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Locality Name:
Mauterndorf Quarries, Mauterndorf, Taurach Valley, Lungau, Salzburg, Austria


mindat Locality ID: 57263
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-57263.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mauterndorf Quarries, Mauterndorf, Taurach Valley, Lungau, Salzburg, Austria": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Fingerlos Quarry (Hammer Quarry)
Hammer Quarry
Mauterndorf Quarry ("Twenger Au")

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 Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Hg Mg Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pb S Sb Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAluniteApatiteAragoniteBaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopper
DescloiziteEnargiteFluoriteKaoliniteMalachiteMilleriteNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyrochlore
QuartzRocksaltRutileSepioliteSphaleriteTalcTetrahedriteWurtzite

37 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Anglesite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bindheimite  (*)Bornite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Cuprite  (*)Dickite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Duftite  (*)Enargite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Goyazite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Malachite  (*)Metacinnabar  (*)
Millerite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Mottramite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Sepiolite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Talc  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21223932162
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1223932734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1223933250
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2222391,223935509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)12239311547
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O7122393450
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4222391,223935516
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS301089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)12239127770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)222391,223934979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2222391,2239327198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS1223932600
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O02970
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4122393651
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21223939895
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)122393220
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS40910
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21223939617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS222391,2239324243
Gold  (*)CopperAu12239130554
Goyazite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6122393173
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1223931689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)61223931066
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2222391,2239312537
Metacinnabar  (*)SphaleriteHgS122393255
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS1223931066
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl1223931107
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)122393362
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS0767
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2222391,2239339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO212239361156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21223935614
Sepiolite  (*)Sepiolite ClayMg4Si6O15(OH)2·6H2O122393241
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS12239321482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)203337
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1301803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131223935317



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