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Locality Name:
Rinder Valley (Gafluna Valley), Verwall Alps (Verwall Group), Montafon, Vorarlberg, Austria


mindat Locality ID: 193954
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-193954.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rinder Valley (Gafluna Valley), Verwall Alps (Verwall Group), Montafon, Vorarlberg, Austria": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Fellimännle
Gafluner Winterjöchle
Putzkammer Alp
Wildebene

Latitude: 47°4'17"N
Longitude: 10°5'12"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.071388888889,10.086666666667

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 Bi C Ca Cd Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AjoiteAllophaneAluniteAmphiboleAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenicBaryteBrochantite
CalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCovelliteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnet
GypsumKobelliteLinariteMalachiteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxene
QuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStarkeyiteStauroliteStibniteSulphur
TetrahedriteVesuvianiteZircon

55 IMA Minerals at location:
Ajoite  (*)Albite  (*)Andalusite  (*)Andradite  (*)Anglesite  (*)
Aurichalcite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cassiterite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Clinochlore  (*)Cosalite  (*)Covellite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)
Ferro-actinolite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Galenobismutite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hawleyite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Linarite  (*)Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Montetrisaite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Redgillite  (*)Rozenite  (*)Rutile  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Staurolite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Woodruffite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ajoite  (*)AjoiteK3Cu2+20Al3Si29O76(OH)16·8H2O12494511
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1249438803
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO51249461310
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31249451534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)224943,249452734
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6124945919
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1249451966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31249451935
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61249451633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)224943,2494527770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21249455171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1249434979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2224943,2494527198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)8124943577
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1249433531
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81249451756
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S5124945344
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1249454165
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61249454135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)224943,249458173
Ferro-actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg2.5-0.0Fe2+2.5-5.0)Si8O22(OH)2124945129
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1249432740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21249439617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS224943,2494524243
Galenobismutite  (*)KobellitePbBi2S4124945192
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O224943,249456890
Hawleyite  (*)SphaleriteCdS12494562
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6124945741
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O224943,249451689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)6224943,249451066
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6224943,249452228
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO4224945,249461507
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2124945987
Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2124945238
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O412494514899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)212494312537
Montetrisaite  (*)NoneCu6(SO4)(OH)10·2H2O1249454
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)212494317380
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O124945309
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2224943,2494539462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81249459056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO212494361156
Redgillite  (*)NoneCu6(SO4)(OH)10·H2O12494545
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O124943293
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21249435614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1249454894
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)224943,249452473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS224943,2494521482
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)124946978
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1249432045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131249455317
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101249451395
Woodruffite  (*)NoneZn2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10·4H2O12494525
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO41249431655
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1249455251



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