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Locality Name:
Dornbirn, Vorarlberg, Austria


mindat Locality ID: 58512
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-58512.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dornbirn, Vorarlberg, Austria": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Ebnit Valley
Haslach
Hohenems
Staufen (Staufenspitz; Staufenspitze)

Latitude: 47°22'31"N
Longitude: 9°44'47"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.375277777778,9.7463888888889

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: Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Mn O S Si Sr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCorundumFluoriteGypsumMalachiteMarcasiteNickeline
NonePyriteQuartzSulphur

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Ranciéite  (*)
Strontianite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1248433250
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)12484311547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)824830,24831,24835,24837,24841,24842,24843,2484427770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)224835,248431252
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS212484327198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2324835,24842,248439895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2324835,24843,248449617
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O224835,248436890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3324829,24838,2484314640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)212484312537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21248375674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2624829,24835,24837,24841,24842,2484339462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81248439056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2624830,24833,24835,24841,24842,2484361156
Ranciéite  (*)None(Ca,Mn2+)0.2(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2·0.6H2O124843177
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)524830,24835,24841,24842,24843589
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1248432045



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