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Locality Name:
Wolfsbach, Drosendorf-Zissersdorf, Waldviertel, Lower Austria, Austria


mindat Locality ID: 57501
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-57501.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wolfsbach, Drosendorf-Zissersdorf, Waldviertel, Lower Austria, Austria": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Hirschbergmühle (Amphibolite Outcrop)
Magnetite Mine

Latitude: 48°51'3"N
Longitude: 15°38'32"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.850833333333,15.642222222222

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 Be C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Ir K Li Mg Na Ni O Pt Rh Ru S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba Be Ca Cr Cu Fe H Ir K Li Mg Na Ni O Pt Rh Ru S Si Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousBaryteBerylCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumDiaspore
EpidoteFeldsparHarmotomeMicaMilleriteNickelineNonePentlanditePrehnitePyrite
QuartzRutileSmectite-vermiculiteSpinelUllmannite

35 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beryl  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Corundum  (*)
Diaspore  (*)Ephesite  (*)Epidote  (*)Harmotome  (*)Hercynite  (*)
Hollingworthite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Irarsite  (*)Laurite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Margarite  (*)Microcline  (*)Millerite  (*)Opal  (*)Pentlandite  (*)
Polydymite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Sperrylite  (*)Spinel  (*)Vermiculite  (*)Violarite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1211258803
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1804286
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)12112527770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O403902
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)801756
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)01025
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O301797
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)0481
Ephesite  (*)MicaNaLiAl2(Si2Al2)O10(OH)2021
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1211258173
Harmotome  (*)HarmotomeBa2(Si12Al4)O32·12H2O0290
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O40407
Hollingworthite  (*)UllmanniteRhAsS0119
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Irarsite  (*)PyriteIrAsS0154
Laurite  (*)PyriteRuS20226
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O412112614899
Margarite  (*)Mica ClayCaAl2Si2Al2O10(OH)20168
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)04924
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS01066
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O02994
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S801512
Polydymite  (*)SpinelNi2+Ni3+2S40131
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21211251898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs20337
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O401934
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O0652
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S40380



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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