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Locality Name:
Berchtesgadener Salzberg, Berchtesgaden, Bad Reichenhall, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany


mindat Locality ID: 277635
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-277635.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Berchtesgadener Salzberg, Berchtesgaden, Bad Reichenhall, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Salt Mine

Latitude: 47°38'16"N
Longitude: 13°1'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.637777777778,13.016666666667

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: C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg N Na O Pb S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AtacamiteCalciteCorundumEpsomiteFluoriteGypsumMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
QuartzRocksaltSpinelSulphur

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Anhydrite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Epsomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Glauberite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halite  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnesite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Polyhalite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Salammoniac  (*)Siderite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)1584691588
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3158469544
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O158469484
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21584699617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS15846924243
Glauberite  (*)NoneNa2Ca(SO4)2158469137
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1584696890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl1584691398
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O315846914640
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)1584691487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O415846914899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)215846912537
Polyhalite  (*)NoneK2Ca2Mg(SO4)4·2H2O158469102
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215846939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO215846961156
Salammoniac  (*)None(NH4)Cl158469105
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1584696417
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1584692045



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