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Locality Name:
Northern District, Prinzkogel Mines, Prinzkogel (Prinzenkogel), Rettenegg, Fischbacher Alpen, Styria, Austria


mindat Locality ID: 247816
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-247816.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Northern District, Prinzkogel Mines, Prinzkogel (Prinzenkogel), Rettenegg, Fischbacher Alpen, Styria, Austria": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Feistritzwald (Feistritz Valley)

Latitude: 47°31'8"N
Longitude: 15°49'20"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.518888888889,15.822222222222

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 Ba C Ca Cd Cl Cu Fe H K Mg O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteApatiteAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcoalumiteChalcopyriteClayCovellite
GypsumMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSulphurTetrahedrite
Wurtzite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Diaphorite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)
Kyrgyzstanite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1228802734
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6122880919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21228805509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)12288011547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41228805516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61228801633
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1228804979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS212288027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1228804165
Diaphorite  (*)NoneAg3Pb2Sb3S8122880126
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21228809895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS12288024243
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS122880717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1228806890
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)61228801066
Kyrgyzstanite  (*)ChalcoalumiteZnAl4(SO4)(OH)12·3H2O1228806
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)212288017380
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6122880477
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS212288039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1228801725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO212288061156
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1228802473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS12288021482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1228802045
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131228801803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131228805317



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