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Locality Name:
Gailtaler Alpen & Karnische Alpen, Carinthia, Austria

Oldest recorded age at locality: 247
Youngest recorded age at locality: 180

mindat Locality ID: 42592
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-42592.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gailtaler Alpen & Karnische Alpen, Carinthia, Austria": 221
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 137

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Arnoldstein
Bleiberg District
Dellach Im Drautal
Hermagor
Hochstadel
Kirchbach
Kleblach
Kötschach-Mauthen
Lesach Valley
Lind Im Drautal
Nötsch Im Gailtal
Oberdrauburg
Paternion
St Stefan An Der Gail

Latitude: 46°41'9"N
Longitude: 13°21'38"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.685833333333,13.360555555556

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 C Ca Cd Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti V W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAllophaneAlumohydrocalciteAluniteAmorphousAnalcimeAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenolite
ArsenopyriteBaryteBerylBrochantiteCalciteCaledoniteChabaziteChalcophylliteChalcopyriteChlorite
ClayClinozoisiteCopiapiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDescloiziteDevillineDiasporeDundasite
EpidoteEpsomiteFeldsparFluoriteGadoliniteGypsumHexahydriteKaoliniteLepidocrociteLinarite
MalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMicaMiniumMixiteMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural group
OrpimentPalygorskitePerovskitePharmacosideritePrehnitePyritePyrochloreQuartzRocksaltRutile
ScheeliteSerpentineSkutteruditeSphaleriteSpinelStarkeyiteStauroliteStibniteSulphurSymplesite
TetrahedriteTourmalineTyroliteVivianiteVolborthiteWurtziteZircon

138 IMA Minerals at location:
Adamite  (*)Albite  (*)Allophane  (*)Alumohydrocalcite  (*)Analcime  (*)
Andalusite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bianchite  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Caledonite  (*)Celestine  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chabazite-Ca  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcophanite  (*)Chalcophyllite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromatite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Cinnabar  (*)Claraite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Conichalcite  (*)Copiapite  (*)
Copper  (*)Cordierite  (*)Corkite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Datolite  (*)Descloizite  (*)Devilline  (*)Dickite  (*)Djurleite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Dravite  (*)Duftite  (*)Dundasite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Erythrite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Fraipontite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Goslarite  (*)Graphite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Groutite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hausmannite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hexahydrite  (*)
Hydrocerussite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Ilsemannite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Jordisite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Koninckite  (*)Lanarkite  (*)Langite  (*)Lead  (*)
Leadhillite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Linarite  (*)Litharge  (*)Magnesite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Massicot  (*)Melanterite  (*)
Mellite  (*)Mercury  (*)Metastibnite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Minium  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nickelskutterudite  (*)Orpiment  (*)Orthoclase  (*)
Palygorskite  (*)Perovskite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Ranciéite  (*)
Realgar  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rosasite  (*)Rozenite  (*)Segnitite  (*)
Senarmontite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Staurolite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Stolzite  (*)Strontianite  (*)
Strontiodresserite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Symplesite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Theisite  (*)Todorokite  (*)Tyrolite  (*)Valentinite  (*)
Vanadinite  (*)Vivianite  (*)Volborthite  (*)Woodruffite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Wurtzite  (*)Zálesíite  (*)Zincolivenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)419479,19564,19596,19617254
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)419605,19631,19646,196718803
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O119574470
Alumohydrocalcite  (*)AlumohydrocalciteCaAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·4H2O11957446
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O1196311627
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO51195571310
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)2471801119492,19498,19501,19503,19505,19514,19580,19627,19651,19664,196932734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)247180719498,19501,19503,19507,19509,19514,195871588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2247180519501,19535,19547,19574,196133092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)2471801919485,19489,19498,19501,19541,19547,19561,19564,19566,19569,19570,19574,19576,19613,19627,19628,19659,19662,196643250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS619535,19559,19566,19627,19628,196899052
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6519479,19541,19564,19661,19666919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21619479,19541,19564,19574,19595,19596,19600,19617,19643,19662,19664,19666,19674,19686,19687,196925509
Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteBa0.5Fe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·5H2O119479150
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2471803219479,19484,19498,19499,19501,19503,19505,19507,19509,19514,19547,19564,19574,19575,19576,19583,19585,19595,19608,19617,19619,19631,19640,19651,19655,19656,19657,19659,19666,19685,19686,1969211547
Bianchite  (*)HexahydriteZn(SO4)·6H2O24720111949240
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O7119674450
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41196315516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6419479,19541,19564,196311633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2471805219484,19489,19491,19498,19501,19503,19505,19507,19509,19514,19521,19523,19530,19532,19534,19538,19545,19547,19550,19553,19561,19564,19566,19570,19574,19575,19576,19579,19584,19589,19608,19610,19614,19631,19639,19640,19643,19651,19652,19653,19655,19656,19657,19659,19662,19663,19664,19666,19668,19671,19673,1968227770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6247180119491359
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)2471801019501,19507,19509,19519,19532,19584,19624,19651,19660,196661252
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)2471802819498,19501,19503,19505,19508,19509,19514,19547,19564,19570,19576,19579,19583,19598,19617,19627,19643,19651,19655,19656,19657,19662,19664,19666,19668,19673,19674,196934979
Chabazite-Ca  (*)ChabaziteCa2[Al4Si8O24]·13H2O119487310
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1196315707
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O119619197
Chalcophyllite  (*)ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24·36H2O319479,19564,19617194
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21419479,19527,19535,19564,19566,19569,19570,19574,19593,19617,19628,19631,19671,1968627198
Chromatite  (*)ZirconCaCr6+O42471801195016
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O419479,19631,19671,196743531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS819479,19541,19564,19617,19619,19670,19674,196852600
Claraite  (*)None(Cu,Zn)15(CO3)4(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)14·7H2O319479,19564,1961740
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8219605,196311756
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)119662363
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O119640382
Copper  (*)CopperCu519566,19628,19631,19662,196643846
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O181195571008
Corkite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6119628151
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1195744165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O819483,19541,19574,19617,19662,19664,19666,196862970
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)119631498
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)247180619496,19497,19499,19501,19503,19505378
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O119541366
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4119687651
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S16119631300
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22471803419489,19498,19501,19503,19507,19509,19514,19521,19522,19524,19530,19541,19545,19547,19550,19553,19564,19566,19574,19575,19576,19583,19608,19610,19640,19643,19651,19652,19656,19657,19662,19664,19666,196689895
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)119609648
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)319662,19664,19666220
Dundasite  (*)DundasitePbAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·H2O24718011951497
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)219614,196318173
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O219662,19687814
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22471803019493,19498,19501,19503,19507,19508,19509,19514,19521,19522,19523,19524,19539,19547,19550,19564,19576,19578,19608,19610,19614,19617,19640,19652,19653,19655,19656,19663,19668,196829617
Fraipontite  (*)Clay Serpentine(Zn,Al)3(Si,Al)2O5(OH)424718011950149
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2471804819481,19484,19493,19498,19499,19501,19503,19505,19507,19508,19509,19512,19514,19517,19533,19535,19541,19547,19551,19558,19564,19570,19576,19579,19581,19582,19583,19611,19617,19631,19638,19640,19643,19649,19651,19652,19653,19655,19656,19657,19662,19663,19664,19666,19668,19673,19682,1969324243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2471801019485,19492,19501,19545,19566,19569,19574,19602,19637,196667437
Gold  (*)CopperAu619535,19559,19566,19627,19628,1967830554
Goslarite  (*)EpsomiteZn(SO4)·7H2O247201119492188
Graphite  (*)NoneC319475,19483,195562812
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS2471801119493,19501,19506,19509,19514,19547,19576,19655,19656,19682,19693717
Groutite  (*)DiasporeMn3+O(OH)24720111949272
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O2471801519489,19498,19501,19503,19507,19509,19514,19561,19566,19574,19583,19590,19592,19628,196406890
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O4119619350
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3819586,19619,19621,19631,19671,19673,19674,1967614640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O2471801519479,19498,19501,19503,19509,19547,19564,19576,19581,19583,19617,19655,19656,19673,196931689
Hexahydrite  (*)HexahydriteMg(SO4)·6H2O119561251
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)2247180119515201
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)62471802419479,19492,19493,19501,19509,19547,19576,19579,19580,19581,19583,19617,19640,19651,19652,19653,19655,19656,19657,19666,19668,19673,19691,196931066
Ilsemannite  (*)NoneMo3O8·nH2O (?)247180419492,19498,19501,19668123
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61194892228
Jordisite  (*)AmorphousMoS2247180119498102
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4219602,196715591
Koninckite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·3H2O219561,1958919
Lanarkite  (*)NonePb2O(SO4)24718011951597
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O119541593
Lead  (*)CopperPb247180219515,19580192
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2247180119501265
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)247201219492,19602581
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2119664987
Litharge  (*)NonePbO247180219515,19580139
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)919485,19575,19576,19586,19592,19606,19618,19647,196591487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4219561,1959114899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22419479,19483,19489,19541,19564,19566,19569,19570,19574,19593,19595,19596,19617,19628,19631,19643,19662,19664,19666,19671,19674,19686,19687,1969212537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS22471801019498,19501,19503,19509,19514,19583,19640,19652,19653,196565674
Massicot  (*)NonePbO247180119515202
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O247180319501,19537,19640915
Mellite  (*)NoneAl2C6(COO)6·16H2O11959311
Mercury  (*)NoneHg319670,19677,19685397
Metastibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3319627,19628,1962987
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl419628,19662,19664,196661107
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O4119651247
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2247180419494,19498,19511,195275800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2219517,1967117380
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Skutterudite Perovskite(Ni,Co,Fe)As3119686176
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S3419521,19522,19523,19524511
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1196742349
Palygorskite  (*)Palygorskite Clay(Mg,Al)2Si4O10(OH)·4H2O247180519486,19492,19501,19506,19631306
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO3119670495
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O219479,19574309
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)2219614,196311898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22471803019475,19498,19501,19503,19507,19509,19514,19523,19527,19537,19566,19567,19568,19569,19570,19574,19576,19591,19593,19602,19617,19627,19628,19631,19640,19655,19657,19661,19668,1967039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2247201419492,19545,19557,196663106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl219564,196621725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8419556,19566,19569,196469056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22471804019479,19483,19485,19487,19498,19501,19503,19505,19509,19514,19521,19522,19524,19530,19535,19541,19545,19553,19564,19566,19570,19574,19575,19589,19596,19602,19605,19608,19610,19617,19628,19631,19637,19646,19659,19668,19670,19671,19674,1969261156
Ranciéite  (*)None(Ca,Mn2+)0.2(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2·0.6H2O247201219492,19545177
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS319521,19522,19524712
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1196191711
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)2419564,19594,19640,19666454
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O247180219491,19561293
Segnitite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)6119628134
Senarmontite  (*)ArsenoliteSb2O3119628179
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1219562,19566,19568,19574,19575,19590,19599,19603,19646,19670,19687,196926417
Silver  (*)CopperAg1196615186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)2471801919479,19493,19501,19508,19509,19541,19547,19576,19579,19583,19617,19640,19651,19652,19653,19657,19668,19673,196932473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2471803919483,19493,19498,19499,19501,19503,19505,19507,19508,19509,19512,19514,19527,19533,19541,19547,19558,19564,19573,19576,19579,19581,19582,19583,19593,19595,19611,19617,19627,19640,19655,19656,19657,19662,19664,19666,19673,19682,1969321482
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)119557978
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)119628446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3219627,196283418
Stolzite  (*)ScheelitePb(WO4)247201119492156
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)247180619498,19501,19506,19530,19532,19639589
Strontiodresserite  (*)DundasiteSrAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·H2O1195214
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS2471801019492,19501,19515,19534,19574,19576,19584,19651,19660,196642045
Symplesite  (*)SymplesiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O11955992
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13319564,19596,196861803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO1196641101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131019479,19541,19564,19631,19643,19662,19666,19674,19684,196875317
Theisite  (*)NoneCu5Zn5(AsO4)2(OH)14619479,19564,19596,19600,19617,1966658
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O247180419501,19503,19545,19666433
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O619479,19563,19564,19661,19662,19687245
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O3119628369
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl247180619496,19497,19499,19501,19503,19505605
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O419478,19483,19639,19684636
Volborthite  (*)VolborthiteCu3V2O7(OH)2·2H2O119631155
Woodruffite  (*)NoneZn2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10·4H2O24718011950325
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO42471802419481,19492,19498,19501,19503,19505,19506,19508,19509,19547,19551,19576,19579,19581,19583,19598,19627,19651,19655,19657,19664,19668,19673,196821655
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS247180419498,19501,19503,19509372
Zálesíite  (*)MixiteCaCu6(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)(OH)6·3H2O11966284
Zincolivenite  (*)AndalusiteCuZn(AsO4)(OH)11947960



2 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
sedznpb-00047240180210±30        235Bleiberg District, Gailtaler Alpen & Karnische Alpen, Carinthia, AustriaBleibergSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 
sedexmvt-00032247201Middle to Late Triassic host rock age      42683Bad Bleiberg, Bleiberg District, Gailtaler Alpen & Karnische Alpen, Carinthia, AustriaBleibergTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 


SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060864Bleiberg District, Gailtaler Alpen & Karnische Alpen, Carinthia, Austriahttps://rruff.info/R060864


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