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Locality Name:
Hallstatt, Gmunden, Upper Austria, Austria


mindat Locality ID: 58492
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-58492.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hallstatt, Gmunden, Upper Austria, Austria": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Obertraun
Salt Mine

Latitude: 47°32'57"N
Longitude: 13°40'23"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.549166666667,13.673055555556
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: Au C Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Na O S 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAragoniteBlöditeCalciteChalcanthiteCopperEpsomiteGypsumKieseriteLangbeinite
MarcasiteNoneNot in a structural groupPicromeritePyriteRhabdophaneRocksaltSyngeniteTridymite

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Anhydrite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Bassanite  (*)Blödite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Epsomite  (*)Glauberite  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halite  (*)
Hydromagnesite  (*)Ice  (*)Kieserite  (*)Langbeinite  (*)Lansfordite  (*)
Löweite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Mirabilite  (*)Natrite  (*)Nesquehonite  (*)
Omongwaite  (*)Pentahydrite  (*)Picromerite  (*)Polyhalite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Sylvite  (*)Syngenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)1243361588
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1243323250
Bassanite  (*)RhabdophaneCa(SO4)·0.5H2O12433682
Blödite  (*)BlöditeNa2Mg(SO4)2·4H2O124336130
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)12433227770
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O224332,24336484
Glauberite  (*)NoneNa2Ca(SO4)2124336137
Gold  (*)CopperAu12433230554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O224332,243366890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl1243361398
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O124332341
Ice  (*)Amorphous TridymiteH2O12433159
Kieserite  (*)KieseriteMg(SO4)·H2O12433680
Langbeinite  (*)LangbeiniteK2Mg2(SO4)312433643
Lansfordite  (*)NoneMg(CO3)·5H2O12433217
Löweite  (*)NoneNa12Mg7(SO4)13·15H2O12433628
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2224332,243355674
Mirabilite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)·10H2O124336223
Natrite  (*)NoneNa2(CO3)12433619
Nesquehonite  (*)NoneMg(CO3)·3H2O12433280
Omongwaite  (*)NoneNa2Ca5(SO4)6·3H2O1243362
Pentahydrite  (*)ChalcanthiteMg(SO4)·5H2O12433632
Picromerite  (*)PicromeriteK2Mg(SO4)2·6H2O12433644
Polyhalite  (*)NoneK2Ca2Mg(SO4)4·2H2O124336102
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2324330,24332,2433539462
Sylvite  (*)RocksaltKCl124336275
Syngenite  (*)SyngeniteK2Ca(SO4)2·H2O12433644


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