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Locality Name:
Goldberg Group, Hohe Tauern, Carinthia, Austria

Oldest recorded age at locality: 27
Youngest recorded age at locality: 27

mindat Locality ID: 41809
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-41809.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Goldberg Group, Hohe Tauern, Carinthia, Austria": 104
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 77

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Asten Valley
Außerfragant
Döllach
Große Fleiß Valley
Innerfragant
Kleine Fleiß Valley
Tauern Valley
Zirknitz

Latitude: 47°0'12"N
Longitude: 12°58'10"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.003333333333,12.969444444444

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 Au B Ba Be Bi C Ca Cd Ce Cl Co Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Sc Si Sn Sr Te Ti U W Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAluniteAmphiboleApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteAtelestiteBaryte
BerylBismutiteBixbyiteBournoniteBranneriteBrochantiteBrookiteCalciteCaledoniteChalcanthite
ChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteCubaniteCyanotrichiteDevilline
DiasporeEpidoteEttringiteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetGravegliaiteGypsumKobelliteLepidocrocite
LillianiteLinariteMalachiteMarcasiteMeneghiniteMicaMilariteMilleriteMolybdeniteMonazite
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPalygorskitePavonitePentlanditePhenakitePolybasitePrehnitePyrite
QuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSerpentineSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStibniteSulphur
TalcTetradymiteTetrahedriteTitaniteTourmalineWurtziteZircon

149 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Aikinite  (*)Albite  (*)Aleksite  (*)
Allophane  (*)Almandine  (*)Anatase  (*)Anglesite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)
Ankerite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Aschamalmite  (*)
Atelestite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bavenite  (*)
Bazzite  (*)Benjaminite  (*)Bertrandite  (*)Beryl  (*)Beudantite  (*)
Bismite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Bixbyite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Brannerite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Brookite  (*)Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Carbonatecyanotrichite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcophanite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Cinnabar  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Copper  (*)Cosalite  (*)Cotunnite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Cummingtonite  (*)Cupropavonite  (*)Cyanotrichite  (*)
Devilline  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Eskimoite  (*)Euclase  (*)
Felbertalite  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)Fleisstalite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Galenobismutite  (*)Giessenite  (*)Gladite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Greenockite  (*)Grossular  (*)Gustavite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hessite  (*)Heyrovskýite  (*)
Idaite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Imiterite  (*)Izoklakeite  (*)Krupkaite  (*)
Langite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Lillianite  (*)Linarite  (*)
Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Matildite  (*)
Mawsonite  (*)Mcguinnessite  (*)Milarite  (*)Millerite  (*)Mimetite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Montanite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Palygorskite  (*)
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pavonite  (*)Pekoite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Phenakite  (*)
Plumbojarosite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Proustite  (*)
Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Romanèchite  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Scorodite  (*)
Shattuckite  (*)Siderite  (*)Siegenite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Strontianite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)
Talc  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Thaumasite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Tsumoite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Witherite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Xilingolite  (*)Yecoraite  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S519934,19955,19958,19959,199662793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2219915,199493419
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS3319901,19918,19972315
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1219882,19883,19887,19889,19893,19917,19918,19919,19934,19942,19947,199728803
Aleksite  (*)TetradymitePbBi2Te2S211990128
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O2727119870470
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)31199202353
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21019883,19887,19891,19897,19904,19910,19914,19917,19921,199422162
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)919901,19905,19914,19915,19958,19959,19963,19966,199672734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)1199461588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2819880,19883,19887,19890,19918,19925,19926,199303092
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4119879708
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)219876,199193250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2219904,19905,19911,19914,19915,19928,19931,19932,19934,19938,19939,19953,19954,19955,19956,19957,19958,19959,19960,19965,19966,199679052
Aschamalmite  (*)LillianitePb6-3xBi2+xS911991516
Atelestite  (*)AtelestiteBi2O(AsO4)(OH)11996547
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6319897,19899,19925919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22727619870,19883,19892,19897,19963,199725509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)219876,1996311547
Bavenite  (*)NoneCa4Be2+xAl2-xSi9O26-x(OH)2+x (x = 0 to 1)319883,19889,19890255
Bazzite  (*)BerylBe3(Sc,Fe3+,Mg)2Si6O18·Na0.32·nH2O11988351
Benjaminite  (*)PavoniteAg3Bi7S1211997245
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)2419883,19937,19946,19947606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18619883,19918,19926,19940,19946,199474286
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6119905413
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O3219966,19969214
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi219958,199691966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31019904,19906,19914,19918,19923,19964,19965,19966,19969,199721935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)119906716
Bixbyite  (*)BixbyiteMn3+2O3119934104
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4319897,19963,199725516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11119904843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS3319934,19955,199591089
Brannerite  (*)BranneriteUTi2O6119910248
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6319897,19898,198991633
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2219904,19917700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2119876,19883,19885,19887,19888,19889,19890,19893,19898,19899,19900,19907,19913,19917,19918,19925,19927,19934,19942,19963,1997227770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6119967359
Carbonatecyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(CO3)(OH)12·2H2O219914,1995088
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1219905,19914,19928,19934,19938,19953,19955,19957,19958,19959,19963,199674979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O119897925
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O219914,19958197
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS227272919870,19876,19878,19880,19882,19890,19897,19898,19899,19900,19901,19904,19914,19915,19917,19918,19920,19923,19925,19934,19938,19939,19955,19957,19959,19963,19966,19967,1997227198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)8319934,19940,19949577
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O27271198703531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS27271198722600
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8519889,19890,19897,19920,199241756
Copper  (*)CopperCu219897,199723846
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S5519901,19915,19918,19934,19958344
Cotunnite  (*)NonePbCl211992854
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS819914,19934,19955,19958,19959,19966,19967,199724165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3119972802
Cummingtonite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2119944327
Cupropavonite  (*)PavoniteCu0.9Ag0.5Pb0.6Bi2.5S511997218
Cyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)2119892179
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O319897,19898,19899366
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22727419871,19880,19910,199189895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1019878,19890,19897,19899,19909,19918,19920,19925,19937,199728173
Eskimoite  (*)LillianiteAg7Pb10Bi15S3611995820
Euclase  (*)NoneBeAlSiO4(OH)119893120
Felbertalite  (*)NoneCu2Pb6Bi8S191199019
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O119915345
Fleisstalite  (*)GravegliaiteFe2+(SO3)·3H2O1199211
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F419883,19889,19890,199472740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21319883,19889,19890,19892,19906,19918,19925,19926,19936,19937,19942,19947,199529617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12419914,19934,19959,19966663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2419876,19880,19901,19905,19907,19914,19915,19918,19925,19928,19932,19934,19938,19939,19953,19954,19955,19957,19958,19959,19960,19966,19967,1997224243
Galenobismutite  (*)KobellitePbBi2S4419904,19914,19915,19918192
Giessenite  (*)Kobellite(Cu,Fe)2Pb26.4(Bi,Sb)19.6S5711993418
Gladite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBi5S9419904,19914,19958,1997267
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1019881,19883,19910,19914,19923,19926,19928,19957,19958,199677437
Gold  (*)CopperAu27272419870,19872,19884,19897,19901,19904,19906,19910,19914,19917,19918,19924,19934,19938,19939,19955,19956,19957,19959,19964,19965,19966,19969,1997230554
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS119967717
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31198971544
Gustavite  (*)LillianiteAgPbBi3S6519917,19918,19934,19953,19958113
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O2727419871,19881,19897,198996890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3519883,19918,19942,19946,1997214640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O219902,199251689
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te119972804
Heyrovskýite  (*)LillianitePb6Bi2S911995866
Idaite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3FeS4119972142
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3419886,19917,19918,199725433
Imiterite  (*)NoneAg2HgS2272711987217
Izoklakeite  (*)KobellitePb26.4(Cu,Fe)2(Sb,Bi)19.6S5711993425
Krupkaite  (*)MeneghinitePbCuBi3S6419904,19914,19958,1997280
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O219897,19898593
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O219918,199251271
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)219890,19958581
Lillianite  (*)LillianitePb3-2xAgxBi2+xS6319901,19918,19958128
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2419881,19914,19957,19967987
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)219879,198971487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O427271219872,19874,19883,19891,19897,19898,19899,19900,19918,19944,19945,1997214899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)227272019870,19881,19883,19891,19892,19897,19898,19899,19900,19914,19917,19918,19934,19938,19953,19957,19959,19963,19967,1997212537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2419914,19918,19923,199285674
Matildite  (*)NoneAgBiS2419918,19934,19958,19972252
Mawsonite  (*)NoneCu6Fe2SnS811997292
Mcguinnessite  (*)MalachiteCuMg(CO3)(OH)211991734
Milarite  (*)MilariteKCa2(Be2AlSi12)O30·H2O119947156
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS1199721066
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl319928,19934,199571107
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2919883,19910,19915,19918,19942,19947,19958,19966,199675800
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)219883,19919945
Montanite  (*)NoneBi3+2Te6+O6·nH2O (0 ≤ n ≤ 2/3)219902,1990422
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2819882,19883,19890,19897,19917,19918,19920,1992517380
Palygorskite  (*)Palygorskite Clay(Mg,Al)2Si4O10(OH)·4H2O119921306
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS119915767
Pavonite  (*)PavoniteAgBi3S511997272
Pekoite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBi11S18319904,19914,1997239
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81199151512
Phenakite  (*)PhenakiteBe2(SiO4)419890,19946,19947,19965326
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6119915477
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]819904,19914,19925,19934,19955,19958,19959,19966716
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O319897,19898,19899309
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)2219918,199251898
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3119934733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3419914,19955,19958,199591425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS227274019870,19872,19876,19878,19880,19883,19897,19898,19899,19900,19901,19904,19906,19907,19910,19914,19915,19916,19917,19918,19920,19928,19931,19932,19934,19938,19939,19944,19953,19954,19955,19956,19957,19958,19959,19960,19965,19966,19969,1997239462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2219957,199583106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S827271519872,19880,19890,19897,19898,19899,19900,19904,19914,19915,19918,19923,19934,19959,199669056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO26119874,19880,19882,19883,19884,19885,19886,19887,19888,19889,19890,19892,19893,19897,19898,19899,19900,19901,19904,19905,19906,19907,19909,19910,19911,19914,19915,19916,19917,19918,19919,19920,19921,19923,19924,19925,19926,19927,19928,19929,19930,19934,19937,19942,19944,19946,19947,19952,19953,19955,19957,19958,19959,19961,19962,19963,19965,19966,19967,19969,1997261156
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10119958312
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO22119880,19883,19884,19885,19887,19888,19890,19892,19901,19904,19910,19913,19914,19917,19918,19921,19925,19926,19934,19937,199725614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)819883,19891,19894,19904,19913,19917,19918,199664894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)319883,19887,198882705
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O819938,19954,19955,19959,19965,19966,19967,199691153
Shattuckite  (*)NoneCu5(SiO3)4(OH)2219897,1989871
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1619876,19891,19906,19914,19918,19919,19924,19927,19928,19934,19957,19958,19959,19966,19967,199726417
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S4119972249
Silver  (*)CopperAg2727519870,19934,19955,19966,199725186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)219928,199632473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1519904,19914,19915,19918,19925,19928,19934,19953,19955,19958,19959,19963,19966,19967,1997221482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31198803418
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)119946589
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS219914,199152045
Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)NoneCaCe(CO3)2F119947232
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21198793337
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S919901,19904,19906,19910,19914,19917,19918,19966,19972510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13819904,19914,19934,19955,19958,19959,19963,199665317
Thaumasite  (*)EttringiteCa3Si(OH)6(CO3)(SO4)·12H2O219897,19900183
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O419883,19918,19924,199724899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2219944,199632562
Tsumoite  (*)TetradymiteBiTe219904,19914100
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21199182718
Witherite  (*)AragoniteBa(CO3)119914251
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO4519915,19925,19928,19934,199351655
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)219883,19891939
Xilingolite  (*)LillianitePb3Bi2S61199127
Yecoraite  (*)NoneFe3+3Bi5O9(Te4+O3)(Te6+O4)2·9H2O219906,199177
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)519882,19883,19920,19962,199721025



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-000952727 K-Ar     Cinnabar, ImiteriteHg41805Ruden, Asten Valley, Goldberg Group, Hohe Tauern, Carinthia, Austria Paar and Niedermayr (1998) MOGG26_425 


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