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Locality Name:
Hoher Sonnblick, Alteck - Hoher Sonnblick Area, Hüttwinkl Valley, Rauris Valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria

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

mindat Locality ID: 56108
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-56108.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hoher Sonnblick, Alteck - Hoher Sonnblick Area, Hüttwinkl Valley, Rauris Valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Keestrachter
Leidenfrost
North Face
Rojacher Mine

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.

Alunite	Aragonite	Baryte	Beryl	Brochantite	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Copper
Corundum	Covellite	Cyanotrichite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Lepidocrocite	Lillianite
Linarite	Malachite	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Polybasite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Scheelite	Spangolite	Sphalerite	Stannite	Stibnite	Tetradymite	Titanite	Zircon

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 Ba Be Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Te Ti W Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Fe H O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Aragonite Baryte Beryl Brochantite Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Copper
Corundum Covellite Cyanotrichite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Lepidocrocite Lillianite
Linarite Malachite Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Polybasite Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Scheelite Spangolite Sphalerite Stannite Stibnite Tetradymite Titanite Zircon

53 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Brookite ()*
Bukovskýite ()*	Calcite ()*	Carbonatecyanotrichite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cyanotrichite ()*	Epidote ()*	Famatinite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gustavite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Khaidarkanite ()*
Lepidocrocite ()*	Linarite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Pitticite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rosasite ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*
Spangolite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Theisite ()*	Titanite ()*
Wulfenite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*

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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	599	334	3	22032,22033,22034	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	599	334	2	22032,22033	2162
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	599	334	2	22033,22034	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	599	334	2	22033,22034	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	599	334	1	22034	11547
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	599	334	2	22033,22034	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	599	334	1	22033	4286
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	599	334	1	22035	1935
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	599	334	1	22034	1633
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	599	334	1	22033	700
Bukovskýite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)·7H₂O	599	334	0		13
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	599	334	2	22032,22034	27770
Carbonatecyanotrichite ()*	Cyanotrichite	Cu₄Al₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₂·2H₂O	599	334	1	22034	88
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	599	334	2	22033,22034	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	599	334	1	22033	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	599	334	3	22033,22034,22035	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	599	334	1	22033	4165
Cyanotrichite ()*	Cyanotrichite	Cu₄Al₂(SO₄)(OH)₁₂(H₂O)₂	599	334	1	22034	179
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	599	334	1	22034	8173
Famatinite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃SbS₄	599	334	1	22033	163
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	599	334	1	22034	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	599	334	2	22033,22034	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	599	334	2	22033,22034	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	599	334	2	22033,22035	30554
Gustavite ()*	Lillianite	AgPbBi₃S₆	599	334	1	22035	113
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	599	334	1	22034	6890
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	599	334	2	22033,22034	1689
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	599	334	1	22033	5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	599	334	1	22034	2228
Khaidarkanite ()*	Cyanotrichite	Cu₄Al₃(OH)₁₄F₃·2H₂O	599	334	1	22034	4
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	599	334	1	22034	581
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	599	334	2	22033,22034	987
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	599	334	1	22034	1487
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	599	334	2	22033,22034	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	599	334	1	22033	5800
Pitticite ()*	None	[Fe,AsO₄,SO₄,H₂O] (?)	599	334	1	22034	140
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	599	334	1	22033	716
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	599	334	1	22032	1898
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	599	334	1	22033	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	599	334	2	22033,22034	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	599	334	4	22032,22033,22034,22035	61156
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	599	334	1	22034	454
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	599	334	2	22032,22033	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	599	334	1	22033	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	599	334	1	22033	6417
Spangolite ()*	Spangolite	Cu₆Al(SO₄)(OH)₁₂Cl·3H₂O	599	334	1	22034	105
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	599	334	2	22033,22034	21482
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	599	334	2	22033,22035	510
Theisite ()*	None	Cu₅Zn₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₁₄	599	334	1	22034	58
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	599	334	2	22033,22034	4899
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	599	334	2	22033,22034	1655
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	599	334	1	22033	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	599	334	1	22033	5251

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

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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