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Locality Name:
Gurk Valley, Gurktaler Alpen, Carinthia, Austria


mindat Locality ID: 43054
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-43054.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gurk Valley, Gurktaler Alpen, Carinthia, Austria": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Ebene Reichenau
Gurk
Kleingödnitz
St Magdalen-Drahtzug
Straßburg
Zweinitz

Latitude: 46°51'57"N
Longitude: 13°52'2"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.865833333333,13.867222222222

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 B Ba C Ca Cd Cl Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Na O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmphiboleApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyrite
ChloriteClayClinozoisiteCopiapiteCorundumCovelliteDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparLepidocrocite
LinariteMalachiteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyrochloreQuartzRocksalt
SphaleriteSpinelSulphurTetrahedriteTitaniteTourmalineWurtzite

50 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)
Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Beudantite  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Clinochlore  (*)Copiapite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Dravite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Linarite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Schorl  (*)Siderite  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21197073419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1197028803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21197012162
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)219710,197152734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2419701,19712,19715,197163092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1197163250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1197129052
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6119712919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21197125509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)11971211547
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6119710413
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O7219712,19714450
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4219701,197075516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11119712843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS31197121089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)419702,19707,19712,1971527770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)219712,197144979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O219713,19714925
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2719701,19702,19710,19712,19714,19715,1971627198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS1197012600
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81197071756
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O119708382
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS219701,197124165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1197152970
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)119711648
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1197028173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS719705,19710,19712,19713,19714,19715,1971624243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)219710,197127437
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS219712,19715717
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3219702,1970714640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O319712,19713,197161689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)6319710,19712,197151066
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31197015433
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)319710,19712,19714581
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2119712987
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O411970214899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2719701,19702,19707,19710,19712,19714,1971512537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl1197101107
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2219702,1971117380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2719701,19702,19711,19712,19714,19715,1971639462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl519710,19712,19713,19714,197151725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8319702,19712,197169056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2919701,19702,19707,19710,19711,19712,19713,19714,1971661156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1197112705
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)519710,19712,19714,19715,197166417
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1197122473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS419710,19712,19715,1971621482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1197142045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13219712,197145317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1197014899



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