Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Pfaffenberg Hill, Bad Deutsch-Altenburg, Industrieviertel, Lower Austria, Austria

mindat Locality ID: 277791
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-277791.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pfaffenberg Hill, Bad Deutsch-Altenburg, Industrieviertel, Lower Austria, Austria": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Hollitzer Quarry

Latitude: 48°8'2"N
Longitude: 16°54'51"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.133888888889,16.914166666667

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.

Amorphous	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Gypsum	Mica
None	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz

Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Goethite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Opal ()*	Paragonite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*

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: Al Ba C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Clay Corundum Diaspore Gypsum Mica
None Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	20630	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	20630	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	20630	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	20630	9895
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	20630	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	20630	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	20630	14640
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	1	20630	367
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	20630	1487
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	20630	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	20630	2994
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	20630	247
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	20630	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	20630	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	20630	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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