Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Hochtor Area, Glockner Group, Hohe Tauern, Carinthia, Austria

mindat Locality ID: 46663
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-46663.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hochtor Area, Glockner Group, Hohe Tauern, Carinthia, Austria": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Brennkogel South Slope
Großer Margrötzenkopf South Slope
Hochtor Pass - South Of
Kloben (south Slope)
Knappenstube
Wallackhaus

Latitude: 47°5'16"N
Longitude: 12°49'14"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.087777777778,12.820555555556

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.

Acanthite	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chloritoid	Clay
Copper	Covellite	Epidote	Fluorite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Millerite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Polybasite	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Serpentine	Sphalerite
Spinel	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*	Barroisite ()*	Bindheimite ()*	Bournonite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chloritoid ()*	Covellite ()*
Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*
Glaucophane ()*	Gold ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Magnesite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Millerite ()*	Mimetite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pitticite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scorodite ()*
Siegenite ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 As Au C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chloritoid Clay
Copper Covellite Epidote Fluorite Malachite Marcasite Mica Millerite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Polybasite Pyrite Pyrochlore Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Serpentine Sphalerite
Spinel Tetrahedrite

47 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	19862	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	19857	3419
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	19861	3092
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	19857	708
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	19857,19861	9052
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	19862	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	19862	5509
Barroisite ()*	Amphibole	(NaCa)(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	19858	49
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	1	19862	450
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	19861	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	19861,19864	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	19861	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	19861,19864	27198
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	3	19858,19859,19863	376
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	19862	4165
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	19857	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	19861	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	19859	9617
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	2	19861,19862	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	19857,19861,19862	24243
Glaucophane ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	19858	286
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	19857,19861	30554
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	19862	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	19862	1066
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	19857	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	19861	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	19862,19864	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	19861	5674
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	19857	1066
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1	19861	1107
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	19864	17380
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1	19857	767
Pitticite ()*	None	[Fe,AsO₄,SO₄,H₂O] (?)	1	19861	140
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	1	19861	716
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	19861	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	19857,19861,19864	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	19861	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	19861	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	19861,19864	5614
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	19861	1153
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄	1	19857	249
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	19861	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	19862	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	19861,19862	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	19862	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	19861,19862	5317
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	19863	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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