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Locality Name:
Silberberggraben, 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: 275377
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-275377.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Silberberggraben, Geyer - Silberberg District, Brixlegg - Rattenberg, Brixlegg - Schwaz Area, Inn Valley, North Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Pichler Adit

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: Al As Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H Mg O S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteConnelliteDevillineEnargiteMalachiteNone
Not in a structural groupPyriteQuartzTyroliteVivianiteWurtzite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Claraite  (*)Connellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Devilline  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Enargite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Richelsdorfite  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tyrolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)4162511238253250
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)24162511238255509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)41625112382511547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)41625112382527770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS241625112382527198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O4162511238253531
Claraite  (*)None(Cu,Zn)15(CO3)4(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)14·7H2O41625112382540
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O416251123825295
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O4162511238252970
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O416251123825366
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)24162511238259895
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4416251123825910
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O416251123825814
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)241625112382512537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS241625112382539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO241625112382561156
Richelsdorfite  (*)NoneCa2Cu5Sb5+(AsO4)4(OH)6Cl·6H2O41625112382557
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO4162511238251101
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O416251123825245



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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