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Locality Name:
Turracherhöhe, Gurktaler Alpen, Carinthia, Austria


mindat Locality ID: 229709
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-229709.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Turracherhöhe, Gurktaler Alpen, Carinthia, Austria": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Hohes Kohr (Kor; Kohralpe)
Paulischurf
Schoberriegel

Latitude: 46°54'47"N
Longitude: 13°52'26"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.913055555556,13.873888888889

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: As C Ca Co Cu Fe H Hg Mg O Pb S Sb Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteCovelliteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltTetrahedrite
TitaniteVivianite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Ankerite  (*)Azurite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Cinnabar  (*)Covellite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Galena  (*)
Malachite  (*)Mercury  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21198022162
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21198023092
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2219803,198045509
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)319802,19803,1980427770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2319802,19803,1980427198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS1198022600
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1198024165
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21198029895
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O219803,19804814
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS11980324243
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2219803,1980412537
Mercury  (*)NoneHg119802397
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS211980239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2319802,19803,1980461156
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13219803,198045317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1198024899



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