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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

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 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: 
AmphiboleApatiteBaryteBrauniteBrookiteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisite
ColumbiteCopperCoronaditeCorundumCyanotrichiteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetHumite
IlvaiteLöllingiteMicaMilariteMilleriteMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePentlandite
PerovskitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRhodoniteRutileSerpentineSkutteruditeSphaleriteSpinel
StilpnomelaneTalcTetrahedriteTitaniteVesuvianiteWagneriteZircon

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 nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21237463419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)423730,23747,23753,237548803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)31237392353
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2223736,237662162
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31237391534
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2223737,237623092
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4223729,23758708
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)12372711547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4223763,237685516
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)223730,23747483
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2423730,23743,23745,23766700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)523727,23742,23755,23758,2376927770
Cerianite-(Ce)  (*)FluoriteCeO212373094
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS212376227198
Chondrodite  (*)HumiteMg5(SiO4)2F2123758285
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4123739951
Clino-suenoite  (*)Amphibole   Mn2+2Mg5Si8O22(OH)212374757
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8223729,237581756
Clinohumite  (*)HumiteMg9(SiO4)4F2123758236
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1237391025
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16223730,23756599
Cummingtonite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2123747327
Cyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)2123728179
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6223739,237584135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2223738,237629895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1237588173
Euclase  (*)NoneBeAlSiO4(OH)123760120
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1237472740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21237389617
Galaxite  (*)SpinelMn2+Al2O412374743
Gold  (*)CopperAu12376330554
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)3323730,23733,237391544
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3223730,2374714640
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)123747469
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O123733341
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31237455433
Ilvaite  (*)IlvaiteCaFe3+Fe2+2O(Si2O7)(OH)123758197
Jacobsite  (*)SpinelMn2+Fe3+2O4123747172
Kutnohorite  (*)NoneCaMn2+(CO3)2123747234
Långbanite  (*)NoneMn2+4Mn3+9Sb5+O16(SiO4)21237477
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4323739,23745,2374614899
Milarite  (*)MilariteKCa2(Be2AlSi12)O30·H2O223735,23766156
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS223733,237561066
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21237325800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2223730,2374117380
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Skutterudite Perovskite(Ni,Co,Fe)As3123747176
Paragonite  (*)Mica ClayNaAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2123727247
Pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2223742,23744313
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81237581512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2223731,2373339462
Pyrophanite  (*)CorundumMn2+TiO3123747244
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21523730,23731,23735,23738,23740,23741,23743,23745,23747,23750,23755,23756,23762,23766,2376861156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)223747,237561711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)223747,23756969
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2423730,23743,23760,237675614
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs2123747317
Sarkinite  (*)WagneriteMn2+2(AsO4)(OH)12374730
Sonolite  (*)HumiteMn2+9(SiO4)4(OH)212374750
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)3223747,237561214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS12373121482
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O123739456
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21237303337
Tephroite  (*)OlivineMn2+2(SiO4)123747240
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131237625317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O723730,23737,23739,23742,23745,23746,237554899
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21237472718
Uvarovite  (*)GarnetCa3Cr2(SiO4)3123758212
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)10323742,23743,237581395
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S4123733380
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)323730,23747,237565251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)223731,237391025



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