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Locality Name:
Bärenbad Mine (Bärnbad Mine), Scharnbachgraben, Hollersbach Valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria

Oldest recorded age at locality: 599
Youngest recorded age at locality: 334

mindat Locality ID: 249
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-249.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bärenbad Mine (Bärnbad Mine), Scharnbachgraben, Hollersbach Valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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 Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Sn Te Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Sn Te Ti W Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteBismutiteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteClay
CopperCovelliteDevillineFeldsparGypsumKobelliteLillianiteLinariteMalachiteMeneghinite
MolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphalerite
StanniteStibniteSulphurTalcTetradymite

43 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)
Beyerite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cannonite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Cosalite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Devilline  (*)Eclarite  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)
Galena  (*)Galenobismutite  (*)Gladite  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Lillianite  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Talc  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)59933408803
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)59933402734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)59933403250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS59933409052
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)65993340919
Beyerite  (*)BismutiteCaBi2O2(CO3)2599334096
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi59933401966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S359933401935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)5993340716
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)659933401633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)599334027770
Cannonite  (*)NoneBi2O(SO4)(OH)2599334026
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2599334027198
Copper  (*)CopperCu59933403846
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S55993340344
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS59933404165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O59933402970
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O5993340366
Eclarite  (*)Kobellite(Cu,Fe)Pb9Bi12S28599334018
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O5993340345
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS599334024243
Galenobismutite  (*)KobellitePbBi2S45993340192
Gladite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBi5S9599334067
Gold  (*)CopperAu599334030554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O59933406890
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O59933401689
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)659933402228
Lillianite  (*)LillianitePb3-2xAgxBi2+xS65993340128
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)25993340987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2599334012537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS259933405800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2599334039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S859933409056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2599334061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO259933405614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)59933404894
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O59933401153
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS599334021482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS45993340668
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS59933402045
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)259933403337
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S5993340510
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO459933401655



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Giersdorf_00000995The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00000996The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00000997The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00000998The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00000999The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00001000The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00001001The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00001002The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00001003The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00001004The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00001005The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00001006The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies


12 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_00000995371339355±16U-Pb    YesZircon 34007Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, AustriaTauern WindowLerchbaumer et al. (2010) AJES103_138 
Giersdorf_00000996394348371±23U-Pb    YesZircon 34007Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, AustriaTauern WindowLerchbaumer et al. (2010) AJES103_138 
Giersdorf_00000997472422447±25U-Pb    YesZircon 34007Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, AustriaTauern WindowLerchbaumer et al. (2010) AJES103_138 
Giersdorf_00000998517493505±12U-Pb    YesZircon 34007Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, AustriaTauern WindowLerchbaumer et al. (2010) AJES103_138 
Giersdorf_00000999510484497±13U-Pb    YesZircon 34007Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, AustriaTauern WindowLerchbaumer et al. (2010) AJES103_138 
Giersdorf_00001000599563581±18U-Pb    YesZircon 34007Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, AustriaTauern WindowLerchbaumer et al. (2010) AJES103_138 
Giersdorf_00001001344342343±1U-Pb    YesZircon 34007Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, AustriaTauern WindowLerchbaumer et al. (2010) AJES103_138 
Giersdorf_00001002368356362±6U-Pb    YesZircon 34007Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, AustriaTauern WindowLerchbaumer et al. (2010) AJES103_138 
Giersdorf_00001003385351368±17U-Pb    YesZircon 34007Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, AustriaTauern WindowLerchbaumer et al. (2010) AJES103_138 
Giersdorf_00001004344334339±5U-Pb    YesZircon 34007Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, AustriaTauern WindowLerchbaumer et al. (2010) AJES103_138 
Giersdorf_00001005373347360±13U-Pb    YesZircon 34007Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, AustriaTauern WindowLerchbaumer et al. (2010) AJES103_138 
Giersdorf_00001006358354356±2U-Pb    YesZircon 34007Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, AustriaTauern WindowLerchbaumer et al. (2010) AJES103_138 


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