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Locality Name:
Hof, Brixlegg - Rattenberg, Brixlegg - Schwaz Area, Inn Valley, North Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria


mindat Locality ID: 57157
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-57157.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hof, Brixlegg - Rattenberg, Brixlegg - Schwaz Area, Inn Valley, North Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Hofer Bau Mine
Hofer Tratte
Oberzimmermoos

Latitude: 47°25'52"N
Longitude: 11°54'57"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.431111111111,11.915833333333
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 Ca Cu Fe H Hg Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAndalusiteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperGypsumMalachiteNoneNot in a structural group
PyriteQuartzScheeliteSphaleriteStanniteTetrahedrite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Adamite  (*)Allophane  (*)Azurite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Copper  (*)Cornwallite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Famatinite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Luzonite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Parnauite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)123835254
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O123835470
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21238355509
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61238351633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)12383527770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS212383527198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1238353531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS1238362600
Copper  (*)CopperCu1238353846
Cornwallite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)4123835175
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1238352970
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21238359895
Famatinite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3SbS4123836163
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O223834,238356890
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS4123836198
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)212383512537
Parnauite  (*)NoneCu9(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)10·7H2O123835105
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O123835309
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS212383539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO212383561156
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13223834,238351803
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO41238351655


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