Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Plöcken Pass Area, Kötschach-Mauthen, Gailtaler Alpen & Karnische Alpen, Carinthia, Austria

mindat Locality ID: 48838
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-48838.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Plöcken Pass Area, Kötschach-Mauthen, Gailtaler Alpen & Karnische Alpen, Carinthia, Austria": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Blaustein
Elferspitz
Kreuzberg
Tschintemunt Alp

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Andalusite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Scheelite	Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite

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: As Ba C Cu Fe H Mo O Pb S Si Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Malachite None Not in a structural group Quartz Scheelite Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Adamite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Cerussite ()*	Malachite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rosasite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Theisite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Adamite ()*	Andalusite	Zn₂(AsO₄)(OH)	1	19596	254
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	3	19595,19596,19600	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	19595	11547
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	19598	4979
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	19595,19596	12537
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	19596	61156
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	0		454
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	19599	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	19595	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	19596	1803
Theisite ()*	None	Cu₅Zn₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₁₄	2	19596,19600	58
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	19598	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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