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Locality Name:
Falkenstein District, Schwaz, Brixlegg - Schwaz Area, Inn Valley, North Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria


mindat Locality ID: 57178
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-57178.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Falkenstein District, Schwaz, Brixlegg - Schwaz Area, Inn Valley, North Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Eiblschrofen
Falkenstein
Palleiten

Latitude: 47°21'13"N
Longitude: 11°43'37"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.353611111111,11.726944444444

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Hg Mg Mn O S Sb Si Sr Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAndalusiteAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteCorundumDevilline
EnargiteFluoriteGypsumMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzSpangoliteSphalerite
StanniteStibniteTetrahedriteTyroliteWurtzite

35 IMA Minerals at location:
Anhydrite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chalcostibite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Claraite  (*)Conichalcite  (*)Devilline  (*)Dolomite  (*)Enargite  (*)
Famatinite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Luzonite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Mercury  (*)Olivenite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Spangolite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Strontianite  (*)
Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Theisite  (*)Tyrolite  (*)Zincolivenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)1238781588
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)323878,23879,238843250
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2223878,238795509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)12387811547
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61238831633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)223878,2387927770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)1238781252
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS212387827198
Chalcostibite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuSbS2123883162
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS223879,238832600
Claraite  (*)None(Cu,Zn)15(CO3)4(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)14·7H2O12387840
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)223878,23879363
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O123883366
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2423877,23878,23879,238839895
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4123878910
Famatinite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3SbS4123878163
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2223878,238849617
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1238836890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O312388114640
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS4123878198
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2223878,2387912537
Mercury  (*)NoneHg123878397
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)223878,23879492
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O123883309
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS212387839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2223878,2387961156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1238781711
Spangolite  (*)SpangoliteCu6Al(SO4)(OH)12Cl·3H2O123883105
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3223878,238833418
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)223878,23883589
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO223877,238841101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13223882,238835317
Theisite  (*)NoneCu5Zn5(AsO4)2(OH)14223878,2387958
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O323878,23879,23883245
Zincolivenite  (*)AndalusiteCuZn(AsO4)(OH)12387960



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