Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mixnitz, Frohnleiten, Styria, Austria

mindat Locality ID: 58642
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-58642.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mixnitz, Frohnleiten, Styria, Austria": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Drachenhöhle
Heuberggraben
S35 Motorway Tunnel (Mixnitz Tunnel)
Wetterbauergraben
Wetterbauersattel

Latitude: 47°18'25"N
Longitude: 15°23'2"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.306944444444,15.383888888889

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.

Alunite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Covellite
Epidote	Garnet	Harmotome	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Rutile	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Almandine ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Graphite ()*	Harmotome ()*
Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kermesite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Valentinite ()*	Variscite ()*

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 Fe H Hg K Mg O P S Sb Si Ti Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Covellite
Epidote Garnet Harmotome Malachite Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz Rutile Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

30 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	22935	2353
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	22936	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	22935	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	22936,22937	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	22935	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	22935	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	22937	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	22934,22935,22936,22937	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	2	22936,22937	2600
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	22937	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	22936	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	22936,22937	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	22935	8173
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	22935	2812
Harmotome ()*	Harmotome	Ba₂(Si₁₂Al₄)O₃₂·12H₂O	1	22935	290
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	22934,22936	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	22937	2228
Kermesite ()*	None	Sb₂OS₂	1	22936	230
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	22936,22937	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	22935	5674
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	22935	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	22934,22935,22936	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	22935	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	22934,22935,22936,22937	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	22935	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	22935	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	22937	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	22936,22937	5317
Valentinite ()*	None	Sb₂O₃	1	22937	369
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	0		301

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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