Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Köstenberg, Velden Am Wörther See, Villach-Land, Carinthia, Austria

mindat Locality ID: 209929
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-209929.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Köstenberg, Velden Am Wörther See, Villach-Land, Carinthia, Austria": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Laas
Obersakoparnig

Latitude: 46°39'29"N
Longitude: 14°1'23"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.658055555556,14.023055555556

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Acanthite	Aragonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Gypsum	Malachite	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Wurtzite

Acanthite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Greenockite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 C Ca Cd Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Aragonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Gypsum Malachite None Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite Wurtzite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	20582	2793
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	20581	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	2	20581,20582	3250
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	20581,20582	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	20582	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	20582	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	20581,20582	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	20581,20582	24243
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	1	20581	717
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	20582	6890
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	20581	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	20581,20582	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	20581,20582	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	20581	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	20582	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	20582	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	20581,20582	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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