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Locality Name:
Großelend Valley, Ankogel Group, Hohe Tauern, Carinthia, Austria


mindat Locality ID: 48461
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-48461.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Großelend Valley, Ankogel Group, Hohe Tauern, Carinthia, Austria": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Großelend Glacier
Hochalmspitze
Kälber Spitze Northeast Slope
Osnabrücker Hütte

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 Au Ba Bi C Ca F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P S Si Ti W Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: H O Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteBaryteBrookiteCalciteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundum
EpidoteFeldsparMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPrehnitePyriteQuartzRutile
ScheeliteSpinelStibniteTitaniteZircon

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Brookite  (*)Calcite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Epidote  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Gold  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kyanite  (*)
Laumontite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Orthoclase  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Titanite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)219829,198308803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2219828,198292162
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21198293092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1198293250
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)11982911547
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31198281935
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2119829700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)11982927770
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8219829,198301756
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)219829,198308173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1198292740
Gold  (*)CopperAu11982830554
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O01689
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3219828,198295433
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO41198291507
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O1198291271
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4219828,1982914899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1198294924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21198285800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2219829,1983017380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1198292349
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)2219829,198301898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS211982939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2419828,19829,19830,1983161156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2219828,198295614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1198294894
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O219829,198304899
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)119829939



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