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Locality Name:
Ulpen Cu Deposit (Ulpen Alp; Kaunz Alp; Hochleger; Keller Pass; Öxel Valley), Schwaz, Brixlegg - Schwaz Area, Inn Valley, North Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria


mindat Locality ID: 57180
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-57180.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ulpen Cu Deposit (Ulpen Alp; Kaunz Alp; Hochleger; Keller Pass; Öxel Valley), Schwaz, Brixlegg - Schwaz Area, Inn Valley, North Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Glückauf Mine

Latitude: 47°19'35"N
Longitude: 11°46'47"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.326388888889,11.779722222222
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: Al As B Ba C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperDiasporeLepidocrociteMalachiteMarcasite
MicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteTetrahedriteTourmaline
VivianiteZircon

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Erythrite  (*)
Galena  (*)Glaucodot  (*)Goethite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Magnesite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Schorl  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)203092
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O0445
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS212389727198
Copper  (*)CopperCu03846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O02970
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O123897814
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Glaucodot  (*)Arsenopyrite(Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS123897131
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)0581
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)01487
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)02705
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)05251


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