todorokite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1229002793
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1229008803
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1229002734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Aurorite  (*)NoneMn2+Mn4+3O7·3H2O12290022
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)12290011547
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1229004979
Cesàrolite  (*)NonePbMn4+3O6(OH)212290027
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O122900197
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2222900,2290127198
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)122900378
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS12290024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1229007437
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS122900717
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O312290014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1229001689
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)2122900201
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)61229001066
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)122900581
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2122900987
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O412290014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)212290012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Meneghinite  (*)MeneghinitePb13CuSb7S24122900158
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl1229001107
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)212290017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS212290039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1229001725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO212290061156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1229006417
Silver  (*)CopperAg1229005186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1229002473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS12290021482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1229002045
Susannite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)212290099
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131229005317
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O122900433
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl122900605
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO41229001655



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