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Locality Name:
Kaisersberg, Leoben, Styria, Austria


mindat Locality ID: 146798
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146798.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kaisersberg, Leoben, Styria, Austria": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Graphite Mine
Hartlegraben (Hartlgraben)

Latitude: 47°20'22"N
Longitude: 14°58'10"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.339444444444,14.969444444444
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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmphiboleAragoniteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteChloritoidClayKaolinite
MalachiteMeneghiniteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyrophylliteQuartzRocksaltRutile
SphaleriteTetrahedriteUllmannite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Allophane  (*)Aragonite  (*)Azurite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chloritoid  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Dickite  (*)
Galena  (*)Graphite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Malachite  (*)Meneghinite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tremolite  (*)Ullmannite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O123212470
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1232123250
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21232125509
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61232121633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)12321127770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2223211,2321227198
Chloritoid  (*)ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)2123211376
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1232123531
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81232111756
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4223211,23212651
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS12321124243
Graphite  (*)NoneC223211,232122812
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO41232111507
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)212321212537
Meneghinite  (*)MeneghinitePb13CuSb7S24123211158
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2223211,2321217380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS212321139462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2123211771
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2223211,2321261156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21232115614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS12321121482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131232121803
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21232112562
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS123211293


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