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Locality Name:
Sommergraben, St Stefan Ob Leoben, Leoben, Styria, Austria


mindat Locality ID: 58742
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-58742.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sommergraben, St Stefan Ob Leoben, Leoben, Styria, Austria": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Franz Adit

Latitude: 47°17'39"N
Longitude: 14°57'56"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.294166666667,14.965555555556

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: As C Cr Cu Fe H Ir Mg Ni O Pt Rh Ru S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As C Cr Cu Fe H Ir Mg Ni O Pt Rh Ru S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenopyriteAuricuprideBowieiteBruciteCopperDigeniteMalachiteNickelineNone
PentlanditePerovskitePyritePyroxeneSpinelUllmannite

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Anthophyllite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Brucite  (*)Chromite  (*)Cuproiridsite  (*)
Cuprorhodsite  (*)Digenite  (*)Enstatite  (*)Heazlewoodite  (*)Hollingworthite  (*)
Irarsite  (*)Isoferroplatinum  (*)Kashinite  (*)Lansfordite  (*)Laurite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Mcguinnessite  (*)Nesquehonite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Pentlandite  (*)
Platarsite  (*)Platinum  (*)Ruarsite  (*)Ruthenium  (*)Sperrylite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)20718
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)20462
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O403902
Cuproiridsite  (*)SpinelCu(Ir3+Ir4+)S4031
Cuprorhodsite  (*)Spinel(Cu1+0.5Fe3+0.5)Rh3+2S4034
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S01027
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O60944
Heazlewoodite  (*)NoneNi3S20205
Hollingworthite  (*)UllmanniteRhAsS0119
Irarsite  (*)PyriteIrAsS0154
Isoferroplatinum  (*)Auricupride PerovskitePt3Fe0128
Kashinite  (*)BowieiteIr2S3029
Lansfordite  (*)NoneMg(CO3)·5H2O017
Laurite  (*)PyriteRuS20226
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Mcguinnessite  (*)MalachiteCuMg(CO3)(OH)2034
Nesquehonite  (*)NoneMg(CO3)·3H2O080
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs0633
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S801512
Platarsite  (*)PyritePtAsS044
Platinum  (*)CopperPt0485
Ruarsite  (*)NoneRuAsS025
Ruthenium  (*)NoneRu046
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs20337



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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