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Locality Name:
Kaintaleck Mine (Kaintalegg Mine; Hohenburg Deposit), Magnesite Deposit, Oberdorf An Der Laming, Laming Valley, Bruck An Der Mur, Styria, Austria

Oldest recorded age at locality: 365
Youngest recorded age at locality: 363

mindat Locality ID: 186786
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-186786.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kaintaleck Mine (Kaintalegg Mine; Hohenburg Deposit), Magnesite Deposit, Oberdorf An Der Laming, Laming Valley, Bruck An Der Mur, Styria, Austria": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 47°34'58"N
Longitude: 16°3'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.582777777778,16.05

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 Ba C Ca F Fe H Mg O P S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca F Fe H Mg O P S Si Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChloriteClayDiasporeNonePalygorskite
PyriteQuartzRutileTalc

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Goethite  (*)Graphite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Opal  (*)
Palygorskite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Talc  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)36536303250
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)365363011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)365363027770
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)836536301756
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)236536309895
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F36536302740
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)36536307437
Graphite  (*)NoneC36536302812
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)36536301487
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O36536302994
Palygorskite  (*)Palygorskite Clay(Mg,Al)2Si4O10(OH)·4H2O3653630306
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2365363039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2365363061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO236536305614
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)236536303337



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
Bradley_2012_059365363364±1Ar/Ar muscovite   Muscovite  186786Kaintaleck Mine (Kaintalegg Mine; Hohenburg Deposit), Magnesite Deposit, Oberdorf An Der Laming, Laming Valley, Bruck An Der Mur, Styria, Austria[Kaintaleck Complex]McCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 


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