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Locality Name:
Malta, Malta Valley, Hohe Tauern, Carinthia, Austria


mindat Locality ID: 244132
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-244132.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Malta, Malta Valley, Hohe Tauern, Carinthia, Austria": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Dornbach
Maltaberg (Silberloch; Millionenloch)
Maltiger Alpl
Millionenloch
Probsttratte
Silberloch

Latitude: 46°58'22"N
Longitude: 13°30'48"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.972777777778,13.513333333333
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: Ag Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Mo Ni O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteCopperCorundumCovelliteGypsumMalachiteMeloniteMolybdeniteNonePyrite
QuartzRocksaltScheeliteSpinelStibniteTetradymiteTetrahedrite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Altaite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Melonite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Posnjakite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sylvanite  (*)Tetradymite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe320047,20050,20052489
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3220050,200521935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4320047,20050,200525516
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2620047,20048,20049,20050,20051,2005227198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS220047,200524165
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS620047,20048,20049,20050,20051,2005224243
Gold  (*)CopperAu220050,2005230554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O220050,200526890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3220050,2005214640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te320047,20050,20052804
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31200495433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4220050,2005214899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2520047,20049,20050,20051,2005212537
Melonite  (*)MeloniteNiTe2220050,20052207
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2320047,20050,200525800
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O220048,20050309
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2620047,20048,20049,20050,20051,2005239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO212005261156
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe4120047337
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S220050,20052510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131200475317
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO41200491655


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