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Locality Name:
Gerlos Valley, Zillertal, North Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria


mindat Locality ID: 58892
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-58892.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gerlos Valley, Zillertal, North Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Hainzenberg
Schönach Valley
Schwarzach Valley
Wimmer Valley

Latitude: 47°11'24"N
Longitude: 11°59'15"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.19,11.9875

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 Au Be C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopperCorundumCovellite
CubaniteDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparLepidocrociteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
QuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteTetrahedriteUllmanniteWurtzite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cubanite  (*)Epidote  (*)Euclase  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)
Piemontite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Ullmannite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)224204,242098803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21242112162
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1242049052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)12421227770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1242045707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS212420427198
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81242091756
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS124204966
Copper  (*)CopperCu1242043846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1242044165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3124204802
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1242128173
Euclase  (*)NoneBeAlSiO4(OH)224208,24209120
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS12420424243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1242047437
Gold  (*)CopperAu12420430554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O312420814640
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)124204581
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2324207,24209,2421217380
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS124204767
Piemontite  (*)EpidoteCa2(Al2Mn3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)224207,24212260
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS212420939462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81242049056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2324207,24209,2421261156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2224208,242115614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS12420421482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131242045317
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS124204293



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