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Locality Name:
Lorüns, Montafon, Vorarlberg, Austria


mindat Locality ID: 286509
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-286509.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lorüns, Montafon, Vorarlberg, Austria": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Limestone Quarry

Latitude: 47°8'10"N
Longitude: 9°50'40"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.136111111111,9.8444444444444

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 Al Au Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg O P Pb S Se Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteApatiteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayCopperCorundumFluorite
GypsumMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileZircon

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Clausthalite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1248922793
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21248925509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)12489211547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41248925516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)12489227770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS212489227198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)8124892577
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe124892281
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81248921756
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21248929895
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1248922740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21248929617
Gold  (*)CopperAu12489230554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1248926890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O312489214640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)212489212537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS212489239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO212489261156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21248925614
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1248925251



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