Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Valschavielkopf (Eisernes Tor), Fresch Alp, Silber Valley, Montafon, Vorarlberg, Austria

mindat Locality ID: 277070
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-277070.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Valschavielkopf (Eisernes Tor), Fresch Alp, Silber Valley, Montafon, Vorarlberg, Austria": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Eiserne Tür Mine

Latitude: 47°2'34"N
Longitude: 10°7'42"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.042777777778,10.128333333333

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.

Alunite	Baryte	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Cobaltite	Covellite	Gypsum	Mica
Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Sphalerite	Titanite	Zircon

Baryte ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Cobaltite ()*
Coloradoite ()*	Covellite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hessite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Natrojarosite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tellurium ()*	Titanite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Ca Co Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Na O S Si Te Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Baryte Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Cobaltite Covellite Gypsum Mica
Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite Titanite Zircon

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	24904	11547
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	24904	925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	24904	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	1	24904	577
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1	24904	966
Coloradoite ()*	Sphalerite	HgTe	1	24904	169
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	24904	4165
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	24904	6890
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1	24904	804
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	24904	2228
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	24904	17380
Natrojarosite ()*	Alunite	NaFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	24904	254
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	24904	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	24904	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	24904	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	24904	21482
Tellurium ()*	None	Te	1	24904	190
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	24904	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	24904	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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