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Locality Name:
Slag Localities, Steyr, Upper Austria, Austria


mindat Locality ID: 246970
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-246970.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Slag Localities, Steyr, Upper Austria, Austria": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Embankment Of The Steyrtalbahn
Farm Meier
Porscheberg
Rederinsel
Zwischenbrücken

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: Al Ba C Ca Cu Fe H O P S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteCalciteCopperDiasporeEttringiteGypsumIronMalachiteNickeline
NoneNot in a structural groupOlivineRocksaltSulphurVivianite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Copper  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Ettringite  (*)Fayalite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Iron  (*)
Malachite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Vivianite  (*)
Wüstite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)324695,24696,246983250
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)12469511547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)324695,24696,2469727770
Copper  (*)CopperCu1246973846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1246972970
Ettringite  (*)EttringiteCa6Al2(SO4)3(OH)12·27H2O224697,2469893
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)224695,24696371
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)224696,246987437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O224697,246986890
Iron  (*)IronFe224695,246981089
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)212469712537
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81246989056
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1246986417
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1246942045
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O324695,24697,24698636
Wüstite  (*)RocksaltFeO12469674



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