Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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

mindat Locality ID: 58176
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-58176.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Virgen Valley, East Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria": 45
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 31

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Prägraten
Ströden
Umbal Valley
Virgen

Latitude: 47°2'16"N
Longitude: 12°22'3"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.037777777778,12.3675

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.

Amphibole	Apatite	Baryte	Braunite	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Columbite	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Cyanotrichite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Humite
Ilvaite	Löllingite	Mica	Milarite	Millerite	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pentlandite
Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rutile	Serpentine	Skutterudite	Sphalerite	Spinel
Stilpnomelane	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Vesuvianite	Wagnerite	Zircon

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 Be C Ca Ce Co Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P S Sb Si Ti U W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Baryte Braunite Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite
Columbite Copper Coronadite Corundum Cyanotrichite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Humite
Ilvaite Löllingite Mica Milarite Millerite Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Olivine Pentlandite
Perovskite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rutile Serpentine Skutterudite Sphalerite Spinel
Stilpnomelane Talc Tetrahedrite Titanite Vesuvianite Wagnerite Zircon

71 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Anatase ()*	Andradite ()*
Ankerite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Braunite ()*
Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerianite-(Ce) ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chondrodite ()*
Chrysotile ()*	Clino-suenoite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Clinohumite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*
Cryptomelane ()*	Cummingtonite ()*	Cyanotrichite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Euclase ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galaxite ()*
Gold ()*	Grossular ()*	Hematite ()*	Hübnerite ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Ilvaite ()*	Jacobsite ()*	Kutnohorite ()*	Långbanite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Milarite ()*	Millerite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Nickelskutterudite ()*	Paragonite ()*	Pargasite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrophanite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Rutile ()*
Safflorite ()*	Sarkinite ()*	Sonolite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stilpnomelane ()*	Talc ()*	Tephroite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*
Uraninite ()*	Uvarovite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Violarite ()*	Zircon ()*
Zoisite ()*

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	1	23746	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	4	23730,23747,23753,23754	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	23739	2353
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2	23736,23766	2162
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	23739	1534
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2	23737,23762	3092
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	23729,23758	708
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	23727	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	23763,23768	5516
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	2	23730,23747	483
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	4	23730,23743,23745,23766	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	23727,23742,23755,23758,23769	27770
Cerianite-(Ce) ()*	Fluorite	CeO₂	1	23730	94
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	23762	27198
Chondrodite ()*	Humite	Mg₅(SiO₄)₂F₂	1	23758	285
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	23739	951
Clino-suenoite ()*	Amphibole	Mn²⁺₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	23747	57
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	2	23729,23758	1756
Clinohumite ()*	Humite	Mg₉(SiO₄)₄F₂	1	23758	236
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	23739	1025
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	2	23730,23756	599
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	23747	327
Cyanotrichite ()*	Cyanotrichite	Cu₄Al₂(SO₄)(OH)₁₂(H₂O)₂	1	23728	179
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2	23739,23758	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	23738,23762	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	23758	8173
Euclase ()*	None	BeAlSiO₄(OH)	1	23760	120
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	23747	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	23738	9617
Galaxite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Al₂O₄	1	23747	43
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	23763	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	3	23730,23733,23739	1544
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	23730,23747	14640
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)	1	23747	469
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	23733	341
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	23745	5433
Ilvaite ()*	Ilvaite	CaFe³⁺Fe²⁺₂O(Si₂O₇)(OH)	1	23758	197
Jacobsite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	23747	172
Kutnohorite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(CO₃)₂	1	23747	234
Långbanite ()*	None	Mn²⁺₄Mn³⁺₉Sb⁵⁺O₁₆(SiO₄)₂	1	23747	7
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	23739,23745,23746	14899
Milarite ()*	Milarite	KCa₂(Be₂AlSi₁₂)O₃₀·H₂O	2	23735,23766	156
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	2	23733,23756	1066
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	23732	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	23730,23741	17380
Nickelskutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	(Ni,Co,Fe)As₃	1	23747	176
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	23727	247
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	2	23742,23744	313
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	23758	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	23731,23733	39462
Pyrophanite ()*	Corundum	Mn²⁺TiO₃	1	23747	244
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	15	23730,23731,23735,23738,23740,23741,23743,23745,23747,23750,23755,23756,23762,23766,23768	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	2	23747,23756	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	2	23747,23756	969
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	4	23730,23743,23760,23767	5614
Safflorite ()*	Löllingite	CoAs₂	1	23747	317
Sarkinite ()*	Wagnerite	Mn²⁺₂(AsO₄)(OH)	1	23747	30
Sonolite ()*	Humite	Mn²⁺₉(SiO₄)₄(OH)₂	1	23747	50
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	23747,23756	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	23731	21482
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	1	23739	456
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	23730	3337
Tephroite ()*	Olivine	Mn²⁺₂(SiO₄)	1	23747	240
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	23762	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	7	23730,23737,23739,23742,23745,23746,23755	4899
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	23747	2718
Uvarovite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Cr₂(SiO₄)₃	1	23758	212
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	3	23742,23743,23758	1395
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	1	23733	380
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	3	23730,23747,23756	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	23731,23739	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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