Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Sonnseite, Bad Bleiberg, Bleiberg District, Gailtaler Alpen & Karnische Alpen, Carinthia, Austria

Oldest recorded age at locality: 247
Youngest recorded age at locality: 180

mindat Locality ID: 42729
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-42729.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sonnseite, Bad Bleiberg, Bleiberg District, Gailtaler Alpen & Karnische Alpen, Carinthia, Austria": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Apatite	Baryte	Descloizite	None	Rocksalt	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: Ba Cl H O Pb S V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ba Cl H O Pb S V Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Baryte Descloizite None Rocksalt Sphalerite

5 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Descloizite ()*	Galena ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Vanadinite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	247	180	11547
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	247	180	378
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	247	180	24243
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	247	180	21482
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	247	180	605

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	sedznpb-00047	240	180	210±30							Yes				235	Bleiberg District, Gailtaler Alpen & Karnische Alpen, Carinthia, Austria	Bleiberg	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252
	sedexmvt-00032	247	201	Middle to Late Triassic		host rock age					Yes				42683	Bad Bleiberg, Bleiberg District, Gailtaler Alpen & Karnische Alpen, Carinthia, Austria	Bleiberg	Taylor et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1297

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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