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:
Pusterwald, Pöls Valley, Niedere Tauern, Styria, Austria

mindat Locality ID: 233082
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-233082.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pusterwald, Pöls Valley, Niedere Tauern, Styria, Austria": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Plätten Valley (Pletten Valley)
Pusterwald-Bretstein Area

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Analcime	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Columbite	Copper	Feldspar	Fluorite
Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Titanite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Fersmite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Ixiolite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pollucite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Spodumene ()*	Titanite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Wodginite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*
Zircon ()*

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 Au Be C Ca Ce Cs Cu F Fe H K Li Mn Na Nb O P S Si Sn Ta Ti U Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Arsenopyrite Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Columbite Copper Feldspar Fluorite
Mica Nickeline None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Titanite Zircon

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	23476	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	23474	9052
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	23476	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	23476	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2	23478,23479	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	23474	27198
Fersmite ()*	Columbite	CaNb₂O₆	2	23477,23478	83
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	23474	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	23476	2812
Ixiolite ()*	Columbite	(Ta_2/3Mn²⁺_1/3)O₂	1	23478	148
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	23476	17380
Pollucite ()*	Analcime	Cs(Si₂Al)O₆·nH₂O	1	23479	140
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	23474,23476,23478	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	23474,23476	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	23476,23478	61156
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	3	23476,23478,23479	688
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	23477	4899
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	23478	2718
Wodginite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Sn⁴⁺Ta₂O₈	1	23477	78
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	23478	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	23478	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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