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Locality Name:
Taurach Valley, Lungau, Salzburg, Austria


mindat Locality ID: 57264
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-57264.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Taurach Valley, Lungau, Salzburg, Austria": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Fuchs Alp - Fuchs Lake Area (incl. Schwarz Alp; Schwarz Lake; Kohlsberg Alp)
Gnadenbrücke-Gnadenfall Area
Lantschfeld Valley
Mauterndorf
Tweng
Vorderwinkel

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 B Ba C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H Hg K La Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti U V Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAluniteAmphiboleApatiteAragoniteArdenniteBaryteBournoniteBrauniteCalcite
ChalcopyriteChloriteClayCopperCoronaditeCorundumCovelliteDescloiziteDigeniteEnargite
EpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetKaoliniteMalachiteMicaMilleriteMonaziteNone
Not in a structural groupOlivinePyritePyrochloreQuartzRhodoniteRocksaltRutileScheeliteSepiolite
SphaleriteSpinelStilpnomelaneSulphurTalcTetrahedriteTitaniteTourmalineWurtziteZircon

76 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Anglesite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Ardennite-(As)  (*)
Ardennite-(V)  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Bournonite  (*)Braunite  (*)Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)Cerianite-(Ce)  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chernovite-(Y)  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Clino-suenoite  (*)
Clinochlore  (*)Coronadite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Dickite  (*)
Digenite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dravite  (*)Duftite  (*)Enargite  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gasparite-(Ce)  (*)Gasparite-(La)  (*)
Gold  (*)Goyazite  (*)Graphite  (*)Hausmannite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Jacobsite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kutnohorite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Metacinnabar  (*)Metazeunerite  (*)Millerite  (*)
Mimetite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Mottramite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)
Piemontite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrophanite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Rutile  (*)Sepiolite  (*)Spessartine  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stilpnomelane  (*)Sulphur  (*)Talc  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Tephroite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1223828803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2222384,223932162
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1223932734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1223933250
Ardennite-(As)  (*)ArdenniteMn2+4Al4(AlMg)(AsO4)(SiO4)2(Si3O10)(OH)612238234
Ardennite-(V)  (*)ArdenniteMn2+4Al4(AlMg)(VO4)(SiO4)2(Si3O10)(OH)612238211
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2322390,22391,223935509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)322382,22386,2239311547
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O7222386,22393450
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4322390,22391,223935516
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS3222386,223901089
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)222382,22385483
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)422382,22390,22391,2239627770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)1223821252
Cerianite-(Ce)  (*)FluoriteCeO212238294
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)322386,22391,223934979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2422390,22391,22393,2239627198
Chernovite-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(AsO4)12238246
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS1223932600
Clino-suenoite  (*)Amphibole   Mn2+2Mg5Si8O22(OH)222238257
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81223821756
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16122382227
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1223864165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1223902970
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4122393651
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1223861027
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2322386,22390,223939895
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)122382648
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)122393220
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4222386,22390910
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1223822740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2322386,22390,223939617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS422386,22390,22391,2239324243
Gasparite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(AsO4)12238223
Gasparite-(La)  (*)MonaziteLa(AsO4)1223825
Gold  (*)CopperAu12239130554
Goyazite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6122393173
Graphite  (*)NoneC1223962812
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O4122385350
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O312238214640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1223931689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)61223931066
Jacobsite  (*)SpinelMn2+Fe3+2O4222382,22385172
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61223962228
Kutnohorite  (*)NoneCaMn2+(CO3)2122382234
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O412238514899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2622383,22386,22390,22391,22393,2239612537
Metacinnabar  (*)SphaleriteHgS122393255
Metazeunerite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O122396182
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS1223931066
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl1223931107
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)122382945
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)122393362
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2222382,2238517380
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS122390767
Piemontite  (*)EpidoteCa2(Al2Mn3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)222382,22385260
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2422390,22391,22393,2239639462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2222382,223853106
Pyrophanite  (*)CorundumMn2+TiO3122382244
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2822382,22383,22386,22388,22390,22393,22396,2239761156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)322382,22385,223941711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)222382,22385969
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21223935614
Sepiolite  (*)Sepiolite ClayMg4Si6O15(OH)2·6H2O122393241
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)3222382,223851214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS322386,22390,2239321482
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O122384456
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1223962045
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21223903337
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13322386,22390,223961803
Tephroite  (*)OlivineMn2+2(SiO4)122382240
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13322383,22390,223935317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1223824899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21223822562
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21223962718
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO41223861655



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