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Locality Name:
Obersulzbach Valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria

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

mindat Locality ID: 30652
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30652.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Obersulzbach Valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria": 50
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 39

Number of Child Localities: 31
Child Localities:
Bettlersteig
Bleidächer
East Slope
Foiskar
Foiskarkogel East Slope
Foißen Alp (Foissen Alp)
Gamskar
Gosskopf
Greiner
Greinerklamm
Großer Jaidbach
Großvenediger Northwest Slope
Hopffeld Area
Keeskogel
Kleefelder
Kleefelderkopf
Krausenkarkopf South Slope
Krautgarten West Slope
Mauerkeeskopf
Mitterkopf West Slope
Neuberg
Oberer Wartkopf (Großer Waschkopf)
Obersulzbachhütte
Schwarzes Hörndl
Seebach Valley
Sieldau (Südau)
Silberofen
Sonntagskar
Steinkar
Stierlahnerwand
Unterer Wartkopf (Kleiner Waschkopf)

Latitude: 47°9'22"N
Longitude: 12°16'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.156111111111,12.275

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.

Aeschynite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Beryl	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gadolinite	Garnet	Harmotome
Malachite	Mica	Milarite	Molybdenite	Monazite	Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Palygorskite
Phenakite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel
Thortveitite	Titanite	Tourmaline	Zircon

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 B Ba Be C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Sc Si Ta Th Ti U W Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aeschynite Amorphous Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Beryl Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite
Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gadolinite Garnet Harmotome
Malachite Mica Milarite Molybdenite Monazite Natrolite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Palygorskite
Phenakite Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel
Thortveitite Titanite Tourmaline Zircon

66 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Anatase ()*
Aragonite ()*	Augite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Bavenite ()*	Bertrandite ()*
Beryl ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chamosite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Datolite ()*	Diopside ()*
Dravite ()*	Epidote ()*	Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Ferberite ()*	Fergusonite-(Y) ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Harmotome ()*	Hematite ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kainosite-(Y) ()*	Laumontite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Milarite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*
Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Palygorskite ()*	Phenakite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Polycrase-(Y) ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Scolecite ()*	Siderite ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	Tanteuxenite-(Y) ()*	Thorite ()*
Thortveitite ()*	Titanite ()*	Wulfenite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*
Zoisite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	599	334	2	21979,21988	3419
Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Aeschynite	(Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆	599	334	2	21988,22000	141
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	599	334	12	21975,21979,21985,21987,21988,21996,21998,22005,22009,22010,22011,22013	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	599	334	2	21988,22013	2353
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	599	334	2	21988,22013	2162
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	599	334	1	21988	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	599	334	3	21987,22009,22011	2060
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	599	334	1	21988	919
Bavenite ()*	None	Ca₄Be_2+xAl_2-xSi₉O_26-x(OH)_2+x (x = 0 to 1)	599	334	2	21979,21981	255
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	599	334	4	21973,21988,22010,22013	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	599	334	3	21984,21997,22010	4286
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	599	334	2	21988,22013	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	599	334	9	21975,21979,21980,21988,21989,22009,22010,22011,22013	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	599	334	1	21988	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	599	334	3	21988,22009,22010	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	599	334	1	21988	577
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	599	334	1	21996	1756
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	599	334	3	21980,21988,21989	1025
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	599	334	1	21970	498
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	599	334	1	22009	4135
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	599	334	1	21988	648
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	599	334	9	21975,21978,21979,21985,21987,21989,22009,22011,22018	8173
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆	599	334	1	21988	414
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	599	334	1	21995	551
Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Scheelite	YNbO₄	599	334	1	21988	196
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	599	334	4	21979,21980,21988,21989	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	599	334	5	21979,21988,21989,21990,22013	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	599	334	3	21988,22011,22013	24243
Harmotome ()*	Harmotome	Ba₂(Si₁₂Al₄)O₃₂·12H₂O	599	334	3	21979,22009,22010	290
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	599	334	7	21979,21988,21989,22007,22010,22013,22018	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	599	334	1	21988	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	599	334	1	21988	1066
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	599	334	1	21988	5433
Kainosite-(Y) ()*	None	Ca₂Y₂(SiO₃)₄(CO₃)·H₂O	599	334	2	21989,22007	99
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	599	334	1	21979	1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	599	334	3	21988,21989,22009	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	599	334	1	21988	12537
Milarite ()*	Milarite	KCa₂(Be₂AlSi₁₂)O₃₀·H₂O	599	334	4	21976,21989,22001,22018	156
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	599	334	2	21988,21994	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	599	334	3	21979,21988,21989	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	599	334	2	21984,21988	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	599	334	1	21988	2994
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O	599	334	1	22009	306
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	599	334	4	21997,21999,22010,22013	326
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	599	334	1	21988	2273
Polycrase-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆	599	334	1	21988	121
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	599	334	6	21969,21970,21978,21979,22011,22016	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	599	334	6	21973,21988,21989,22007,22011,22018	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	599	334	1	21988	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	599	334	20	21969,21973,21975,21979,21980,21982,21983,21984,21988,21989,21992,21993,21994,21996,22000,22007,22010,22013,22016,22018	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	599	334	6	21974,21988,21990,22005,22010,22013	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	599	334	2	21989,21995	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	599	334	2	21988,22010	2705
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	599	334	4	21969,21975,21979,21996	390
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	599	334	1	21988	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	599	334	1	21988	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	599	334	3	21988,22000,22009	21482
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	None	CaCe(CO₃)₂F	599	334	2	21988,22000	232
Tanteuxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(TaTi)O₆	599	334	1	21988	16
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	599	334	1	21988	1006
Thortveitite ()*	Thortveitite	Sc₂Si₂O₇	599	334	1	21988	54
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	599	334	15	21972,21973,21975,21979,21980,21985,21988,21989,21990,22009,22010,22011,22015,22016,22018	4899
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	599	334	2	21988,21994	1655
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	599	334	2	21988,22000	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	599	334	2	21988,22004	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	599	334	3	21985,21988,21989	1025

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000995	The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00000996	The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00000997	The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00000998	The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00000999	The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00001000	The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00001001	The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00001002	The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00001003	The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00001004	The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00001005	The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00001006	The 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 ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age from other Locality	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
Giersdorf_00000995	371	339	355±16	U-Pb	Yes	Zircon	34007	Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria	Tauern Window	Lerchbaumer et al. (2010)	AJES103_138
Giersdorf_00000996	394	348	371±23	U-Pb	Yes	Zircon	34007	Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria	Tauern Window	Lerchbaumer et al. (2010)	AJES103_138
Giersdorf_00000997	472	422	447±25	U-Pb	Yes	Zircon	34007	Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria	Tauern Window	Lerchbaumer et al. (2010)	AJES103_138
Giersdorf_00000998	517	493	505±12	U-Pb	Yes	Zircon	34007	Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria	Tauern Window	Lerchbaumer et al. (2010)	AJES103_138
Giersdorf_00000999	510	484	497±13	U-Pb	Yes	Zircon	34007	Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria	Tauern Window	Lerchbaumer et al. (2010)	AJES103_138
Giersdorf_00001000	599	563	581±18	U-Pb	Yes	Zircon	34007	Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria	Tauern Window	Lerchbaumer et al. (2010)	AJES103_138
Giersdorf_00001001	344	342	343±1	U-Pb	Yes	Zircon	34007	Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria	Tauern Window	Lerchbaumer et al. (2010)	AJES103_138
Giersdorf_00001002	368	356	362±6	U-Pb	Yes	Zircon	34007	Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria	Tauern Window	Lerchbaumer et al. (2010)	AJES103_138
Giersdorf_00001003	385	351	368±17	U-Pb	Yes	Zircon	34007	Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria	Tauern Window	Lerchbaumer et al. (2010)	AJES103_138
Giersdorf_00001004	344	334	339±5	U-Pb	Yes	Zircon	34007	Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria	Tauern Window	Lerchbaumer et al. (2010)	AJES103_138
Giersdorf_00001005	373	347	360±13	U-Pb	Yes	Zircon	34007	Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria	Tauern Window	Lerchbaumer et al. (2010)	AJES103_138
Giersdorf_00001006	358	354	356±2	U-Pb	Yes	Zircon	34007	Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria	Tauern Window	Lerchbaumer et al. (2010)	AJES103_138

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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