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Locality Name:
Karawanks (Karavankas; Karavanks), Slovenia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 247
Youngest recorded age at locality: 242

mindat Locality ID: 135090
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-135090.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Karawanks (Karavankas; Karavanks), Slovenia": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Kamniška Bistrica
Topla Deposit

Latitude: 46°26'20"N
Longitude: 14°22'51"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.438888888889,14.380833333333
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: Al C Ca Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Si Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleMarcasiteNoneOlivinePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Dolomite  (*)Edenite  (*)Ferro-edenite  (*)Ferro-hornblende  (*)Ferro-pargasite  (*)
Forsterite  (*)Galena  (*)Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Marcasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)224724211058979895
Edenite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22(OH)22472420160
Ferro-edenite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2Fe2+5(Si7Al)O22(OH)2247242057
Ferro-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Fe2+4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)22472420271
Ferro-pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2247242054
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)24724201188
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS247242110589724243
Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)22472420238
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS224724211058975674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2247242110589739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2247242061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS247242110589721482


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Giersdorf_00000666The Topla zinc-lead deposit lies in carbonate rocks which are attributed to the Anisian age


1 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_00000666247242247-242      Galena, SphaleriteZn, Pb252548Topla Deposit, Karawanks (Karavankas; Karavanks), SloveniaTopla zinc-lead depositDrovenik (1983)10.1007/978-3-642-68988-8_10MDAEAE_88The Topla deposit is described as being found in Anisian Carbonate rocks, early Triassic

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