Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Pohorje Mountains, Slovenia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 20
Youngest recorded age at locality: 15

mindat Locality ID: 106632
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-106632.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pohorje Mountains, Slovenia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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.

Amphibole	Beryl	Corundum	Epidote	None	Not in a structural group	Pyroxene	Quartz	Sapphirine	Spinel
Staurolite

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: Al Be Ca Cr Fe H Li Mg Na O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be Ca Cr Fe H Li Mg Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Beryl Corundum Epidote None Not in a structural group Pyroxene Quartz Sapphirine Spinel
Staurolite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Beryl ()*	Chromite ()*	Corundum ()*	Kyanite ()*
Magnesiostaurolite ()*	Omphacite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sapphirine ()*	Spinel ()*
Zoisite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	20	15	3419
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	20	15	4286
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	20	15	3902
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	20	15	1797
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	20	15	1507
Magnesiostaurolite ()*	Staurolite	Mg(Mg,Li)₃(Al,Mg)₁₈Si₈O₄₄(OH)₄	20	15	7
Omphacite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si₂O₆	20	15	229
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	20	15	61156
Sapphirine ()*	Sapphirine	Mg₄(Mg₃Al₉)O₄[Si₃Al₉O₃₆]	20	15	129
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	20	15	1934
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	20	15	1025

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Scott-GC65_131-0001	20	15	20-15	U-Th-Pb	age of intrusion		monazite							106632	Pohorje Mountains, Slovenia	Pohorje Mountains	Uher et al.(2014)	10.2478/geoca-2014-0009	GC65_131	P. 131, These ages are comtemporaneous with the main crystallization and emplacement of the Pohorje pluton and adjacent volcanic rocks

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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