Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Kaprun, Kaprun Valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria

Oldest recorded age at locality: 599
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 189242
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-189242.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kaprun, Kaprun Valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Lechnerberg Slag Locality

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Connellite	Copper	Covellite	Gypsum
Humboldtine	Ludwigite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Oxalate	Spinel

Anglesite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Azurite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Connellite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Fayalite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Humboldtine ()*	Jarosite ()*	Laihunite ()*
Langite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Vonsenite ()*	Wroewolfeite ()*

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 B C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Connellite Copper Covellite Gypsum
Humboldtine Ludwigite Malachite None Not in a structural group Olivine Oxalate Spinel

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	21917	2734
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	21917	3250
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	21917	5509
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	21917	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	21917	27770
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	21917	3531
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	1	21917	295
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	21917	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	21917	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	21917	2970
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	1	21917	371
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	21917	6890
Humboldtine ()*	Humboldtine Oxalate	Fe²⁺(C₂O₄)·2H₂O	1	21917	27
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	21917	2228
Laihunite ()*	None	(Fe³⁺,Fe²⁺, )₂(SiO₄)	1	21917	15
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	1	21917	593
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	21917	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	21917	12537
Vonsenite ()*	Ludwigite	Fe²⁺₂Fe³⁺O₂(BO₃)	1	21917	62
Wroewolfeite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	1	21917	95

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000995	The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00000996	The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00000997	The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00000998	The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00000999	The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00001000	The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00001001	The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00001002	The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00001003	The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00001004	The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00001005	The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00001006	The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Michelle_837	A small copper slag locality, likely of Bronze Age. Humboldtine is likely the product of acids from the humus interacting with iron sulfide ore residue.
Michelle_838	A small copper slag locality, likely of Bronze Age. Humboldtine is likely the product of acids from the humus interacting with iron sulfide ore residue.

14 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Age from other Locality	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID	Age Notes
Giersdorf_00000995	371	339	355±16	U-Pb		Yes	Zircon	34007	Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria	Tauern Window	Lerchbaumer et al. (2010)	AJES103_138
Giersdorf_00000996	394	348	371±23	U-Pb		Yes	Zircon	34007	Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria	Tauern Window	Lerchbaumer et al. (2010)	AJES103_138
Giersdorf_00000997	472	422	447±25	U-Pb		Yes	Zircon	34007	Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria	Tauern Window	Lerchbaumer et al. (2010)	AJES103_138
Giersdorf_00000998	517	493	505±12	U-Pb		Yes	Zircon	34007	Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria	Tauern Window	Lerchbaumer et al. (2010)	AJES103_138
Giersdorf_00000999	510	484	497±13	U-Pb		Yes	Zircon	34007	Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria	Tauern Window	Lerchbaumer et al. (2010)	AJES103_138
Giersdorf_00001000	599	563	581±18	U-Pb		Yes	Zircon	34007	Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria	Tauern Window	Lerchbaumer et al. (2010)	AJES103_138
Giersdorf_00001001	344	342	343±1	U-Pb		Yes	Zircon	34007	Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria	Tauern Window	Lerchbaumer et al. (2010)	AJES103_138
Giersdorf_00001002	368	356	362±6	U-Pb		Yes	Zircon	34007	Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria	Tauern Window	Lerchbaumer et al. (2010)	AJES103_138
Giersdorf_00001003	385	351	368±17	U-Pb		Yes	Zircon	34007	Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria	Tauern Window	Lerchbaumer et al. (2010)	AJES103_138
Giersdorf_00001004	344	334	339±5	U-Pb		Yes	Zircon	34007	Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria	Tauern Window	Lerchbaumer et al. (2010)	AJES103_138
Giersdorf_00001005	373	347	360±13	U-Pb		Yes	Zircon	34007	Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria	Tauern Window	Lerchbaumer et al. (2010)	AJES103_138
Giersdorf_00001006	358	354	356±2	U-Pb		Yes	Zircon	34007	Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria	Tauern Window	Lerchbaumer et al. (2010)	AJES103_138
Michelle_837	0	0	Anthropocene		Age of anthropogenic mineralization		Anglesite, Azurite, Fayalite, Humboldtine, Laihunite, Magnetite, Vonsenite	208035	Lechnerberg Slag Locality, Kaprun, Kaprun Valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria	Lechnerberg slag locality	Kolitsch and Brandstätter (2012)	NMOLXI_153	Age of anthropogenic mineralization
Michelle_838	0	0	Anthropocene		Age of anthropogenic mineralization		Brochantite, Connellite, Copper, Covellite, Gypsum, Jarosite, Langite, Malachite, Wroewolfeite	208035	Lechnerberg Slag Locality, Kaprun, Kaprun Valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria	Lechnerberg slag locality	Kolitsch and Brandstätter (2009)	NMOLVIII_207	Age of anthropogenic mineralization

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