Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Lessach Valley, Schladminger Tauern, Lungau, Salzburg, Austria

mindat Locality ID: 57740
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-57740.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lessach Valley, Schladminger Tauern, Lungau, Salzburg, Austria": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Lessach
Roteck
Upper Landschitz Lake

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Apatite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Feldspar	Marcasite	Mica	Millerite
Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz	Spinel	Talc

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Graphite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Millerite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Opal ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Talc ()*	Tremolite ()*

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 C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Apatite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Feldspar Marcasite Mica Millerite
Nickeline None Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz Spinel Talc

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	22351,22353	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	22355	8803
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	22353	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2	22351,22353	3902
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	22353	9895
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	22351	2740
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	22351	2812
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	22351	1487
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	22351	5674
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	2	22351,22353	1066
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	22351	17380
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	1	22351	633
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	22351	2994
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	22353	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	22353	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	22351	61156
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	22351,22353	3337
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	22351	2562

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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