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Locality Name:
Habach Valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria

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

mindat Locality ID: 20074
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-20074.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Habach Valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria": 75
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 61

Number of Child Localities: 41
Child Localities:
Breitfuß - Großer Finagl Area
Breitkopf
Brosing Alp
Brosing High Alp (Wildenkar Alp)
Dunkelklamm Gorge
Elferkogel
Fazenwand
Feschwand
Gamseck Area (Gamskogel)
Gamsmutter
Gamsplaike
Graukogel
Habach Bridge
Habachkees
Hohe Fürlegg
Kar Alp Area
Keesau
Kesselkar Alp
Kesselkarscharte
Kotgasse
Kramer Alp
Kratzenberg
Larmkogel
Leffler Source
Leiterkogel
Lower Weid Alp
Moar Alp
Nasenkopf
Nuitrui (Noitroi)
Plattiger Habach
Schafkopf (Schafkogel)
Scheißgraben (Kotriese; Incl. Zima Cleft)
Schönbach Valley
Tagweid Gorge
Teufelsmühle
Thüringer Hütte
Trogtalwand
Wiesbachrinne
Wildenkar
Wildenkarwald
Windbach Valley

Latitude: 47°11'46"N
Longitude: 12°21'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.196111111111,12.35
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: Ag Al As Au B Be Bi C Ca Ce Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Nb Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Th Ti U V W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AeschyniteAllophaneAmorphousAmphiboleAndalusiteApatiteApophylliteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryte
BerylBismutiteBranneriteBrochantiteBrookiteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisite
CopperCorundumCovelliteCubaniteDescloiziteDevillineDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparFluorite
GadoliniteGarnetLöllingiteLillianiteLinariteMalachiteMarcasiteMeneghiniteMicaMilarite
MolybdeniteMonaziteNatroliteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivineOxalatePentlanditePhenakite
PrehnitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSerpentineSmectite-vermiculiteSphalerite
SpinelStibniteSulphurTalcTitaniteTourmalineVesuvianiteVivianiteWurtziteZircon

116 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Adamite  (*)Aeschynite-(Ce)  (*)Aeschynite-(Y)  (*)Albite  (*)
Anatase  (*)Andalusite  (*)Andradite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)
Annabergite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Asbolane  (*)
Aschamalmite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bavenite  (*)Bertrandite  (*)Beryl  (*)
Beyerite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brannerite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Brookite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Chromite  (*)Chrysoberyl  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Clinochlore  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Corundum  (*)Cosalite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cubanite  (*)Datolite  (*)Devilline  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Dravite  (*)Epidote  (*)Erythrite  (*)Eulytine  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)Fluorite  (*)Friedrichite  (*)Gadolinite-(Ce)  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Grossular  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Hercynite  (*)Heyrovskýite  (*)Hydrocerussite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Kasolite  (*)Köttigite  (*)Krupkaite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Lillianite  (*)
Linarite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Margarite  (*)Microcline  (*)Milarite  (*)Mimetite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Mottramite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Opal  (*)Paracostibite  (*)Pargasite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Phenakite  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Piemontite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Scolecite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Talc  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Vesuvianite  (*)Whewellite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2599334321840,21856,218733419
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)599334121876254
Aeschynite-(Ce)  (*)Aeschynite(Ce,Ca,Fe,Th)(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)659933412186143
Aeschynite-(Y)  (*)Aeschynite(Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)6599334221845,21856141
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)5993341921804,21805,21821,21823,21826,21835,21840,21842,21845,21846,21847,21849,21851,21856,21859,21861,21864,21869,218708803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO25993341121804,21824,21845,21856,21861,21867,21868,21870,21873,21875,218762162
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO55993341218551310
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)35993341218581534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)599334221808,218542734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)25993341218563092
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O599334121876445
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4599334321856,21858,21861708
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)599334221845,218763250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS5993341218549052
Asbolane  (*)Not in a structural groupMn4+(O,OH)2·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)x(OH)2x·nH2O599334121876143
Aschamalmite  (*)LillianitePb6-3xBi2+xS9599334521851,21858,21860,21862,2187316
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)25993341218545509
Bavenite  (*)NoneCa4Be2+xAl2-xSi9O26-x(OH)2+x (x = 0 to 1)599334621802,21809,21811,21813,21840,21854255
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)2599334621803,21804,21806,21809,21853,21861606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O185993341821803,21804,21808,21809,21810,21813,21815,21816,21817,21830,21831,21834,21851,21856,21858,21861,21873,218744286
Beyerite  (*)BismutiteCaBi2O2(CO3)2599334221858,2186096
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3599334321808,21815,218581935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)599334121860716
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS45993341218585516
Brannerite  (*)BranneriteUTi2O6599334321823,21856,21861248
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)65993341218541633
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2599334521845,21856,21870,21875,21876700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)5993341721814,21829,21840,21842,21844,21845,21846,21849,21854,21856,21858,21861,21867,21868,21870,21874,2187627770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO25993341218565171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)599334521815,21858,21860,21862,218764979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2599334521820,21854,21856,21858,2186227198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)8599334221830,21845577
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O45993341218563902
Chrysoberyl  (*)OlivineBeAl2O4599334221856,21861321
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O5993341218543531
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8599334321805,21825,218581756
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)599334321826,21856,218581025
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O35993341218541797
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S5599334221848,21873344
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS599334321854,21856,218584165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3599334121856802
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)599334421840,21842,21843,21870498
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O599334121854366
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6599334221858,218664135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2599334321840,21856,218769895
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)599334121856648
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)5993341021804,21827,21835,21840,21842,21847,21856,21858,21866,218748173
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O599334121876814
Eulytine  (*)NoneBi4(SiO4)359933412187372
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F599334621802,21805,21830,21845,21846,218702740
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20F·8H2O599334321814,21840,21843303
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2599334421840,21842,21858,218749617
Friedrichite  (*)MeneghiniteCu5Pb5Bi7S1859933412185843
Gadolinite-(Ce)  (*)GadoliniteCe2Fe2+Be2O2(SiO4)259933412185631
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS5993341621806,21808,21810,21812,21815,21819,21820,21831,21833,21848,21854,21858,21860,21873,21874,2187624243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)599334321856,21862,218767437
Gold  (*)CopperAu599334421820,21854,21857,2185830554
Graphite  (*)NoneC5993341218562812
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)35993341218581544
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3599334221845,2187514640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O599334221854,218761689
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O4599334121856407
Heyrovskýite  (*)LillianitePb6Bi2S9599334221848,2187366
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)2599334121854201
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3599334621805,21821,21845,21847,21856,218585433
Kasolite  (*)NonePb(UO2)(SiO4)·H2O599334221810,21873198
Köttigite  (*)VivianiteZn3(AsO4)2·8H2O59933412187660
Krupkaite  (*)MeneghinitePbCuBi3S659933412185880
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O599334721814,21840,21842,21843,21846,21849,218701271
Lillianite  (*)LillianitePb3-2xAgxBi2+xS6599334221848,21873128
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2599334221854,21862987
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)599334121856451
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)599334221856,218591487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4599334421856,21858,21866,2187514899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2599334321854,21856,2186212537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS25993341218565674
Margarite  (*)Mica ClayCaAl2Si2Al2O10(OH)2599334221856,21861168
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)5993341218564924
Milarite  (*)MilariteKCa2(Be2AlSi12)O30·H2O599334921803,21806,21811,21839,21854,21856,21861,21872,21873156
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl5993341218621107
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2599334221816,218565800
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)599334221874,21875945
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O5993341218731508
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)599334121854362
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)25993341021806,21819,21821,21823,21834,21836,21840,21845,21856,2187617380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O5993341218562994
Paracostibite  (*)LöllingiteCoSbS5993341218546
Pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2599334221858,21861313
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S85993341218561512
Phenakite  (*)PhenakiteBe2(SiO4)599334721804,21806,21830,21853,21856,21861,21873326
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2599334221856,218582273
Piemontite  (*)EpidoteCa2(Al2Mn3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)599334221844,21866260
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)25993341121804,21814,21823,21825,21839,21840,21842,21846,21853,21859,218701898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS25993341121806,21820,21821,21823,21851,21854,21855,21856,21858,21864,2187639462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8599334221856,218679056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO25993343821803,21804,21806,21808,21809,21810,21813,21816,21817,21819,21823,21824,21825,21839,21840,21841,21842,21843,21845,21846,21847,21849,21850,21851,21853,21854,21855,21856,21858,21861,21864,21867,21868,21869,21870,21873,21875,2187661156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO25993341521805,21811,21821,21823,21829,21832,21840,21845,21851,21856,21861,21867,21869,21870,218735614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)599334821813,21814,21842,21856,21858,21861,21863,218734894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)599334321829,21856,218702705
Scolecite  (*)NatroliteCa(Si3Al2)O10·3H2O599334221840,21842390
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)599334321845,21871,218766417
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)5993341218762473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS599334321819,21854,2187621482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS4599334121820586
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S35993341218573418
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS5993341218542045
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2599334221856,218583337
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O5993342121804,21806,21811,21814,21823,21825,21829,21833,21840,21842,21846,21847,21849,21851,21853,21854,21855,21856,21858,21870,218734899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)25993341218562562
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO25993341218562718
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)105993341218401395
Whewellite  (*)OxalateCa(C2O4)·H2O59933412182566
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO4599334521804,21819,21830,21854,218761655
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)599334121856939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)599334321807,21840,218565251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)599334521817,21842,21856,21861,218731025


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Giersdorf_00000995The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00000996The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00000997The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00000998The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00000999The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00001000The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00001001The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00001002The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00001003The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00001004The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00001005The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00001006The 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 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
Giersdorf_00000995371339355±16U-Pb    YesZircon 34007Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, AustriaTauern WindowLerchbaumer et al. (2010) AJES103_138 
Giersdorf_00000996394348371±23U-Pb    YesZircon 34007Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, AustriaTauern WindowLerchbaumer et al. (2010) AJES103_138 
Giersdorf_00000997472422447±25U-Pb    YesZircon 34007Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, AustriaTauern WindowLerchbaumer et al. (2010) AJES103_138 
Giersdorf_00000998517493505±12U-Pb    YesZircon 34007Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, AustriaTauern WindowLerchbaumer et al. (2010) AJES103_138 
Giersdorf_00000999510484497±13U-Pb    YesZircon 34007Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, AustriaTauern WindowLerchbaumer et al. (2010) AJES103_138 
Giersdorf_00001000599563581±18U-Pb    YesZircon 34007Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, AustriaTauern WindowLerchbaumer et al. (2010) AJES103_138 
Giersdorf_00001001344342343±1U-Pb    YesZircon 34007Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, AustriaTauern WindowLerchbaumer et al. (2010) AJES103_138 
Giersdorf_00001002368356362±6U-Pb    YesZircon 34007Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, AustriaTauern WindowLerchbaumer et al. (2010) AJES103_138 
Giersdorf_00001003385351368±17U-Pb    YesZircon 34007Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, AustriaTauern WindowLerchbaumer et al. (2010) AJES103_138 
Giersdorf_00001004344334339±5U-Pb    YesZircon 34007Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, AustriaTauern WindowLerchbaumer et al. (2010) AJES103_138 
Giersdorf_00001005373347360±13U-Pb    YesZircon 34007Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, AustriaTauern WindowLerchbaumer et al. (2010) AJES103_138 
Giersdorf_00001006358354356±2U-Pb    YesZircon 34007Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, AustriaTauern WindowLerchbaumer et al. (2010) AJES103_138 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060944Leckbachgraben (Leckbachrinne), Nasenkopf, Habach Valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austriahttps://rruff.info/R060944

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