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Locality Name:
Pitz Valley, North Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria


mindat Locality ID: 58195
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-58195.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pitz Valley, North Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Plangeross-Mandarfen (Plangeroß-Mandarfen)
St Leonhard

Latitude: 47°2'26"N
Longitude: 10°50'40"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.040555555556,10.844444444444
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 C Ca Co Cu Fe H Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Fe H O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteArsenopyriteBrochantiteCalciteChalcoalumiteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCobaltiteCyanotrichiteDiaspore
EpidoteLepidocrociteMarcasiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPrehnitePyriteQuartzRhodonite
RocksaltSphaleriteStauroliteThomsoniteZircon

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Aragonite  (*)Babingtonite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Carbonatecyanotrichite  (*)Chalcoalumite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Galena  (*)Glaucodot  (*)Goethite  (*)Langite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Staurolite  (*)Thomsonite-Ca  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21241182162
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1241183250
Babingtonite  (*)RhodoniteCa2Fe2+Fe3+Si5O14(OH)124118161
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6224116,241181633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)12411827770
Carbonatecyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(CO3)(OH)12·2H2O12411888
Chalcoalumite  (*)ChalcoalumiteCuAl4(SO4)(OH)12·3H2O12411891
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2224115,2411827198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS124115966
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1241188173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS12411524243
Glaucodot  (*)Arsenopyrite(Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS124115131
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)224115,241187437
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O124118593
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)124115581
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21241155674
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O124118309
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21241181898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2224115,2411839462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81241159056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2224115,2411861156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS12411521482
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)0978
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O124117452
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1241185251


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