Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Lesach Valley, Gailtaler Alpen & Karnische Alpen, Carinthia, Austria

mindat Locality ID: 45168
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-45168.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lesach Valley, Gailtaler Alpen & Karnische Alpen, Carinthia, Austria": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Aigen
Liesing
Maria Luggau
Obergailberg
Podlanig
Sittmoos

Latitude: 46°40'4"N
Longitude: 12°53'35"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.667777777778,12.893055555556

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.

Andalusite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcophyllite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum
Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Spinel	Tourmaline

Adamite ()*	Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcophanite ()*	Chalcophyllite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Claraite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Cuprite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Dravite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Hausmannite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Magnesite ()*
Malachite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Theisite ()*

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 B Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcophyllite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum
Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Malachite None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite Spinel Tourmaline

33 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Adamite ()*	Andalusite	Zn₂(AsO₄)(OH)	1	19617	254
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	19605	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	19613	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	19613	3250
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	19617	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	3	19608,19617,19619	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	19608,19610,19614	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	19617	4979
Chalcophanite ()*	None	ZnMn⁴⁺₃O₇·3H₂O	1	19619	197
Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcophyllite	Cu₁₈Al₂(AsO₄)₄(SO₄)₃(OH)₂₄·36H₂O	1	19617	194
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	19617	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	2	19617,19619	2600
Claraite ()*	None	(Cu,Zn)₁₅(CO₃)₄(AsO₄)₂(SO₄)(OH)₁₄·7H₂O	1	19617	40
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	19605	1756
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	19617	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	19608,19610	9895
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	19609	648
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	19614	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	4	19608,19610,19614,19617	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	19611,19617	24243
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄	1	19619	350
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	19619,19621	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	19617	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	19617	1066
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	2	19606,19618	1487
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	19617	12537
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	19614	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	19617	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	19605,19608,19610,19617	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	19619	1711
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	19617	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	19611,19617	21482
Theisite ()*	None	Cu₅Zn₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₁₄	1	19617	58

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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