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

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

mindat Locality ID: 14545
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14545.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Untersulzbach Valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria": 47
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 41

Number of Child Localities: 25
Child Localities:
Abichl Alp - Beryller Area
Ascham Alp - Breitfuß - Sonntagskopf Area
Blaulahner Gorge
Brandeckhütte (Grundeckhütte)
Gamsmutter
Grasfeld Gorge
Hochalpl
Hochfeld Mine
Hohe Fürlegg West Slope (Hoch Fürleg West Slope)
Käferfeld Glacier - Schwarzes Hörndl Area
Kessel Gorge (Kesselklamm)
Kleiner Finagl West Slope
Knappenwand Area
Krautgarten East Slope
Lärchbichlgraben
Leutachkopf - Stocker Alp Area
Marchklamm
Martin Adit
Mitterkopf East Slope
Notklamm
Ochsenklamm
Popberg Alp (Poppberg Alp)
Saukopf
Untersulzbach Glacier
Wartköpfe (Waschköpfe)

Latitude: 47°13'14"N
Longitude: 12°16'23"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.220555555556,12.273055555556
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 Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Sb Si Ta Te Th Ti U W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AeschyniteAllophaneAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleApatiteApophylliteAragoniteArsenicArsenopyrite
BaryteBerylBrochantiteBrookiteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisite
ColumbiteCopiapiteCopperCorundumCovelliteCubaniteCyanotrichiteDiasporeEnargiteEpidote
FeldsparFluoriteGarnetGypsumKaoliniteKobelliteLazuliteLepidocrociteLillianiteMalachite
MarcasiteMeneghiniteMicaMilariteMolybdeniteMonaziteNatroliteNickelineNoneNot in a structural group
PhenakitePolybasitePrehnitePyritePyrophyllitePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScheelite
SphaleriteSpinelSulphurTetradymiteTitaniteTopazTourmalineWurtziteZircon

99 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Aeschynite-(Y)  (*)Albite  (*)Allophane  (*)Altaite  (*)
Anatase  (*)Andradite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Antlerite  (*)
Aragonite  (*)Aschamalmite  (*)Augite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bavenite  (*)Bertrandite  (*)Beryl  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bornite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Brookite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Copiapite  (*)
Copper  (*)Cosalite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Cyanotrichite  (*)
Dickite  (*)Diopside  (*)Enargite  (*)Epidote  (*)Euxenite-(Y)  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)Fluorite  (*)Friedrichite  (*)Galena  (*)
Galenobismutite  (*)Glaucodot  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Gustavite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hastingsite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Koninckite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Langite  (*)
Laumontite  (*)Lazulite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Lillianite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Milarite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Phenakite  (*)Polybasite  (*)
Posnjakite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Sampleite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)
Scolecite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stützite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tellurium  (*)
Tetradymite  (*)Titanite  (*)Topaz  (*)Woodhouseite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Xilingolite  (*)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)2599334222204,222203419
Aeschynite-(Y)  (*)Aeschynite(Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)6599334122179141
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)5993341322179,22182,22183,22192,22195,22196,22197,22201,22204,22208,22217,22221,222228803
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O599334122195470
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe599334222195,22203489
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2599334522178,22184,22216,22217,222222162
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)35993341222021534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)599334322195,22203,222042734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)25993341221953092
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)4599334122195246
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)5993341221933250
Aschamalmite  (*)LillianitePb6-3xBi2+xS9599334222183,2218716
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O65993341222022060
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2599334322195,22200,222045509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)59933412221311547
Bavenite  (*)NoneCa4Be2+xAl2-xSi9O26-x(OH)2+x (x = 0 to 1)599334822178,22182,22185,22194,22204,22208,22219,22222255
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)2599334422178,22182,22185,22194606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18599334922178,22179,22182,22186,22188,22200,22207,22214,222224286
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi5993341221951966
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4599334222195,222045516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)65993341221951633
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2599334322179,22216,22217700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)5993341322178,22183,22185,22190,22192,22193,22195,22201,22202,22204,22206,22208,2221927770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)599334622195,22202,22203,22204,22211,222204979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O599334122195925
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS25993341022180,22195,22200,22203,22204,22206,22207,22213,22215,2222027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O5993341221953531
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)85993341222021756
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)599334522177,22178,22192,22217,222181025
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O599334122195382
Copper  (*)CopperCu5993341221953846
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S5599334222183,22195344
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS5993341221954165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3599334122195802
Cyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)2599334322195,22203,22204179
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4599334122210651
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6599334222204,222224135
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4599334122213910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)5993341122182,22185,22194,22198,22202,22204,22205,22206,22217,22221,222228173
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(NbTi)O6599334122179414
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F599334322178,22202,222042740
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20F·8H2O599334122217303
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF25993341022178,22179,22185,22194,22195,22199,22200,22210,22217,222199617
Friedrichite  (*)MeneghiniteCu5Pb5Bi7S1859933412218043
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS599334922182,22183,22195,22200,22203,22204,22206,22211,2222024243
Galenobismutite  (*)KobellitePbBi2S4599334222181,22183192
Glaucodot  (*)Arsenopyrite(Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS599334222195,22203131
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)5993341222047437
Gold  (*)CopperAu59933412219530554
Gustavite  (*)LillianiteAgPbBi3S6599334122195113
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O599334422195,22203,22204,222126890
Hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2599334122202209
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3599334722177,22193,22194,22195,22205,22208,2221914640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te599334122195804
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)65993341221951066
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3599334522195,22202,22203,22204,222075433
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6599334222195,222102228
Koninckite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·3H2O59933412221319
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO4599334222210,222131507
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O599334122195593
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O599334422178,22194,22221,222221271
Lazulite  (*)LazuliteMgAl2(PO4)2(OH)2599334122210232
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)599334122204581
Lillianite  (*)LillianitePb3-2xAgxBi2+xS6599334122195128
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4599334422195,22202,22203,2220414899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2599334422195,22200,22202,2220412537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2599334322195,22203,222045674
Milarite  (*)MilariteKCa2(Be2AlSi12)O30·H2O599334322178,22184,22194156
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2599334522194,22195,22201,22204,222205800
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)599334122213945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2599334822179,22193,22201,22208,22212,22213,22214,2222217380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O5993341221782994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)5993341221832349
Phenakite  (*)PhenakiteBe2(SiO4)599334222207,22219326
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]599334122207716
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O599334122195309
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)2599334422182,22194,22201,222211898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS25993341022180,22192,22195,22200,22203,22204,22208,22210,22213,2222239462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2599334122210771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8599334422180,22202,22203,222159056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO25993342122177,22178,22179,22181,22182,22183,22187,22192,22193,22194,22195,22198,22201,22204,22205,22206,22208,22213,22217,22219,2222261156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2599334722178,22193,22194,22213,22216,22217,222205614
Sampleite  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(PO4)4Cl·5H2O59933412219540
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)599334222195,222044894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)5993341221962705
Scolecite  (*)NatroliteCa(Si3Al2)O10·3H2O599334122194390
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS599334622195,22200,22202,22203,22213,2221521482
Stützite  (*)NoneAg5-xTe3 (x = 0.24-0.36)59933412219592
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS5993341221952045
Tellurium  (*)NoneTe599334122213190
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S599334122213510
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O5993341422178,22180,22192,22194,22195,22196,22197,22201,22204,22208,22209,22217,22220,222224899
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F2599334222209,222101476
Woodhouseite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6599334222201,2221062
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO45993341221851655
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)599334322180,22216,22217939
Xilingolite  (*)LillianitePb3Bi2S65993341221777
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)599334522178,22192,22202,22216,222175251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)5993341221921025


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
R060690Ascham Alp - Breitfuß - Sonntagskopf Area, Untersulzbach Valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austriahttps://rruff.info/R060690

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