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Locality Name:
Rottenstein Valley, Steinfeld, Kreuzeck Group, Carinthia, Austria


mindat Locality ID: 245018
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-245018.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rottenstein Valley, Steinfeld, Kreuzeck Group, Carinthia, Austria": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Gasarn
Grakofel

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

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 Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperFeldsparKaoliniteMalachite
NoneOwyheeitePyriteRocksaltRutileSphaleriteTetrahedrite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Diaphorite  (*)Dickite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Malachite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)Owyheeite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Rutile  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1203982793
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)1203981036
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS220397,203989052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)12039827770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2220397,2039827198
Diaphorite  (*)NoneAg3Pb2Sb3S8120398126
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4120398651
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12120398663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS220397,2039824243
Gold  (*)CopperAu12039830554
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61203982228
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)212039712537
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS2120398300
Owyheeite  (*)OwyheeiteAg3Pb10Sb11S2812039889
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31203981425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2220397,2039839462
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21203985614
Silver  (*)CopperAg1203985186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS220397,2039821482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131203975317



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