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Locality Name:
Viehhofen, Kitzbühel Alps, Salzburg, Austria


mindat Locality ID: 55962
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-55962.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Viehhofen, Kitzbühel Alps, Salzburg, Austria": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Ernestinen District
Tennstallgraben
Wirt Alp

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 As C Co Cu Fe H Ni O Pb S Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteBrochantiteChalcopyriteHydrotalciteMalachiteNickelineNonePyriteRocksaltSphalerite
VivianiteWoodwardite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Annabergite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Erythrite  (*)Galena  (*)Glaucocerinite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Woodwardite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O122256445
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1222569052
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41222565516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)601633
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2322256,22257,2225827198
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O122256814
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS12225624243
Glaucocerinite  (*)Woodwardite Hydrotalcite(Zn1-xAlx)(SO4)x/2(OH)2·nH2O (x < 0.5, n > 3x/2)020
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)212225612537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2322256,22257,2225839462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81222569056
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS12225621482
Woodwardite  (*)Woodwardite Hydrotalcite(Cu1-xAlx)(SO4)x/2(OH)2·nH2O (x < 0.5, n < 3x/2)057



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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