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Locality Name:
Rells Valley, Vandans, Montafon, Vorarlberg, Austria


mindat Locality ID: 57624
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-57624.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rells Valley, Vandans, Montafon, Vorarlberg, Austria": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Copper Ore Deposits
Freschluakopf
Ganeu
Golm Alp
Lünen Alp
Marktobel
Rotröfi (Rote Rüfe; Rote Riefe)
Sacktobel
Vilifau Alp
Zaluanda Creek

Latitude: 47°4'21"N
Longitude: 9°47'53"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.0725,9.7980555555556

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 Ce Cl Co Cu F Fe H K La Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti U Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Au C Ca Fe La Mg Ni O P S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteBranneriteBrochantiteCalciteChalcophyllite
ChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDevillineEpidote
FeldsparGypsumMalachiteMicaMonaziteNoneNot in a structural groupOrpimentPharmacosideritePyrite
QuartzRocksaltRutileSpinelSulphurTetrahedriteTyroliteVivianiteZircon

55 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Asbolane  (*)Azurite  (*)Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)
Brannerite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcophyllite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Devilline  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Erythrite  (*)Florencite-(Ce)  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Malachite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)
Monazite-(La)  (*)Muscovite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Orpiment  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)
Richelsdorfite  (*)Rutile  (*)Siderite  (*)Siegenite  (*)Strashimirite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tyrolite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)224933,249358803
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)1249351588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)203092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1249289052
Asbolane  (*)Not in a structural groupMn4+(O,OH)2·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)x(OH)2x·nH2O124936143
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2224928,249365509
Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteBa0.5Fe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·5H2O124936150
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)324935,24936,2493711547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4224933,249355516
Brannerite  (*)BranneriteUTi2O6124935248
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61249361633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)224935,2493627770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)1249351252
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1249355707
Chalcophyllite  (*)ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24·36H2O124936194
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2624928,24930,24933,24935,24936,2493727198
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81249351756
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS124933966
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS224933,249354165
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O124936366
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2224935,249379895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1249378173
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O124936814
Florencite-(Ce)  (*)AluniteCeAl3(PO4)2(OH)612493373
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F224933,249352740
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS224928,2493324243
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Graphite  (*)NoneC1249282812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O524932,24933,24935,24936,249376890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3324931,24934,2493714640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6224933,249372228
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)224928,249361487
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2624928,24929,24933,24935,24936,2493712537
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)224933,24935945
Monazite-(La)  (*)MonaziteLa(PO4)038
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)212493517380
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)124936492
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S3124928511
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS0767
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21249352273
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O124936309
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2624928,24930,24933,24935,24936,2493739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2724928,24929,24930,24933,24935,24936,2493761156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS124928712
Richelsdorfite  (*)NoneCa2Cu5Sb5+(AsO4)4(OH)6Cl·6H2O12493657
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2224933,249345614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)224928,249306417
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S4124936249
Strashimirite  (*)NoneCu4(AsO4)2(OH)2·2.5H2O12493690
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1249352045
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13324933,24935,249361803
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O224935,24936245
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)124935939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)224933,249355251



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