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Locality Name:
Mautern In Steiermark, Liesing - Palten Valley, Styria, Austria


mindat Locality ID: 57722
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-57722.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mautern In Steiermark, Liesing - Palten Valley, Styria, Austria": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Graphite Mine
Rannach Gorge
Slag Dump
Talc Mine

Latitude: 47°24'2"N
Longitude: 14°49'28"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.400555555556,14.824444444444

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: C Ca Cu H Mg O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBrochantiteCalciteClayMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupQuartzTalc

9 IMA Minerals at location:
Antlerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Graphite  (*)Malachite  (*)Quartz  (*)Talc  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)4123277246
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1232773250
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61232771633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)12327627770
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1232772970
Graphite  (*)NoneC1232752812
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2223276,2327712537
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO212327661156
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21232783337



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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