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Locality Name:
Miesling Valley, Spitz, Wachau, Lower Austria, Austria


mindat Locality ID: 58954
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-58954.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Miesling Valley, Spitz, Wachau, Lower Austria, Austria": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Birileiten
Blocherleitengraben
Mosinggraben
Windeckberg

Latitude: 48°23'29"N
Longitude: 15°23'53"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.391388888889,15.398055555556

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 B Be C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P Pb S Si Th Ti U Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Mg O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteAmphiboleAndalusiteApatiteAxiniteBerylChalcanthiteClayColumbiteCopper
CorundumDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetGraftoniteMalachiteMelanteriteMica
MonaziteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePrehnitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksalt
RutileSmectite-vermiculiteSpinelTopazTourmalineTripliteZircon

51 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Almandine  (*)Andalusite  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)
Axinite-(Fe)  (*)Bertrandite  (*)Beryl  (*)Cerianite-(Ce)  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)
Cheralite  (*)Chernovite-(Y)  (*)Chrysoberyl  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Columbite-(Mn)  (*)
Copper  (*)Cordierite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dravite  (*)
Fluor-elbaite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Graftonite  (*)
Graphite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Lithiophilite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Melanterite  (*)Microcline  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Orthoclase  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Schorl  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Spessartine  (*)Spinel  (*)
Topaz  (*)Triphylite  (*)Triplite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)421073,21074,21075,210768803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)121074706
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)3221073,210762353
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO51210741310
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2221073,21074718
Axinite-(Fe)  (*)AxiniteCa4Fe2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)2121074260
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)2321073,21074,21076606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18221073,210764286
Cerianite-(Ce)  (*)FluoriteCeO212107494
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O121075925
Cheralite  (*)MonaziteCaTh(PO4)212107450
Chernovite-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(AsO4)12107446
Chrysoberyl  (*)OlivineBeAl2O4221073,21076321
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O6121074518
Columbite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Nb2O6121074289
Copper  (*)CopperCu1210753846
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O181210751008
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1210752970
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)221074,21075648
Fluor-elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3F12107431
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1210742740
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS12107524243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1210757437
Graftonite  (*)GraftoniteFe2+Fe2+2(PO4)2121076107
Graphite  (*)NoneC1210752812
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31210745433
Lithiophilite  (*)OlivineLiMn2+(PO4)121076155
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O412107414899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)212107512537
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O121075915
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1210764924
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)121074945
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O1210741508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2221074,2107617380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1210762349
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)2221074,210751898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS212107539462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81210759056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2421073,21074,21075,2107661156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2221074,210755614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)421073,21074,21075,210762705
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO51210731516
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)31210741214
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41210741934
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F21210761476
Triphylite  (*)OlivineLiFe2+(PO4)121076313
Triplite  (*)TripliteMn2+2(PO4)F121076233
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21210742718
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)121074939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)421073,21074,21075,210765251



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