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Locality Name:
Stefanie Mine, 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: 238
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-238.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Stefanie Mine, 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

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 Ba C Ca Cd Cl Cr F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Si Sr V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cd Cl Cr F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Si Sr V Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteClayDescloiziteDiasporeFluoriteGypsumMarcasite
MelanteriteNoneNot in a structural groupPalygorskitePyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSerpentineSphalerite
SulphurWurtziteZircon

34 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chromatite  (*)Descloizite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Fraipontite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Ilsemannite  (*)
Leadhillite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Palygorskite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Strontianite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Todorokite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)24718002734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)24718001588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)224718003092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)24718003250
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)247180011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)247180027770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)24718001252
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)24718004979
Chromatite  (*)ZirconCaCr6+O424718006
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)2471800378
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)224718009895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF224718009617
Fraipontite  (*)Clay Serpentine(Zn,Al)3(Si,Al)2O5(OH)4247180049
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS247180024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)24718007437
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS2471800717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O24718006890
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O24718001689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)624718001066
Ilsemannite  (*)NoneMo3O8·nH2O (?)2471800123
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)22471800265
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS224718005674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O2471800915
Palygorskite  (*)Palygorskite Clay(Mg,Al)2Si4O10(OH)·4H2O2471800306
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2247180039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2247180061156
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)24718002473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS247180021482
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)2471800589
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS24718002045
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O2471800433
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl2471800605
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO424718001655
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS2471800372



2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
sedznpb-00047240180210±30     Yes  235Bleiberg District, Gailtaler Alpen & Karnische Alpen, Carinthia, AustriaBleibergSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 
sedexmvt-00032247201Middle to Late Triassic host rock age   Yes  42683Bad Bleiberg, Bleiberg District, Gailtaler Alpen & Karnische Alpen, Carinthia, AustriaBleibergTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 


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