Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Pitten, Bucklige Welt, Industrieviertel, Lower Austria, Austria

mindat Locality ID: 281980
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-281980.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pitten, Bucklige Welt, Industrieviertel, Lower Austria, Austria": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Iron Mines

Latitude: 47°43'5"N
Longitude: 16°11'21"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.718055555556,16.189166666667

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.

Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Feldspar	Mica
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	Stibnite	Titanite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Emplectite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Mackinawite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	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: Al As Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mn Na Ni O S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Feldspar Mica
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rutile Spinel Stibnite Titanite Zircon

26 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	20676	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	20676	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	20676	9052
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	20676	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	20676	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	20676	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	20676	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	20676	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	20676	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	20676	2970
Emplectite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuBiS₂	1	20676	246
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	20676	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	20676	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	20676	5433
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	1	20676	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	20676	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	20676	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	20676	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	20676	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	20676	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	20676	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	20676	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	20676	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	20676	6417
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	20676	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	20676	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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