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Locality Name:
Sunk, Hohentauern, Niedere Tauern, Styria, Austria


mindat Locality ID: 59405
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-59405.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sunk, Hohentauern, Niedere Tauern, Styria, Austria": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Graphite Mine
Magnesite Deposit

Latitude: 47°26'57"N
Longitude: 14°28'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.449166666667,14.466666666667

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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayCorundumFeldsparFluorite
GypsumHalotrichiteHexahydriteMalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMicaMilleriteNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupPalygorskitePentlanditePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSepioliteSphaleriteSpinel
StarkeyiteTalcUllmannite

38 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Boulangerite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Graphite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hexahydrite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Millerite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Palygorskite  (*)
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Pickeringite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rozenite  (*)Rutile  (*)Sepiolite  (*)Slavíkite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Talc  (*)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)1234418803
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)1234411588
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1234413250
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21234415509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)12344111547
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11123441843
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)12344127770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS212344127198
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81234411756
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21234419895
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1234412740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21234419617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS12344124243
Graphite  (*)NoneC223440,234412812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1234416890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O312344114640
Hexahydrite  (*)HexahydriteMg(SO4)·6H2O123441251
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)1234411487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O412344114899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)212344112537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21234415674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O123441915
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS1234411066
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)212344117380
Palygorskite  (*)Palygorskite Clay(Mg,Al)2Si4O10(OH)·4H2O123441306
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS123441767
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81234411512
Pickeringite  (*)HalotrichiteMgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O123441265
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS212344139462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81234419056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO212344161156
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O123441293
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21234415614
Sepiolite  (*)Sepiolite ClayMg4Si6O15(OH)2·6H2O123441241
Slavíkite  (*)Not in a structural group(H3O)3Mg6Fe15(SO4)21(OH)18·98H2O12344144
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS12344121482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21234413337
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS123441293



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
X050063Magnesite Deposit, Sunk, Hohentauern, Niedere Tauern, Styria, Austriahttps://rruff.info/X050063


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