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Locality Name:
Tauern Valley, Goldberg Group, Hohe Tauern, Carinthia, Austria


mindat Locality ID: 42093
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-42093.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tauern Valley, Goldberg Group, Hohe Tauern, Carinthia, Austria": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Bockriegel Forest
Niederer Tauern (Mallnitzer Tauern)
Romatespitze South Slope (Rameter Spitz South Slope)
Stockerhütte - Jamnighütte Area

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: Al Be C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P S Si Sr Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApatiteAragoniteBerylCalciteCorundumFeldsparFluoriteMilariteMolybdenite
NoneNot in a structural groupPhenakitePyriteQuartzSpinel

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Bertrandite  (*)Beryl  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cummingtonite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Milarite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Phenakite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Strontianite  (*)Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)219942,199478803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21199422162
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)1199461588
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)2219946,19947606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18219946,199474286
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)11994227770
Cummingtonite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2119944327
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1199472740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2219942,199479617
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3219942,1994614640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4219944,1994514899
Milarite  (*)MilariteKCa2(Be2AlSi12)O30·H2O119947156
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2219942,199475800
Phenakite  (*)PhenakiteBe2(SiO4)219946,19947326
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS211994439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2419942,19944,19946,1994761156
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)119946589
Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)NoneCaCe(CO3)2F119947232
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21199442562



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