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Locality Name:
Drin Valley, Shkodër County (Shkodra County), Albania


mindat Locality ID: 281303
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-281303.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Drin Valley, Shkodër County (Shkodra County), Albania": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Koman Deposit (Komana)

Latitude: 42°5'37"N
Longitude: 19°48'51"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.093611111111,19.814166666667

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: Al As Ba C Ca Fe H Mg Na O S Sb Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteArsenicArsenoliteBaryteCalciteDiasporeGypsumMarcasiteNoneOrpiment
QuartzSpinelStibnite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenic  (*)Arsenolite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Calcite  (*)Dawsonite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Gibbsite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Greigite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Marcasite  (*)Orpiment  (*)Pharmacolite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2113123092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)113123250
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs11312379
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O311312231
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)1131211547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1131227770
Dawsonite  (*)NoneNaAl(CO3)(OH)21131290
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2113129895
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)311312504
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)113127437
Greigite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2S41131262
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O113126890
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2113125674
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S311312511
Pharmacolite  (*)GypsumCa(AsO3OH)·2H2O11312105
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21131261156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS11312712
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3113123418



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