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Locality Name:
Walchen, Öblarn, Niedere Tauern, Styria, Austria


mindat Locality ID: 57537
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-57537.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Walchen, Öblarn, Niedere Tauern, Styria, Austria": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Copper Mines
Slag Dumps
Walchengraben

Latitude: 47°25'41"N
Longitude: 14°3'8"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.428055555556,14.052222222222
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: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteCaledoniteChalcanthiteChalcophylliteChalcopyrite
CheniteClayConnelliteCopperCovelliteDevillineDundasiteGypsumKtenasiteLinarite
MalachiteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePyriteRocksaltRoseliteSphalerite
StarkeyiteStibniteSulphurWurtzite

58 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Antlerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Beudantite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcophyllite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chenite  (*)Connellite  (*)
Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Devilline  (*)Dundasite  (*)
Elyite  (*)Fayalite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Gudmundite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hydrocerussite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Kröhnkite  (*)Lanarkite  (*)Langite  (*)Lautenthalite  (*)Lead  (*)
Linarite  (*)Litharge  (*)Malachite  (*)Massicot  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Plumbojarosite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Ramsbeckite  (*)Rosasite  (*)Rozenite  (*)Schulenbergite  (*)Serpierite  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Valentinite  (*)Wroewolfeite  (*)Zincite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1234542734
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)4123454246
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1234543250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS223453,234549052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2223453,234545509
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6123454413
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6223453,234541633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)12345427770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6123454359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1234544979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O123454925
Chalcophyllite  (*)ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24·36H2O123454194
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS212345327198
Chenite  (*)CheniteCuPb4(SO4)2(OH)612345440
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O123454295
Copper  (*)CopperCu1234543846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1234544165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1234542970
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O123454366
Dundasite  (*)DundasitePbAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·H2O12345497
Elyite  (*)NoneCuPb4(SO4)O2(OH)4·H2O12345485
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)123454371
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS223453,2345424243
Gold  (*)CopperAu12345330554
Gudmundite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeSbS123453170
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1234546890
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)2123454201
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)61234541066
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14123453784
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61234542228
Kröhnkite  (*)RoseliteNa2Cu(SO4)2·2H2O12345427
Lanarkite  (*)NonePb2O(SO4)12345497
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O123454593
Lautenthalite  (*)DevillinePbCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O12345418
Lead  (*)CopperPb123454192
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2123454987
Litharge  (*)NonePbO123454139
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2223453,2345412537
Massicot  (*)NonePbO123454202
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)212345417380
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6123454477
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O123454309
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31234531425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2223453,2345439462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81234539056
Ramsbeckite  (*)NoneCu15(SO4)4(OH)22·6H2O12345468
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)2123454454
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O123454293
Schulenbergite  (*)Ktenasite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O123454142
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O123454292
Silver  (*)CopperAg1234545186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS12345321482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31234533418
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1234542045
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO1234541101
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O3123454369
Wroewolfeite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O12345495
Zincite  (*)WurtziteZnO12345498


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