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Locality Name:
Carinthia Region, Slovenia

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

mindat Locality ID: 309668
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-309668.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Carinthia Region, Slovenia": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Črna Na Koroškem
Dravograd
Mežica
Podvelka
Prevalje
Radlje Ob Dravi
Ravne Na Koroškem
Remšnik Mine
Ribnica Na Pohorju
Slovenj Gradec

Latitude: 46°32'26"N
Longitude: 15°1'27"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.540555555556,15.024166666667

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.

Acanthite	Allophane	Alunite	Amorphous	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cyanotrichite	Dansite	Descloizite	Diaspore	Digenite
Epidote	Epsomite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Linarite	Malachite	Marcasite
Melanterite	Mica	Minium	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite	Tourmaline	Wurtzite	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: Ag Al As B Ba C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Ti V Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Alunite Amorphous Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite
Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Cyanotrichite Dansite Descloizite Diaspore Digenite
Epidote Epsomite Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Kaolinite Linarite Malachite Marcasite
Melanterite Mica Minium Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Sulphur Tetrahedrite Tourmaline Wurtzite Zircon

78 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*
Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Beaverite-(Cu) ()*	Bornite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Brianyoungite ()*	Calcite ()*
Carbonatecyanotrichite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	D'ansite-(Fe) ()*	Descloizite ()*
Digenite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dravite ()*	Epidote ()*	Epsomite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Graphite ()*
Greenockite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Ilsemannite ()*	Jordisite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Langite ()*
Linarite ()*	Litharge ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Massicot ()*	Melanterite ()*	Microcline ()*	Minium ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Polybasite ()*
Posnjakite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Ramsbeckite ()*
Rosasite ()*	Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Wulfenite ()*
Wurtzite ()*	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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S			1	105833	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	105833	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			2	105833,105836	2353
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	237	201	4	105823,105825,105827,105833	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			1	105833	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			1	105833	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	237	201	2	105823,105825	9052
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆			1	105833	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	105833	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	237	201	3	105823,105825,105833	11547
Beaverite-(Cu) ()*	Alunite	Pb(Fe³⁺₂Cu)(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	105833	132
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	105833	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁			1	105833	843
Brianyoungite ()*	None	Zn₃(CO₃)(OH)₄			1	105833	79
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	237	201	6	105820,105823,105824,105825,105827,105833	27770
Carbonatecyanotrichite ()*	Cyanotrichite	Cu₄Al₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₂·2H₂O			1	105833	88
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	237	201	5	105820,105823,105825,105827,105833	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	237	201	2	105825,105833	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			1	105833	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			1	105833	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	105833	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	105833	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			1	105833	2970
D'ansite-(Fe) ()*	Dansite	Na₂₁Fe(SO₄)₁₀Cl₃	237	201	1	105825	2
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	237	201	4	105820,105823,105825,105827	378
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S			1	105833	1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	237	201	2	105825,105833	9895
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			2	105822,105829	648
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			2	105833,105836	8173
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	237	201	2	105823,105825	484
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	237	201	2	105823,105825	9617
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂			1	105833	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	237	201	5	105820,105823,105825,105827,105833	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	237	201	3	105823,105825,105833	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C			1	105833	2812
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	237	201	3	105823,105825,105833	717
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	237	201	3	105823,105825,105833	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	105833	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	237	201	4	105820,105823,105825,105833	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	237	201	4	105820,105823,105825,105833	1066
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	105833	5433
Ilsemannite ()*	None	Mo₃O₈·nH₂O (?)	237	201	2	105823,105825	123
Jordisite ()*	Amorphous	MoS₂	237	201	1	105823	102
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	105833	5591
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O			1	105833	593
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂			1	105833	987
Litharge ()*	None	PbO	237	201	2	105823,105825	139
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			1	105833	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	105836	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	105833	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	237	201	2	105823,105825	5674
Massicot ()*	None	PbO	237	201	1	105823	202
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	237	201	2	105823,105825	915
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	105832	4924
Minium ()*	Minium	Pb²⁺₂Pb⁴⁺O₄	237	201	1	105823	247
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	237	201	1	105823	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	105833	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			3	105822,105832,105833	17380
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS			1	105833	767
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]			1	105833	716
Posnjakite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·H₂O			1	105833	309
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	237	201	4	105820,105823,105825,105833	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	237	201	3	105820,105823,105833	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	237	201	4	105825,105832,105833,105836	61156
Ramsbeckite ()*	None	Cu₁₅(SO₄)₄(OH)₂₂·6H₂O			1	105833	68
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	105833	454
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	105833	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			2	105832,105833	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	105833	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	237	201	4	105820,105823,105825,105833	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	237	201	4	105823,105825,105827,105833	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	237	201	1	105825	2045
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO			1	105833	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	105833	5317
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	237	201	6	105820,105823,105824,105825,105826,105827	1655
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	237	201	1	105823	372
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	105833	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	105833	1025

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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