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Locality Name:
Mežica, Carinthia Region, Slovenia

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

mindat Locality ID: 20078
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-20078.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mežica, Carinthia Region, Slovenia": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Doroteja Mine
Mežica Mines
Staro Igrčevo Mine
Union Mine

Latitude: 46°31'1"N
Longitude: 14°51'12"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.516944444444,14.853333333333

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.

Amorphous	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Dansite	Descloizite	Diaspore	Epsomite
Fluorite	Gypsum	Marcasite	Melanterite	Minium	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Sulphur	Wurtzite

Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	D'ansite-(Fe) ()*	Descloizite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epsomite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Greenockite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Ilsemannite ()*	Jordisite ()*	Litharge ()*
Marcasite ()*	Massicot ()*	Melanterite ()*	Minium ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Sulphur ()*	Wulfenite ()*	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: As Ba C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cl Mo O P Pb S Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Dansite Descloizite Diaspore Epsomite
Fluorite Gypsum Marcasite Melanterite Minium Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Sulphur Wurtzite

33 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	237	201	2	105825,105827	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	237	201	1	105825	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	237	201	1	105825	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	237	201	3	105824,105825,105827	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	237	201	2	105825,105827	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	237	201	1	105825	5707
D'ansite-(Fe) ()*	Dansite	Na₂₁Fe(SO₄)₁₀Cl₃	237	201	1	105825	2
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	237	201	2	105825,105827	378
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	237	201	1	105825	9895
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	237	201	1	105825	484
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	237	201	1	105825	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	237	201	2	105825,105827	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	237	201	1	105825	7437
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	237	201	1	105825	717
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	237	201	1	105825	6890
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	237	201	1	105825	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	237	201	1	105825	1066
Ilsemannite ()*	None	Mo₃O₈·nH₂O (?)	237	201	1	105825	123
Jordisite ()*	Amorphous	MoS₂	237	201	0		102
Litharge ()*	None	PbO	237	201	1	105825	139
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	237	201	1	105825	5674
Massicot ()*	None	PbO	237	201	0		202
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	237	201	1	105825	915
Minium ()*	Minium	Pb²⁺₂Pb⁴⁺O₄	237	201	0		247
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	237	201	0		5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	237	201	1	105825	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	237	201	0		1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	237	201	1	105825	61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	237	201	1	105825	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	237	201	2	105825,105827	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	237	201	1	105825	2045
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	237	201	4	105824,105825,105826,105827	1655
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	237	201	0		372

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-00203	237	201	Late Triassic		host rock age									3058	Mežica Mines, Mežica, Carinthia Region, Slovenia	Mezica	Taylor et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1297

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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