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Locality Name:
Villach-Land, Carinthia, Austria


mindat Locality ID: 46353
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-46353.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Villach-Land, Carinthia, Austria": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Rosegg
Velden Am Wörther See

Latitude: 46°39'29"N
Longitude: 14°1'23"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.658055555556,14.023055555556

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 C Ca Cd Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCovelliteGypsumMalachiteNone
Not in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteTetrahedriteWurtzite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Galena  (*)Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Magnesite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1205822793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1205772734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21205813092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)220581,205823250
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21205785509
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)220581,2058227770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1205824979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2220578,2058227198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1205784165
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2320577,20581,205829895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS320577,20581,2058224243
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS120581717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1205826890
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)1205841487
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2220578,2058112537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2220581,2058239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2320577,20581,2058261156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1205816417
Silver  (*)CopperAg1205825186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1205822473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS220581,2058221482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131205775317



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