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Locality Name:
Erzwies Area, Gastein Valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria

Oldest recorded age at locality: 599
Youngest recorded age at locality: 334

mindat Locality ID: 44634
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-44634.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Erzwies Area, Gastein Valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Erzwies Mines
Kleiner Silberpfennig
Silberkarlscharte - East Of
Silberpfennig
Unnamed Prospect

Latitude: 47°5'19"N
Longitude: 13°2'29"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.088611111111,13.041388888889

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.

Acanthite	Alunite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Covellite	Diaspore
Digenite	Lillianite	Meneghinite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pavonite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Sulphur	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*
Benjaminite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cosalite ()*	Covellite ()*	Dantopaite ()*	Digenite ()*	Erzwiesite ()*
Eskimoite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Heyrovskýite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Krupkaite ()*	Matildite ()*	Ourayite ()*
Pavonite ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Siderite ()*
Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tetradymite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Vikingite ()*

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: Ag As Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Bi Cu Pb S Te

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Covellite Diaspore
Digenite Lillianite Meneghinite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pavonite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Stibnite Sulphur Tetradymite Tetrahedrite

43 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	599	334	1	21734	2793
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	599	334	2	21734,21737	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	599	334	1	21734	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	599	334	1	21734	9052
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	599	334	1	21734	919
Benjaminite ()*	Pavonite	Ag₃Bi₇S₁₂	599	334	0		45
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	599	334	2	21734,21737	1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	599	334	1	21734	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	599	334	1	21734	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	599	334	1	21734	27198
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	599	334	1	21737	344
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	599	334	1	21734	4165
Dantopaite ()*	Pavonite	Ag₅Bi₁₃S₂₂	599	334	0		3
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	599	334	1	21734	1027
Erzwiesite ()*	Lillianite	Ag₈Pb₁₂Bi₁₆S₄₀	599	334	1	21738	2
Eskimoite ()*	Lillianite	Ag₇Pb₁₀Bi₁₅S₃₆	599	334	0		20
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	599	334	1	21734	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	599	334	1	21734	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	599	334	1	21734	30554
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	599	334	1	21734	1689
Heyrovskýite ()*	Lillianite	Pb₆Bi₂S₉	599	334	0		66
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	599	334	1	21734	1066
Krupkaite ()*	Meneghinite	PbCuBi₃S₆	599	334	0		80
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂	599	334	1	21734	252
Ourayite ()*	Lillianite	Ag₃Pb₄Bi₅S₁₃	599	334	0		24
Pavonite ()*	Pavonite	AgBi₃S₅	599	334	0		72
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	599	334	1	21737	477
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	599	334	1	21734	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	599	334	2	21734,21736	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	599	334	1	21734	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	599	334	3	21734,21735,21737	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	599	334	2	21734,21737	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	599	334	1	21735	4894
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	599	334	2	21734,21736	1153
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	599	334	1	21734	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	599	334	1	21734	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	599	334	1	21734	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	599	334	1	21734	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	599	334	1	21736	2045
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	599	334	1	21734	1803
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	599	334	0		510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	599	334	1	21734	5317
Vikingite ()*	Lillianite	Ag₅Pb₈Bi₁₃S₃₀	599	334	0		27

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000995	The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00000996	The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00000997	The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00000998	The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00000999	The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00001000	The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00001001	The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00001002	The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00001003	The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00001004	The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00001005	The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00001006	The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies

12 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age from other Locality	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
Giersdorf_00000995	371	339	355±16	U-Pb	Yes	Zircon	34007	Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria	Tauern Window	Lerchbaumer et al. (2010)	AJES103_138
Giersdorf_00000996	394	348	371±23	U-Pb	Yes	Zircon	34007	Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria	Tauern Window	Lerchbaumer et al. (2010)	AJES103_138
Giersdorf_00000997	472	422	447±25	U-Pb	Yes	Zircon	34007	Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria	Tauern Window	Lerchbaumer et al. (2010)	AJES103_138
Giersdorf_00000998	517	493	505±12	U-Pb	Yes	Zircon	34007	Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria	Tauern Window	Lerchbaumer et al. (2010)	AJES103_138
Giersdorf_00000999	510	484	497±13	U-Pb	Yes	Zircon	34007	Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria	Tauern Window	Lerchbaumer et al. (2010)	AJES103_138
Giersdorf_00001000	599	563	581±18	U-Pb	Yes	Zircon	34007	Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria	Tauern Window	Lerchbaumer et al. (2010)	AJES103_138
Giersdorf_00001001	344	342	343±1	U-Pb	Yes	Zircon	34007	Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria	Tauern Window	Lerchbaumer et al. (2010)	AJES103_138
Giersdorf_00001002	368	356	362±6	U-Pb	Yes	Zircon	34007	Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria	Tauern Window	Lerchbaumer et al. (2010)	AJES103_138
Giersdorf_00001003	385	351	368±17	U-Pb	Yes	Zircon	34007	Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria	Tauern Window	Lerchbaumer et al. (2010)	AJES103_138
Giersdorf_00001004	344	334	339±5	U-Pb	Yes	Zircon	34007	Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria	Tauern Window	Lerchbaumer et al. (2010)	AJES103_138
Giersdorf_00001005	373	347	360±13	U-Pb	Yes	Zircon	34007	Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria	Tauern Window	Lerchbaumer et al. (2010)	AJES103_138
Giersdorf_00001006	358	354	356±2	U-Pb	Yes	Zircon	34007	Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria	Tauern Window	Lerchbaumer et al. (2010)	AJES103_138

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