Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ratten, Fischbacher Alpen, Styria, Austria

mindat Locality ID: 69555
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-69555.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ratten, Fischbacher Alpen, Styria, Austria": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Edbauer Farm
Forestry Road Cut
Großmarker Farm
Kogel (Kogl)
Kohlbacher Quarry
Pusterhofer Farm
Rattner Alp - Steinriegel Area
Silberloch Mine
St. Kathrein Am Hauenstein

Latitude: 47°28'46"N
Longitude: 15°42'33"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.479444444444,15.709166666667

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Covellite	Lazulite	Marcasite	Mica
Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Lazulite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 Au Ba C Cu Fe H K Mg O P Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Covellite Lazulite Marcasite Mica
Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	22866,22867	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	22864	11547
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	22866,22867	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	22866	4165
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	22867	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	22867	30554
Lazulite ()*	Lazulite	MgAl₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂	3	22859,22861,22865	232
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	22867	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	22866,22867	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	22866,22867	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	22866,22867	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	22859,22861,22864,22865,22866,22867	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	22867	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	22867	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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