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Locality Name:
Zauchen, Hochobir, Karawanken, Carinthia, Austria


mindat Locality ID: 59232
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-59232.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zauchen, Hochobir, Karawanken, Carinthia, Austria": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Grafenstein Alp District
Schäffler Alp District
Zauchengraben

Latitude: 46°30'35"N
Longitude: 14°32'54"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.509722222222,14.548333333333

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 Cd Cl F Fe H K Mo O Pb S Si V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmorphousApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteDescloiziteFluoriteGypsumMarcasite
MelanteriteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSulphurTridymiteWurtzite

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Descloizite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)
Hydrozincite  (*)Ice  (*)Jarosite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Vanadinite  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)420171,20175,20176,201843250
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)12017111547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)520171,20175,20177,20181,2018327770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)420172,20179,20181,201834979
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)720172,20179,20180,20181,20182,20183,20184378
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21201739617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS520171,20177,20179,20183,2018424243
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS220171,20173717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O220171,201816890
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O320172,20179,201811689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)6220172,201791066
Ice  (*)Amorphous TridymiteH2O12017659
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61201812228
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2220171,201815674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O220171,20174915
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2220172,2018139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2220173,2017461156
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)420172,20175,20179,201812473
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS220174,201772045
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl520179,20180,20182,20183,20184605
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO4620172,20177,20179,20181,20182,201831655



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