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:
Malta Valley, Hafner Group, Hohe Tauern, Carinthia, Austria

mindat Locality ID: 247591
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-247591.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Malta Valley, Hafner Group, Hohe Tauern, Carinthia, Austria": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Petereck

Latitude: 47°4'29"N
Longitude: 13°22'37"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.074722222222,13.376944444444

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.

Arsenopyrite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Copper	Covellite	Malachite	Marcasite	Nickeline	None
Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Symplesite	Tetrahedrite	Vivianite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Cosalite ()*
Covellite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Gold ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Parasymplesite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Scorodite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Symplesite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Bi C Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Copper Covellite Malachite Marcasite Nickeline None
Pyrite Quartz Rutile Sphalerite Stibnite Symplesite Tetrahedrite Vivianite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	19978	9052
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	19978	1935
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	19978	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	19978	1756
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	1	19978	344
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	19978	4165
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	1	19978	663
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	19978	30554
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	1	19978	451
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	19978	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	19978	5674
Parasymplesite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	19978	124
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	19978	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	19978	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	19978	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	19978	5614
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	19978	1153
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	19978	21482
Symplesite ()*	Symplesite	Fe²⁺₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	19978	92
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	19978	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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