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Locality Name:
Mostviertel, Lower Austria, Austria


mindat Locality ID: 57741
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-57741.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mostviertel, Lower Austria, Austria": 155
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 80

Number of Child Localities: 37
Child Localities:
Amstetten
Annaberg
Dunkelstein Forest
Furth Bei Göttweig
Gaming
Göstling An Der Ybbs
Gresten-Land
Hafnerbach
Hainfeld
Hohenberg
Hollenstein An Der Ybbs
Karlstetten
Kirchberg An Der Pielach
Lilienfeld
Loosdorf
Lunz Am See
Melk
Neumarkt An Der Ybbs
Neustadtl An Der Donau
Obritzberg-Rust
Pöchlarn
Puchenstuben
Rabenstein An Der Pielach
Ramsau Bei Hainfeld
Scheibbs
Schwarzenbach An Der Pielach
St Anton An Der Jeßnitz
St Pölten Stadt
St Pölten
St. Leonhard Am Forst
St. Pölten Land
Texingtal
Türnitz
Waidhofen An Der Ybbs
Wilhelmsburg
Ybbs An Der Donau
Zelking-Matzleinsdorf

Latitude: 48°3'12"N
Longitude: 15°19'15"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.053333333333,15.320833333333
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 B Ba Be C Ca Cd Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti U V Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAdeliteAllophaneAlumohydrocalciteAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleAndalusiteApatiteAragonite
ArsenopyriteBaryteBerylBrackebuschiteBrookiteBruciteCalciteCaledoniteChalcopyriteChlorite
ClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCubaniteDescloiziteDiasporeDumortieriteEpidoteFeldspar
FluoriteGarnetGypsumHalotrichiteHumiteKaoliniteMalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMica
MiniumNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePolybasitePrehnitePyritePyroxeneQuartz
RocksaltRutileSapphirineScheeliteSepioliteSerpentineSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStannite
SulphurTetrahedriteTitaniteTourmalineVesuvianiteVivianiteWurtziteZirconZirconolite

136 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Adamite  (*)Albite  (*)Allophane  (*)
Almandine  (*)Alunogen  (*)Anatase  (*)Andalusite  (*)Anglesite  (*)
Anhydrite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenbrackebuschite  (*)Arsendescloizite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Austinite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bertrandite  (*)Beryl  (*)Billingsleyite  (*)Brookite  (*)
Brucite  (*)Brushite  (*)Calcite  (*)Calderónite  (*)Caledonite  (*)
Celestine  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)
Chrysotile  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Clinohumite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Conichalcite  (*)
Copper  (*)Cordierite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Descloizite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Dravite  (*)Duftite  (*)Dumortierite  (*)Ecandrewsite  (*)
Enstatite  (*)Epidote  (*)Felsőbányaite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Fluorphosphohedyphane  (*)Forsterite  (*)Galena  (*)Geikielite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Graphite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halotrichite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Hercynite  (*)Heyite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Isocubanite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Lizardite  (*)
Luzonite  (*)Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Marrite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Microcline  (*)Mimetite  (*)
Minium  (*)Muscovite  (*)Natrojarosite  (*)Nontronite  (*)Omphacite  (*)
Opal  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Para-alumohydrocalcite  (*)Pargasite  (*)Pearceite  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Phosphohedyphane  (*)Prehnite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrope  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Ranciéite  (*)Rosasite  (*)Rutile  (*)Sapphirine  (*)
Schorl  (*)Sepiolite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Silver  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Strontianite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Titanite  (*)Trechmannite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Troilite  (*)
Uraninite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Vermiculite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Vivianite  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)Zincite  (*)Zincrosasite  (*)Zircon  (*)Zirconolite  (*)
Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S320835,20836,208392793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21208963419
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)320835,20839,20842254
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)520849,20859,20862,20865,208868803
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O120886470
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)3320862,20886,208982353
Alunogen  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2(SO4)3(H2O)12·5H2O120868272
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21208652162
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO5220851,208621310
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)520849,20875,20936,20964,209752734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)1209111588
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)1208471036
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)620849,20862,20868,20877,20898,209113250
Arsenbrackebuschite  (*)BrackebuschitePb2(Fe3+,Zn)(AsO4)2(OH,H2O)12084224
Arsendescloizite  (*)AdelitePbZn(AsO4)(OH)12083920
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1208599052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61208472060
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6320835,20836,20839919
Austinite  (*)AdeliteCaZn(AsO4)(OH)12083971
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2220835,208395509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)1020826,20849,20875,20901,20903,20913,20928,20941,20955,2097111547
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)2120865606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18220865,209224286
Billingsleyite  (*)NoneAg7AsS612083911
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2120865700
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)2120859462
Brushite  (*)GypsumCa(PO3OH)·2H2O120963104
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)4420826,20827,20828,20829,20833,20835,20836,20839,20840,20849,20859,20862,20874,20875,20876,20880,20886,20890,20893,20896,20898,20901,20903,20906,20913,20916,20919,20926,20928,20931,20934,20936,20938,20941,20946,20955,20959,20961,20962,20964,20965,20969,20970,2097127770
Calderónite  (*)BrackebuschitePb2Fe3+(VO4)2(OH)12083829
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6120964359
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)320880,20893,209411252
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1120835,20838,20842,20849,20875,20936,20946,20964,20965,20967,209754979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2220859,2092327198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl220836,208391382
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O4220862,209213902
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4120900951
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8320849,20859,209001756
Clinohumite  (*)HumiteMg9(SiO4)4F2320849,20858,20859236
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1208861025
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)120839363
Copper  (*)CopperCu220835,208393846
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O181208511008
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O220835,208392970
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)420835,20838,20946,20964378
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6620844,20847,20849,20859,20886,209214135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21020835,20839,20849,20859,20875,20890,20936,20941,20946,209499895
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)120857648
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)220835,20839220
Dumortierite  (*)DumortieriteAlAl6BSi3O18120862231
Ecandrewsite  (*)CorundumZnTiO31209238
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6420847,20853,20862,20900944
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1208478173
Felsőbányaite  (*)NoneAl4(SO4)(OH)10·4H2O12088666
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F420849,20858,20859,208652740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2320835,20875,209419617
Fluorphosphohedyphane  (*)ApatiteCa2Pb3(PO4)3F1208494
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)320849,20859,208621188
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS1420838,20839,20849,20858,20859,20875,20923,20936,20941,20946,20964,20965,20967,2097124243
Geikielite  (*)CorundumMgTiO312085970
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)420839,20928,20936,209417437
Graphite  (*)NoneC820849,20852,20854,20858,20859,20884,20886,209312812
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS220849,20964717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1020835,20868,20886,20893,20895,20911,20926,20928,20941,209566890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O220868,20886409
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O312092314640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O720835,20839,20936,20963,20964,20965,209671689
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O4320844,20862,20896407
Heyite  (*)BrackebuschitePb5Fe2+2O4(VO4)212083810
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)6920835,20838,20842,20859,20875,20936,20964,20965,209671066
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3620851,20859,20865,20921,20923,209775433
Isocubanite  (*)Sphalerite CubaniteCuFe2S3120921191
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41208865591
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO4420847,20862,20870,209311507
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O1208471271
Lizardite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4120859359
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS4120839198
Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2120847238
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)420847,20876,20877,209001487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4220853,2086214899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2520826,20835,20839,20931,2096712537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2220941,209715674
Marrite  (*)NoneAgPbAsS31208398
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O120886915
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)320862,20865,208864924
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl520835,20839,20840,20842,209641107
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O4120849247
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2220851,2086517380
Natrojarosite  (*)AluniteNaFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6120886254
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O120886471
Omphacite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si2O6120847229
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O220886,208972994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1208652349
Para-alumohydrocalcite  (*)AlumohydrocalciteCaAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·6H2O1209266
Pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2220847,20862313
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]120835249
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2520849,20858,20859,20886,209312273
Phosphohedyphane  (*)ApatiteCa2Pb3(PO4)3Cl12084971
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21208861898
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3220835,20839733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31209231425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21420835,20839,20849,20859,20862,20865,20886,20913,20919,20923,20931,20936,20941,2096439462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21209413106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1209641725
Pyrope  (*)GarnetMg3Al2(SiO4)3620844,20846,20847,20851,20862,20896341
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8420849,20859,20886,209239056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22120826,20827,20833,20847,20849,20851,20862,20865,20877,20880,20886,20896,20897,20898,20900,20923,20928,20929,20931,20971,2097761156
Ranciéite  (*)None(Ca,Mn2+)0.2(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2·0.6H2O120946177
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)2220835,20839454
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2920839,20847,20859,20865,20875,20886,20923,20931,209775614
Sapphirine  (*)SapphirineMg4(Mg3Al9)O4[Si3Al9O36]120847129
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1208652705
Sepiolite  (*)Sepiolite ClayMg4Si6O15(OH)2·6H2O120847241
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)420849,20887,20908,209176417
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO5420859,20862,20865,208861516
Silver  (*)CopperAg220835,208395186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1020835,20838,20842,20849,20859,20875,20936,20964,20965,209672473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1020838,20839,20849,20858,20859,20875,20923,20936,20941,2096421482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O4620834,20847,20849,20858,20859,209291934
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)420835,20941,20965,20967589
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS220866,208682045
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131208391803
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O420849,20865,20883,208864899
Trechmannite  (*)NoneAgAsS21208397
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2320849,20859,208862562
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS220834,209211044
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21208492718
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl220838,20946605
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O120861652
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101208471395
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O220832,20895636
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO4620838,20839,20840,20936,20964,209651655
Zincite  (*)WurtziteZnO12083598
Zincrosasite  (*)Malachite(Zn,Cu)2(CO3)(OH)212083928
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)420849,20851,20865,208865251
Zirconolite  (*)Zirconolite(Ca,Y)Zr(Ti,Mg,Al)2O7120859140
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1208591025


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