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Locality Name:
Mitterberg, St Stefan Ob Leoben, Leoben, Styria, Austria


mindat Locality ID: 208772
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-208772.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mitterberg, St Stefan Ob Leoben, Leoben, Styria, Austria": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Gregor Prospect
Johanna Site
Cornelius Dumps
Unnamed Chromite Pit

Latitude: 47°17'27"N
Longitude: 14°58'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.290833333333,14.966666666667

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 C Cu Fe H Hg Ir Mg Ni O Os Pd Pt Rh Ru S Sb Te 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C H Mg O 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BowieiteCopperNonePentlanditePotaritePyriteSpinelStillwateriteUllmannite

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Bowieite  (*)Braggite  (*)Cuproiridsite  (*)Cuprorhodsite  (*)Erlichmanite  (*)
Geversite  (*)Gold  (*)Hollingworthite  (*)Irarsite  (*)Iridium  (*)
Kashinite  (*)Keithconnite  (*)Lansfordite  (*)Laurite  (*)Majakite  (*)
Mertieite-II  (*)Nesquehonite  (*)Osmium  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Platarsite  (*)
Potarite  (*)Ruarsite  (*)Ruthenium  (*)Silver  (*)Sperrylite  (*)
Stibiopalladinite  (*)Tetra-auricupride  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bowieite  (*)BowieiteRh2S312323433
Braggite  (*)NonePdPt3S4123234101
Cuproiridsite  (*)SpinelCu(Ir3+Ir4+)S412323431
Cuprorhodsite  (*)Spinel(Cu1+0.5Fe3+0.5)Rh3+2S412323434
Erlichmanite  (*)PyriteOsS2123234110
Geversite  (*)PyritePtSb2223231,2323438
Gold  (*)CopperAu12323430554
Hollingworthite  (*)UllmanniteRhAsS123234119
Irarsite  (*)PyriteIrAsS123234154
Iridium  (*)CopperIr123234162
Kashinite  (*)BowieiteIr2S312323429
Keithconnite  (*)NonePd20Te712323440
Lansfordite  (*)NoneMg(CO3)·5H2O017
Laurite  (*)PyriteRuS2123234226
Majakite  (*)NonePdNiAs12323422
Mertieite-II  (*)StillwateritePd8Sb2.5As0.512323444
Nesquehonite  (*)NoneMg(CO3)·3H2O080
Osmium  (*)NoneOs123234169
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81232341512
Platarsite  (*)PyritePtAsS12323444
Potarite  (*)PotaritePdHg12323425
Ruarsite  (*)NoneRuAsS12323425
Ruthenium  (*)NoneRu12323446
Silver  (*)CopperAg1232345186
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs2123234337
Stibiopalladinite  (*)NonePd5Sb2223231,2323475
Tetra-auricupride  (*)NoneCuAu12323430



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