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Locality Name:
Hochlantsch, St. Jakob-Breitenau, Fischbacher Alpen, Styria, Austria


mindat Locality ID: 232671
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-232671.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hochlantsch, St. Jakob-Breitenau, Fischbacher Alpen, Styria, Austria": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Breitenau Mine (Breitenau Magnesite Mine)
Iron Mine

Latitude: 47°22'59"N
Longitude: 15°26'2"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.383055555556,15.433888888889
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 As Ba C Ca Ce Cl Co Cr Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Na Ni O P S Sb Si Sr Ti V Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcoalumiteChalcophylliteChalcopyrite
ClayCobaltiteCopperCorundumCyanotrichiteDevillineGypsumHexahydriteMalachiteMarcasite
MilleriteMonaziteNoneNot in a structural groupPentlanditePyriteQuartzRutileSepioliteSphalerite
SpinelTetrahedriteVivianiteVolborthiteZircon

53 IMA Minerals at location:
Annabergite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carbonatecyanotrichite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcoalumite  (*)
Chalcophyllite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Cobaltite  (*)
Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)Delafossite  (*)Devilline  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Eriochalcite  (*)Graphite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hexahydrite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Magnesiochromite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Metacinnabar  (*)Millerite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)
Pentlandite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Ranciéite  (*)
Retgersite  (*)Rutile  (*)Sasaite  (*)Sepiolite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Todorokite  (*)Vashegyite  (*)
Violarite  (*)Volborthite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O122919445
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1229193250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1229199052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21229195509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)12291911547
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61229191633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)12291927770
Carbonatecyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(CO3)(OH)12·2H2O12291988
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O122919925
Chalcoalumite  (*)ChalcoalumiteCuAl4(SO4)(OH)12·3H2O12291991
Chalcophyllite  (*)ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24·36H2O122919194
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS212291927198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41229193902
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS1229192600
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS122919966
Copper  (*)CopperCu1229193846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1229192970
Delafossite  (*)NoneCu1+Fe3+O2122919144
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O122919366
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21229199895
Eriochalcite  (*)NoneCuCl2·2H2O12291913
Graphite  (*)NoneC1229192812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1229196890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O312291914640
Hexahydrite  (*)HexahydriteMg(SO4)·6H2O122919251
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61229192228
Magnesiochromite  (*)SpinelMgCr2O4122919311
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)1229191487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4222919,2292014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)212291912537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21229195674
Metacinnabar  (*)SphaleriteHgS122919255
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS1229191066
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)122919945
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS122919767
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81229191512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS212291939462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21229193106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO212291961156
Ranciéite  (*)None(Ca,Mn2+)0.2(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2·0.6H2O122919177
Retgersite  (*)NoneNi(SO4)·6H2O12291955
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21229195614
Sasaite  (*)NoneAl6(PO4)5(OH)3·36H2O12291911
Sepiolite  (*)Sepiolite ClayMg4Si6O15(OH)2·6H2O122919241
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)222919,229206417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS12291921482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41229191934
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131229195317
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O122919433
Vashegyite  (*)NoneAl11(PO4)9(OH)6·38H2O12291928
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S4122919380
Volborthite  (*)VolborthiteCu3V2O7(OH)2·2H2O122919155
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1229195251


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