Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Frosnitz Valley, Tauern Valley, East Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria

mindat Locality ID: 58444
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-58444.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Frosnitz Valley, Tauern Valley, East Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Dabernitzkogel
Frosnitz Ochsen Alp
Hohe Achsel
Kristallwand
Weißspitze
Wildenkogel South Slope

Latitude: 47°4'0"N
Longitude: 12°22'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.066666666667,12.383055555556

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.

Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Malachite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Titanite

Anatase ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*
Titanite ()*

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: Au C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Malachite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Talc Titanite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	23709	2162
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	23708	5516
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	23704,23706	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	23704	4165
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	23705,23708	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	23706	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	23706	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	23704,23706	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	23704,23708	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	23704,23706,23708	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	23704,23706	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	23707,23709	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	23704,23706	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	23706	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	23705	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	23706,23707	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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