Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mežica Mines, Mežica, Carinthia Region, Slovenia

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

mindat Locality ID: 3058
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3058.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mežica Mines, Mežica, Carinthia Region, Slovenia": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°30'42"N
Longitude: 14°51'24"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.511666666667,14.856666666667

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.

Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Dansite	Descloizite	Diaspore	Epsomite	Fluorite	Gypsum
Marcasite	Melanterite	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 ()*	Litharge ()*	Marcasite ()*
Melanterite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Sulphur ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 Pb S Si V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Ba C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si V Zn

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

27 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	237	201	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	237	201	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	237	201	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	237	201	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	237	201	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	237	201	5707
D'ansite-(Fe) ()*	Dansite	Na₂₁Fe(SO₄)₁₀Cl₃	237	201	2
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	237	201	378
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	237	201	9895
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	237	201	484
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	237	201	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	237	201	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	237	201	7437
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	237	201	717
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	237	201	6890
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	237	201	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	237	201	1066
Ilsemannite ()*	None	Mo₃O₈·nH₂O (?)	237	201	123
Litharge ()*	None	PbO	237	201	139
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	237	201	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	237	201	915
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	237	201	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	237	201	61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	237	201	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	237	201	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	237	201	2045
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	237	201	1655

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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