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Locality Name:
Dorferbach Valley, Prägraten, Virgen Valley, East Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria


mindat Locality ID: 57914
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-57914.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dorferbach Valley, Prägraten, Virgen Valley, East Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Dorf Alp
Dorf Glacier
Großvenediger South Slope
Gumpachkreuz
Hoher Zaun
Johanneshütte
Schlüsselspitz East Slope

Latitude: 47°4'27"N
Longitude: 12°20'23"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.074166666667,12.339722222222
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 Be C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O S Si Ti Zn Zr 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BrauniteBrookiteChloriteClayCoronaditeCorundumEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnet
MicaMilariteMilleriteMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRutileSerpentine
SphaleriteSpinelTalcTitaniteZircon

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Ankerite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Braunite  (*)
Brookite  (*)Cerianite-(Ce)  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Grossular  (*)Hematite  (*)Hydromagnesite  (*)Milarite  (*)
Millerite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Talc  (*)Titanite  (*)Violarite  (*)
Zircon  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1237308803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21237362162
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21237373092
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)40708
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)123730483
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2123730700
Cerianite-(Ce)  (*)FluoriteCeO212373094
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)801756
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16123730599
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21237389895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21237389617
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)3223730,237331544
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O312373014640
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O123733341
Milarite  (*)MilariteKCa2(Be2AlSi12)O30·H2O123735156
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS1237331066
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21237325800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)212373017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2223731,2373339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2423730,23731,23735,2373861156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21237305614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS12373121482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21237303337
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O223730,237374899
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S4123733380
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1237305251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1237311025


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