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Locality Name:
Große Zirknitz Valley, Zirknitz, Goldberg Group, Hohe Tauern, Carinthia, Austria


mindat Locality ID: 63977
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-63977.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Große Zirknitz Valley, Zirknitz, Goldberg Group, Hohe Tauern, Carinthia, Austria": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 17

Number of Child Localities: 17
Child Localities:
Alteck
Brett Lake
Brettwand
Christileiden
Eckkopf
Grasleiten
Milleiten Mine
Modereck South Slope (Freudental; Kempen)
Oberes Brett
Sandkopf
Stanziwurten
Tramerkopf
Tramerscharte
Trömmern
Untere Pazisel
Unteres Brett
Windischkopf

Latitude: 47°1'53"N
Longitude: 12°56'57"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.031388888889,12.949166666667

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: Ag Al As Au Ba Be Bi C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H Mg Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Si Te W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Cu H O 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAmphiboleApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteAtelestiteBaryteBournoniteCalcite
CaledoniteChalcopyriteCopperCovelliteCyanotrichiteDiasporeEpidoteFluoriteLepidocrociteLillianite
LinariteMalachiteMeneghiniteMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPhenakitePolybasitePyrite
QuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteStibniteTetradymiteTetrahedriteWurtzite

55 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Atelestite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bismite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Carbonatecyanotrichite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcophanite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cosalite  (*)Covellite  (*)Eskimoite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Gladite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Greenockite  (*)Gustavite  (*)Heyrovskýite  (*)Krupkaite  (*)
Lepidocrocite  (*)Lillianite  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Matildite  (*)
Mimetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Phenakite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Romanèchite  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tremolite  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S419955,19958,19959,199662793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)519958,19959,19963,19966,199672734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1119953,19954,19955,19956,19957,19958,19959,19960,19965,19966,199679052
Atelestite  (*)AtelestiteBi2O(AsO4)(OH)11996547
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21199635509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)11996311547
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O3219966,19969214
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi219958,199691966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3419964,19965,19966,199691935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41199635516
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS3219955,199591089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)11996327770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6119967359
Carbonatecyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(CO3)(OH)12·2H2O088
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)719953,19955,19957,19958,19959,19963,199674979
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O119958197
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2619955,19957,19959,19963,19966,1996727198
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S5119958344
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS519955,19958,19959,19966,199674165
Eskimoite  (*)LillianiteAg7Pb10Bi15S3611995820
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21199529617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12219959,19966663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS919953,19954,19955,19957,19958,19959,19960,19966,1996724243
Gladite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBi5S911995867
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)319957,19958,199677437
Gold  (*)CopperAu819955,19956,19957,19959,19964,19965,19966,1996930554
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS119967717
Gustavite  (*)LillianiteAgPbBi3S6219953,19958113
Heyrovskýite  (*)LillianitePb6Bi2S911995866
Krupkaite  (*)MeneghinitePbCuBi3S611995880
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)119958581
Lillianite  (*)LillianitePb3-2xAgxBi2+xS6119958128
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2219957,19967987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2519953,19957,19959,19963,1996712537
Matildite  (*)NoneAgBiS2119958252
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl1199571107
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2319958,19966,199675800
Phenakite  (*)PhenakiteBe2(SiO4)119965326
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]419955,19958,19959,19966716
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3319955,19958,199591425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21119953,19954,19955,19956,19957,19958,19959,19960,19965,19966,1996939462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2219957,199583106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8219959,199669056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21319952,19953,19955,19957,19958,19959,19961,19962,19963,19965,19966,19967,1996961156
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10119958312
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1199664894
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O719954,19955,19959,19965,19966,19967,199691153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)519957,19958,19959,19966,199676417
Silver  (*)CopperAg219955,199665186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1199632473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS719953,19955,19958,19959,19963,19966,1996721482
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S119966510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13519955,19958,19959,19963,199665317
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21199632562
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1199621025



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