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Locality Name:
Kals Valley, East Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria


mindat Locality ID: 57597
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-57597.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kals Valley, East Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Blauspitze (Blauspitz)
Dorf Valley
Gamskogel
Ködnitz Valley
Teischnitz Valley

Latitude: 47°3'40"N
Longitude: 12°40'45"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.061111111111,12.679166666667

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 B Ba Be C Ca F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Si Sr Ti W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: H Mg O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteBaryteBrauniteCalciteClayCoronaditeCorundumEpidoteFeldsparGarnet
GypsumHumiteMicaMilariteMolybdeniteNoneOlivinePyritePyrosmaliteQuartz
RhodoniteRocksaltRutileScheeliteSerpentineSpinelTitaniteTourmalineWagnerite

40 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Arsenogoyazite  (*)Baryte  (*)Braunite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Caryopilite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Clinohumite  (*)Coronadite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Friedelite  (*)Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hollandite  (*)Jacobsite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Manganite  (*)Milarite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Piemontite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Pyroxmangite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Rutile  (*)
Sarkinite  (*)Schallerite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Siderite  (*)
Spessartine  (*)Tephroite  (*)Tilasite  (*)Tiragalloite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)423661,23662,23674,236778803
Arsenogoyazite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)612367421
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)223668,2367211547
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)323668,23672,23674483
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)523666,23668,23672,23674,2367727770
Caryopilite  (*)Clay SerpentineMn2+3Si2O5(OH)412366883
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)40951
Clinohumite  (*)HumiteMg9(SiO4)4F2223662,23665236
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16123668227
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16223668,23672599
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2223672,236749895
Friedelite  (*)Pyrosmalite ClayMn2+8Si6O15(OH)1012366840
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS12367224243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1236686890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O312366814640
Hollandite  (*)CoronaditeBa(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16223668,23672243
Jacobsite  (*)SpinelMn2+Fe3+2O4123668172
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O412366814899
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)123672770
Milarite  (*)MilariteKCa2(Be2AlSi12)O30·H2O223661,23662156
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21236615800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2423659,23661,23668,2367217380
Piemontite  (*)EpidoteCa2(Al2Mn3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)123668260
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS212367739462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2223668,236723106
Pyroxmangite  (*)NoneMn2+SiO3123668147
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2923661,23662,23664,23666,23667,23668,23672,23674,2367761156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)223668,236731711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)223668,23673969
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2223661,236725614
Sarkinite  (*)WagneriteMn2+2(AsO4)(OH)12366830
Schallerite  (*)Pyrosmalite ClayMn2+16As3+3Si12O36(OH)171236688
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)323661,23662,236724894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1236612705
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1236726417
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)3223668,236731214
Tephroite  (*)OlivineMn2+2(SiO4)223668,23673240
Tilasite  (*)TitaniteCaMg(AsO4)F12367234
Tiragalloite  (*)NoneMn2+4As5+Si3O12(OH)12366815
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O423661,23662,23675,236774899



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