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

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

mindat Locality ID: 50757
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-50757.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Stubach Valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria": 47
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 38

Number of Child Localities: 15
Child Localities:
Enzingerboden
Fellern
Guggernbach Valley (Lützlstubach)
Hocheiser Southwest Slope
Hochsedlkopf
Hohe Fürlegg (Hoch Fürleg)
Hoher Sand
Kastenturm (north Ridge)
Obere Ödenwinkelscharte
Ödenwinkel Area
Ödenwinkel Glacier
Rudolfshütte
Schneiderau
Totenkopf (incl. Lower Riffl Glacier)
Upper Riffl Glacier (incl. Rifflöd; Hohe Riffl; Totenlöcher)

Latitude: 47°7'0"N
Longitude: 12°38'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.116666666667,12.649444444444

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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Axinite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite
Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite
Gadolinite	Garnet	Humite	Kaolinite	Lazulite	Malachite	Mica	Milarite	Molybdenite	Natrolite
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Perovskite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sepiolite	Serpentine	Spinel	Stibnite	Talc	Thomsonite
Titanite	Tourmaline	Valleriite	Vesuvianite	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 B Be Bi C Ca Co Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Si Sn Ti W Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C H Ni O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Axinite Baryte Brochantite Calcite
Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite
Gadolinite Garnet Humite Kaolinite Lazulite Malachite Mica Milarite Molybdenite Natrolite
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Perovskite Prehnite Pyrite Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Quartz
Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sepiolite Serpentine Spinel Stibnite Talc Thomsonite
Titanite Tourmaline Valleriite Vesuvianite Zircon

85 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Anatase ()*	Andradite ()*
Anglesite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Antlerite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*
Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Clinohumite ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Datolite ()*	Delafossite ()*
Dickite ()*	Diopside ()*	Djurleite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dypingite ()*
Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Forsterite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Grossular ()*	Hausmannite ()*	Hematite ()*
Hydromagnesite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Lazulite ()*
Linnaeite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Milarite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Perovskite ()*	Prehnite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Rhodonite ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Scolecite ()*
Sepiolite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Spinel ()*	Talc ()*
Tenorite ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Valleriite ()*
Vesuvianite ()*	Violarite ()*	Wulfenite ()*	Zaratite ()*	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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	599	334	4	22148,22166,22172,22173	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	599	334	11	22145,22148,22150,22158,22159,22163,22164,22166,22172,22173,22174	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	599	334	1	22168	2353
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	599	334	6	22138,22156,22158,22161,22166,22173	2162
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	599	334	2	22158,22173	1534
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	599	334	1	22158	2734
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	599	334	1	22132	718
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	599	334	1	22173	708
Antlerite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu²⁺₃(SO₄)(OH)₄	599	334	1	22173	246
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	599	334	1	22173	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	599	334	1	22173	9052
Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Fe²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂	599	334	1	22174	260
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	599	334	2	22158,22173	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	599	334	1	22158	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	599	334	2	22144,22173	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	599	334	1	22173	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	599	334	12	22131,22137,22138,22145,22147,22150,22163,22164,22165,22166,22173,22174	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	599	334	1	22135	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	599	334	1	22158	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	599	334	1	22173	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	599	334	3	22135,22144,22173	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	599	334	1	22163	577
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	599	334	1	22173	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	599	334	2	22173,22174	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	599	334	2	22136,22173	1756
Clinohumite ()*	Humite	Mg₉(SiO₄)₄F₂	599	334	1	22173	236
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	599	334	1	22173	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	599	334	1	22173	2970
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	599	334	2	22165,22174	498
Delafossite ()*	None	Cu¹⁺Fe³⁺O₂	599	334	1	22173	144
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	599	334	1	22167	651
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	599	334	4	22129,22130,22131,22173	4135
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	599	334	1	22173	300
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	599	334	3	22150,22166,22173	9895
Dypingite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·5H₂O	599	334	1	22173	50
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	599	334	2	22132,22173	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	599	334	3	22131,22156,22173	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	599	334	3	22134,22148,22163	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	599	334	1	22137	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	599	334	1	22173	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	599	334	3	22137,22158,22161	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	599	334	1	22173	7437
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	599	334	2	22131,22173	1544
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄	599	334	1	22143	350
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	599	334	5	22140,22156,22163,22172,22173	14640
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	599	334	1	22174	341
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	599	334	4	22128,22144,22145,22173	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	599	334	2	22136,22173	1507
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	599	334	1	22137	1271
Lazulite ()*	Lazulite	MgAl₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂	599	334	3	22136,22148,22171	232
Linnaeite ()*	Spinel	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂S₄	599	334	1	22173	249
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	599	334	1	22173	359
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	599	334	2	22166,22173	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	599	334	7	22131,22138,22144,22145,22166,22172,22173	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	599	334	2	22144,22173	12537
Milarite ()*	Milarite	KCa₂(Be₂AlSi₁₂)O₃₀·H₂O	599	334	1	22155	156
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	599	334	1	22173	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	599	334	2	22137,22170	17380
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	599	334	1	22173	495
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	599	334	5	22153,22154,22166,22173,22174	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	599	334	5	22131,22144,22166,22173,22174	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	599	334	1	22136	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	599	334	1	22173	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	599	334	24	22133,22135,22137,22140,22145,22147,22148,22150,22151,22153,22155,22156,22157,22158,22159,22163,22164,22165,22166,22167,22168,22169,22173,22174	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	599	334	1	22143	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	599	334	1	22143	969
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	599	334	9	22133,22144,22150,22159,22163,22165,22168,22173,22174	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	599	334	7	22135,22137,22149,22160,22169,22173,22174	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	599	334	2	22145,22173	2705
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	599	334	1	22137	390
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O	599	334	1	22173	241
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	599	334	1	22158	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	599	334	1	22173	5186
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	599	334	1	22173	1934
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	599	334	4	22144,22166,22172,22173	3337
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	599	334	1	22173	1101
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	599	334	2	22173,22174	452
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	599	334	12	22130,22137,22144,22145,22147,22150,22157,22158,22163,22165,22172,22173	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	599	334	2	22130,22173	2562
Valleriite ()*	Valleriite	2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)₂]	599	334	1	22173	237
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	599	334	2	22132,22173	1395
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	599	334	1	22173	380
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	599	334	1	22158	1655
Zaratite ()*	Amorphous	Ni₃(CO₃)(OH)₄·4H₂O	599	334	0		56
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	599	334	1	22173	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

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