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Locality Name:
Silbertal, Silber Valley, Montafon, Vorarlberg, Austria


mindat Locality ID: 190249
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-190249.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Silbertal, Silber Valley, Montafon, Vorarlberg, Austria": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Kristbergsattel

Latitude: 47°6'38"N
Longitude: 9°59'27"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.110555555556,9.9908333333333

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 As Au Ba Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCovelliteMalachiteMeneghiniteNickeline
NoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteTetrahedriteTyroliteVivianite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Aikinite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bismuth  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Erythrite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Malachite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tyrolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS3124906315
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21249063092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1249069052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21249065509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)12490611547
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1249061966
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)12490627770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS212490627198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1249064165
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O124906814
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS12490624243
Gold  (*)CopperAu12490630554
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)212490612537
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS124906767
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS212490639462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81249069056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO212490661156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1249066417
Silver  (*)CopperAg1249065186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS12490621482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131249061803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131249065317
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O124906245



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