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Locality Name:
Bad Deutsch-Altenburg, Industrieviertel, Lower Austria, Austria


mindat Locality ID: 206695
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206695.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bad Deutsch-Altenburg, Industrieviertel, Lower Austria, Austria": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Bundesstrombauamt Quarry
Pfaffenberg Hill

Latitude: 48°8'13"N
Longitude: 16°54'40"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.136944444444,16.911111111111

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 Ba C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteClayCorundumDiasporeGypsumMica
NonePyritePyrophylliteQuartz

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Opal  (*)Paragonite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1206303250
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)12063011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)220628,2063027770
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21206309895
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1206307437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1206306890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3220628,2063014640
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH120630367
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)1206301487
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)212063017380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1206302994
Paragonite  (*)Mica ClayNaAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2120630247
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2220628,2063039462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2120630771
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO212063061156



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