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Locality Name:
Neuschurf Adit, Schwarzleo District, Schwarzleograben, Hütten, Leogang, Saalfelden, Salzburg, Austria

Oldest recorded age at locality: 144
Youngest recorded age at locality: 65

mindat Locality ID: 187720
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-187720.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Neuschurf Adit, Schwarzleo District, Schwarzleograben, Hütten, Leogang, Saalfelden, Salzburg, Austria": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 47°25'21"N
Longitude: 12°40'31"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.4225,12.675277777778

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 Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteClay
CopperCovelliteDevillineDiasporeDigeniteEnargiteGypsumMalachiteMarcasiteMica
MilleriteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelSulphurTetrahedrite
VivianiteWurtzite

52 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Cesàrolite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Delafossite  (*)Devilline  (*)Digenite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Enargite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gortdrumite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hydromagnesite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Mawsonite  (*)Mercury  (*)Metacinnabar  (*)Millerite  (*)Mimetite  (*)
Moschellandsbergite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Paraschachnerite  (*)
Posnjakite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Richelsdorfite  (*)Schachnerite  (*)
Siegenite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Strashimirite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1446502793
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O144650445
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1446503250
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21446505509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)14465011547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41446505516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61446501633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)14465027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1446504979
Cesàrolite  (*)NonePbMn4+3O6(OH)214465027
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214465027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1446503531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS1446502600
Copper  (*)CopperCu1446503846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1446504165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1446502970
Delafossite  (*)NoneCu1+Fe3+O2144650144
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O144650366
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1446501027
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21446509895
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4144650910
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O144650814
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS14465024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1446507437
Gortdrumite  (*)NoneCu24Fe2Hg9S231446505
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1446506890
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O144650341
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)1446501487
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)214465012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21446505674
Mawsonite  (*)NoneCu6Fe2SnS814465092
Mercury  (*)NoneHg144650397
Metacinnabar  (*)SphaleriteHgS144650255
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS1446501066
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl1446501107
Moschellandsbergite  (*)NoneAg2Hg314465024
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)214465017380
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)144650492
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS144650767
Paraschachnerite  (*)NoneAg3Hg214465011
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O144650309
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS214465039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO214465061156
Richelsdorfite  (*)NoneCa2Cu5Sb5+(AsO4)4(OH)6Cl·6H2O14465057
Schachnerite  (*)NoneAg1.1Hg0.914465014
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S4144650249
Silver  (*)CopperAg1446505186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS14465021482
Strashimirite  (*)NoneCu4(AsO4)2(OH)2·2.5H2O14465090
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1446502045
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131446501803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO1446501101



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
Hg-0010214465      YesBalkanite, Cinnabar, Donharrisite, Gortdrumite, Mercury, Metacinnabar, MoschellandsbergiteHg50789Schwarzleo District, Schwarzleograben, Hütten, Leogang, Saalfelden, Salzburg, Austria Pohl and Belocky (1993) MOGG86_141 


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