Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kasten Alp, Lafatsch Valley (Hinterau Valley), Karwendel Mts, North Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria

Oldest recorded age at locality: 237
Youngest recorded age at locality: 201

mindat Locality ID: 107978
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-107978.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kasten Alp, Lafatsch Valley (Hinterau Valley), Karwendel Mts, North Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 47°21'39"N
Longitude: 11°26'57"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.360833333333,11.449166666667

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.

Aragonite	Calcite	Marcasite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Sulphur
Wurtzite

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: C Ca Cd Fe H Mo O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Cd Fe H Mo O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Calcite Marcasite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Sulphur
Wurtzite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Galena ()*	Greenockite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Hydrozincite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Sulphur ()*	Wulfenite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	237	201	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	237	201	4979
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	237	201	24243
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	237	201	717
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	237	201	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	237	201	1066
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	237	201	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	237	201	39462
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	237	201	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	237	201	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	237	201	2045
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	237	201	1655

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
	sedexmvt-00033	237	201	Late Triassic		host rock age					Yes				42746	Gschniergraben (Lafatsch Pass), Lafatsch Valley (Hinterau Valley), Karwendel Mts, North Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria	Lafatsch	Taylor et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1297

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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