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Locality Name:
Abraham Adit, West Slope ("Am Geyer"), Silberberg, Geyer - Silberberg District, Brixlegg - Rattenberg, Brixlegg - Schwaz Area, Inn Valley, North Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria

Oldest recorded age at locality: 416
Youngest recorded age at locality: 251

mindat Locality ID: 266789
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-266789.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Abraham Adit, West Slope ("Am Geyer"), Silberberg, Geyer - Silberberg District, Brixlegg - Rattenberg, Brixlegg - Schwaz Area, Inn Valley, North Tyrol, Tyrol, 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 Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAllophaneAluniteAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyrite
CopperCorundumCovelliteDevillineGypsumKtenasiteLinariteMalachiteMarcasiteNone
Not in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteSulphurTetrahedriteTyroliteVivianite

54 IMA Minerals at location:
Adamite  (*)Allophane  (*)Anglesite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bayldonite  (*)Brianyoungite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Claraite  (*)Conichalcite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Devilline  (*)Dolomite  (*)Duftite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Lammerite  (*)
Langite  (*)Leogangite  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Mimetite  (*)Orthoserpierite  (*)Parnauite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Richelsdorfite  (*)Romanèchite  (*)Rosasite  (*)Schulenbergite  (*)
Serpierite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Theisite  (*)Tyrolite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)4162510254
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O4162510470
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)41625102734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)41625103250
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)64162510919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)241625105509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)416251011547
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)24162510172
Brianyoungite  (*)NoneZn3(CO3)(OH)4416251079
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)641625101633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)416251027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)41625104979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2416251027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O41625103531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS41625102600
Claraite  (*)None(Cu,Zn)15(CO3)4(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)14·7H2O416251040
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)4162510363
Copper  (*)CopperCu41625103846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS41625104165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O41625102970
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O4162510366
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)241625109895
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)4162510220
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O4162510814
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS416251024243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O41625106890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3416251014640
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)641625101066
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)641625102228
Lammerite  (*)NoneCu3(AsO4)2416251010
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O4162510593
Leogangite  (*)NoneCu10(AsO4)4(SO4)(OH)6·8H2O416251015
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)24162510987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2416251012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS241625105674
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl41625101107
Orthoserpierite  (*)NoneCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O416251040
Parnauite  (*)NoneCu9(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)10·7H2O4162510105
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O4162510309
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2416251039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2416251061156
Richelsdorfite  (*)NoneCa2Cu5Sb5+(AsO4)4(OH)6Cl·6H2O416251057
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O104162510312
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)24162510454
Schulenbergite  (*)Ktenasite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O4162510142
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O4162510292
Silver  (*)CopperAg41625105186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)41625102473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS416251021482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS41625102045
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1341625101803
Theisite  (*)NoneCu5Zn5(AsO4)2(OH)14416251058
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O4162510245
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO441625101655


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-00106416251      YesCinnabar, Metacinnabar, TerlinguaiteHg57196Geyer - Silberberg District, Brixlegg - Rattenberg, Brixlegg - Schwaz Area, Inn Valley, North Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria Matura and Summesberger (1980); Arlt and Diamond (1998)   

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