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Locality Name:
Eferding, Upper Austria, Austria


mindat Locality ID: 237984
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-237984.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Eferding, Upper Austria, Austria": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Alkoven
Aschach An Der Donau
Großstroheim Quarry (Fuchsmeier Quarry)
Gschnarret
Hinzenbach
Kleinstroheim
Prambachkirchen
Unterbruck

Latitude: 48°18'7"N
Longitude: 13°56'25"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.301944444444,13.940277777778

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 Au C Ca Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteArseniosideriteArsenopyriteBerylCalciteCeriteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumGypsum
MolybdeniteNonePharmacosideritePyriteQuartzRocksaltSpinel

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Arseniosiderite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)
Cordierite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Merrillite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Scorodite  (*)Troilite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arseniosiderite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(AsO4)3·3H2O124291194
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1242919052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)12429427770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS212429127198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41242973902
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O181242951008
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS12429124243
Gold  (*)CopperAu12428930554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1242946890
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31242975433
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61242912228
Merrillite  (*)CeriteCa9NaMg(PO4)7124297230
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2224290,242915800
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O124291428
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS212429139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2224288,2429161156
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O1242911153
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS1242971044



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