Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Topla Deposit, Karawanks (Karavankas; Karavanks), Slovenia

Oldest recorded age at locality: 247
Youngest recorded age at locality: 242

mindat Locality ID: 252548
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-252548.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Topla Deposit, Karawanks (Karavankas; Karavanks), Slovenia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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.

Marcasite	None	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

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: C Ca Fe Mg O Pb S Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Fe Mg O Pb S Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Marcasite None Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite

5 IMA Minerals at location:

Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	247	242	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	247	242	24243
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	247	242	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	247	242	39462
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	247	242	21482

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000666	The Topla zinc-lead deposit lies in carbonate rocks which are attributed to the Anisian age

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
	Giersdorf_00000666	247	242	247-242									Galena, Sphalerite	Zn, Pb	252548	Topla Deposit, Karawanks (Karavankas; Karavanks), Slovenia	Topla zinc-lead deposit	Drovenik (1983)	10.1007/978-3-642-68988-8_10	MDAEAE_88	The Topla deposit is described as being found in Anisian Carbonate rocks, early Triassic

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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