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Locality Name:
Obertraun, Hallstatt, Gmunden, Upper Austria, Austria


mindat Locality ID: 58918
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-58918.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Obertraun, Hallstatt, Gmunden, Upper Austria, Austria": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Dachstein Ice Cave
Dachstein Mammoth Cave
Gjaidstein
Koppenbrüll Cave
Koppenstreet

Latitude: 47°32'7"N
Longitude: 13°42'35"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.535277777778,13.709722222222

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 Fe H Mg O S 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAragoniteCalciteCopperEpsomiteGypsumMarcasiteNonePyriteTridymite

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Epsomite  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hydromagnesite  (*)Ice  (*)Lansfordite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Nesquehonite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1243323250
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)12433227770
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O124332484
Gold  (*)CopperAu12433230554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1243326890
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O124332341
Ice  (*)Amorphous TridymiteH2O12433159
Lansfordite  (*)NoneMg(CO3)·5H2O12433217
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2224332,243355674
Nesquehonite  (*)NoneMg(CO3)·3H2O12433280
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2224332,2433539462



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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