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Locality Name:
Fresch Alp, Silber Valley, Montafon, Vorarlberg, Austria


mindat Locality ID: 258451
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-258451.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fresch Alp, Silber Valley, Montafon, Vorarlberg, Austria": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Langsee (Seekopf)
Unnamed Prospect
Valschavielkopf (Eisernes Tor)

Latitude: 47°2'54"N
Longitude: 10°7'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.048333333333,10.133055555556

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 Bi C Ca Ce Co Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Se Si Te Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllaniteAluniteApatiteAragoniteArsenicBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcanthite
ChalcopyriteChloriteClayCobaltiteCovelliteDevillineDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparGypsum
LepidocrociteMalachiteMicaMonaziteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksalt
RutileSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedriteTitaniteZircon

51 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Anglesite  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Asbolane  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)
Clinochlore  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Coloradoite  (*)Corkite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Devilline  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Guanajuatite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hessite  (*)Hidalgoite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Lepidocrocite  (*)Malachite  (*)Matildite  (*)Microcline  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Natrojarosite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Siderite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stephanite  (*)Tellurium  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Wroewolfeite  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1249012793
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1249018803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)124901706
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1249012734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1249023250
Asbolane  (*)Not in a structural groupMn4+(O,OH)2·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)x(OH)2x·nH2O124902143
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6124902919
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)12490411547
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1249011966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31249011935
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61249021633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)224901,2490227770
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O124904925
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2324901,24902,2490427198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)8224901,24904577
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81249011756
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS224901,24904966
Coloradoite  (*)SphaleriteHgTe124904169
Corkite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6124901151
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS224902,249044165
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O124901366
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1249012740
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS224901,2490224243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1249027437
Guanajuatite  (*)StibniteBi2Se312490137
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O224901,249046890
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te224901,24904804
Hidalgoite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(SO4)(AsO4)(OH)612490157
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)61249021066
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6224902,249042228
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)124902581
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)212490212537
Matildite  (*)NoneAgBiS2124901252
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1249024924
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)124901945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2224901,2490417380
Natrojarosite  (*)AluniteNaFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6124904254
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6124901477
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2324901,24902,2490439462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8324901,24902,249049056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2324901,24902,2490461156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21249015614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1249026417
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1249022473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS324901,24902,2490421482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS4124901586
Tellurium  (*)NoneTe124904190
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131249015317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O224901,249044899
Wroewolfeite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O12490195
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)224901,249045251



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