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Locality Name:
Untersberg Massif, Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria


mindat Locality ID: 54394
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-54394.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Untersberg Massif, Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Glanegg
Großer Eiskeller
Grünbach
Salzburg Shaft

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 C Ca Fe H K Mg Mn Na O S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousCalciteClayClinozoisiteCorundumDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparGypsumHalotrichite
LepidocrociteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupQuartzRutileSmectite-vermiculiteSpinelStauroliteTridymite

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Böhmite  (*)Calcite  (*)Diaspore  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Gibbsite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hydromagnesite  (*)Ice  (*)Kyanite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Maghemite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Mirabilite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Natrite  (*)
Nesquehonite  (*)Pickeringite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Staurolite  (*)Thénardite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1225778803
Böhmite  (*)LepidocrociteAlO(OH)222573,22577195
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)322574,22575,2257727770
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)122573481
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21225779895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1225778173
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)3122577504
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1225777437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1225776890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O312257314640
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O122577341
Ice  (*)Amorphous TridymiteH2O12257559
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO41225771507
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)122577581
Maghemite  (*)Spinel(Fe3+0.67   0.33)Fe3+2O4122577229
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O412257714899
Mirabilite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)·10H2O122577223
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O1225771508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)212257717380
Natrite  (*)NoneNa2(CO3)12257719
Nesquehonite  (*)NoneMg(CO3)·3H2O12257780
Pickeringite  (*)HalotrichiteMgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O122577265
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21225763106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO212257761156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21225735614
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)122577978
Thénardite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)122577299


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