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Locality Name:
Pöls Valley, Niedere Tauern, Styria, Austria


mindat Locality ID: 146810
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146810.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pöls Valley, Niedere Tauern, Styria, Austria": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Bretstein
Oberkurzheim
Oberzeiring
Pöls
Pusterwald

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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 Au Ba Be C Ca Ce Cl Cs Cu F Fe H Hg K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ta Ti U Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteAnalcimeAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteBerylBournoniteBrochantiteCalcite
CaledoniteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteClayColumbiteCopperCorundumCovelliteCyanotrichiteDevilline
DigeniteFeldsparFluoriteGypsumLinariteMalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMicaNickeline
NoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyrochlorePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinel
StibniteSulphurTitaniteZircon

69 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beryl  (*)
Bindheimite  (*)Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Brushite  (*)Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chalcostibite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Cyanotrichite  (*)Devilline  (*)Digenite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Fersmite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Gudmundite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Ixiolite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Langite  (*)Linarite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Phosgenite  (*)Pollucite  (*)
Posnjakite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rosasite  (*)Rutile  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Spodumene  (*)Stibnite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Titanite  (*)
Uraninite  (*)Wodginite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1234672793
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1234768803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21234672162
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)223467,234702734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21234673092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS323467,23472,234749052
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6223467,23470919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21234675509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)223467,2347011547
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181234764286
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O7123467450
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41234675516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11123467843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS31234671089
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61234671633
Brushite  (*)GypsumCa(PO3OH)·2H2O123467104
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)323467,23470,2347627770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6123467359
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2223478,234795171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)223467,234704979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2223467,2347427198
Chalcostibite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuSbS2123467162
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS1234672600
Copper  (*)CopperCu1234673846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS223467,234704165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1234672970
Cyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)2123467179
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O123467366
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1234671027
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21234679895
Fersmite  (*)ColumbiteCaNb2O6223477,2347883
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS223467,2347024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu223467,2347430554
Graphite  (*)NoneC223467,234762812
Gudmundite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeSbS123467170
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O223467,234706890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O312346714640
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)61234671066
Ixiolite  (*)Columbite(Ta2/3Mn2+1/3)O2123478148
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14123467784
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61234682228
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O123467593
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2123467987
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O412346714899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)212346712537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21234675674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O223467,23469915
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)212347617380
Phosgenite  (*)NonePb2(CO3)Cl2123470142
Pollucite  (*)AnalcimeCs(Si2Al)O6·nH2O123479140
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O123467309
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31234671425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2523467,23472,23474,23476,2347839462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8323467,23474,234769056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2323467,23476,2347861156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)2123467454
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21234675614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1234676417
Silver  (*)CopperAg1234675186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1234672473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS12346721482
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O6423462,23476,23478,23479688
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31234673418
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS223467,234702045
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1234774899
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21234782718
Wodginite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Sn4+Ta2O812347778
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)123478939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1234785251



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