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

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

mindat Locality ID: 48343
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-48343.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kreuth, Bleiberg District, Gailtaler Alpen & Karnische Alpen, Carinthia, Austria": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Antoni Mine (Antoni Shaft)
Kabesnock (Kowesnock; Kobesnock)
Max Mine
Schneidergraben
Wertschacher Alp (Windisch Alp)

Latitude: 46°37'43"N
Longitude: 13°38'54"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.628611111111,13.648333333333

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 F Fe H Mg Mo O Pb S Si Sr Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteCalciteClayFluoriteGypsumMarcasiteMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural group
PalygorskitePyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteWurtzite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Anhydrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Palygorskite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Strontianite  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)247180219507,195091588
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)247180219507,1950911547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)247180219507,1950927770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)247180219507,195091252
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)247180219508,195094979
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2247180219507,195099895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2247180319507,19508,195099617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS247180419507,19508,19509,1951224243
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS247180119509717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O247180219507,195096890
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O2471801195091689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)62471801195091066
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS22471801195095674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS22471801195115800
Palygorskite  (*)Palygorskite Clay(Mg,Al)2Si4O10(OH)·4H2O2471800306
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2247180219507,1950939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO224718011950961156
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)247180219508,195092473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS247180419507,19508,19509,1951221482
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)2471800589
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO4247180219508,195091655
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS247180119509372



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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