Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ötz Valley, North Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria

mindat Locality ID: 58857
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-58857.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ötz Valley, North Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria": 23
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Gurgler Valley
Haderlehen (Knappenlöcher)
Polles Valley
Sulz Valley
Umhausen
Venter Ache Valley

Latitude: 47°0'31"N
Longitude: 10°57'34"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.008611111111,10.959444444444

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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Baddeleyite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Digenite
Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Humite	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite	Zircon	Zirconolite

Actinolite ()*	Almandine ()*	Augite ()*	Baddeleyite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chondrodite ()*	Clinohumite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Corundum ()*
Digenite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Geikielite ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Humite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Lechatelierite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Microcline ()*	Omphacite ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*
Zircon ()*	Zirconolite ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 Au C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O S Si Ti Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Baddeleyite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Digenite
Epidote Feldspar Garnet Humite Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pentlandite
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Titanite Zircon Zirconolite

38 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	24099	3419
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	4	24087,24088,24091,24092	2353
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	24099	2060
Baddeleyite ()*	Baddeleyite	ZrO₂	2	24095,24101	238
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	24093,24095,24101	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	24094,24099	27198
Chondrodite ()*	Humite	Mg₅(SiO₄)₂F₂	2	24095,24101	285
Clinohumite ()*	Humite	Mg₉(SiO₄)₄F₂	3	24095,24097,24101	236
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	24096,24099	1025
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	24096	1797
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	24094	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2	24095,24097	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	3	24095,24096,24101	9895
Geikielite ()*	Corundum	MgTiO₃	1	24095	70
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	24094	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	24099	14640
Humite ()*	Humite	Mg₇(SiO₄)₃F₂	1	24097	80
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	3	24095,24099,24101	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	24099	1507
Lechatelierite ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂	1	24103	62
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	24093	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	24094	5674
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	24097	4924
Omphacite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si₂O₆	1	24099	229
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	24099	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	3	24095,24097,24101	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	24094,24095	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	24094,24099	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	24091,24093,24094,24099,24103,24107	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	4	24089,24095,24099,24101	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	24091	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	24094	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	3	24095,24097,24101	1934
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	24095,24101	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	24095	2562
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	24095	5251
Zirconolite ()*	Zirconolite	(Ca,Y)Zr(Ti,Mg,Al)₂O₇	2	24095,24101	140
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	24099,24101	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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