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Locality Name:
Forstau, Forstau Valley, Radstädter Tauern, Salzburg, Austria


mindat Locality ID: 281680
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-281680.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Forstau, Forstau Valley, Radstädter Tauern, Salzburg, Austria": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Uranium Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 As Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Mo Ni O Pb S Sb Si Ti U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicArsenopyriteChalcopyriteCobaltiteCorundumFluoriteMarcasiteMolybdeniteNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupPerovskitePyriteRocksaltRutileSkutteruditeSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTetrahedrite
TitaniteVivianite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Cobaltite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Galena  (*)Graphite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Nickelskutterudite  (*)
Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Rutile  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Titanite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21224622162
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1224629052
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1224621966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31224621935
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS212246227198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS122462966
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21224629895
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O122462814
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS12246224243
Graphite  (*)NoneC1224622812
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O312246214640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O412246214899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21224625674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21224625800
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Skutterudite Perovskite(Ni,Co,Fe)As3122462176
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31224621425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS212246239462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81224629056
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21224625614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS12246221482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131224621803
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1224624899
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21224622718


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