Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bad Bleiberg, Bleiberg District, Gailtaler Alpen & Karnische Alpen, Carinthia, Austria

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

mindat Locality ID: 42683
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-42683.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bad Bleiberg, Bleiberg District, Gailtaler Alpen & Karnische Alpen, Carinthia, Austria": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Friedrich Adit (healing Tunnel)
Jakobi Adit
Legatenwand
Rauchfangwände
Rudolf Mine (Rudolf Shaft)
Sonnseite
St Oswald Adit
Stefanie Mine

Latitude: 46°37'37"N
Longitude: 13°40'47"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.626944444444,13.679722222222

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.

Amorphous	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Descloizite	Diaspore	Epsomite	Fluorite
Gypsum	Hexahydrite	Lepidocrocite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Palygorskite	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Sulphur	Wurtzite	Zircon

Anglesite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bianchite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chromatite ()*
Descloizite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Fraipontite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Goslarite ()*	Greenockite ()*	Groutite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Ilsemannite ()*	Jordisite ()*	Leadhillite ()*
Lepidocrocite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Palygorskite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Ranciéite ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stolzite ()*	Strontianite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Todorokite ()*
Vanadinite ()*	Wulfenite ()*	Wurtzite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cd Cl Cr F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Si Sr V W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Fe H Mn O Pb S W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Clay Descloizite Diaspore Epsomite Fluorite
Gypsum Hexahydrite Lepidocrocite Marcasite Melanterite Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Palygorskite Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Serpentine Sphalerite Sulphur Wurtzite Zircon

43 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	247	180	2	19498,19501	2734
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	247	180	2	19498,19501	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	247	180	1	19501	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	247	180	2	19498,19501	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	247	180	3	19498,19499,19501	11547
Bianchite ()*	Hexahydrite	Zn(SO₄)·6H₂O	247	201	0		40
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	247	180	2	19498,19501	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	247	180	1	19501	1252
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	247	180	2	19498,19501	4979
Chromatite ()*	Zircon	CaCr⁶⁺O₄	247	180	1	19501	6
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	247	180	4	19496,19497,19499,19501	378
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	247	180	2	19498,19501	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	247	180	3	19493,19498,19501	9617
Fraipontite ()*	Clay Serpentine	(Zn,Al)₃(Si,Al)₂O₅(OH)₄	247	180	1	19501	49
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	247	180	4	19493,19498,19499,19501	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	247	180	1	19501	7437
Goslarite ()*	Epsomite	Zn(SO₄)·7H₂O	247	201	0		188
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	247	180	2	19493,19501	717
Groutite ()*	Diaspore	Mn³⁺O(OH)	247	201	0		72
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	247	180	2	19498,19501	6890
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	247	180	2	19498,19501	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	247	180	2	19493,19501	1066
Ilsemannite ()*	None	Mo₃O₈·nH₂O (?)	247	180	2	19498,19501	123
Jordisite ()*	Amorphous	MoS₂	247	180	1	19498	102
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	247	180	1	19501	265
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	247	201	0		581
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	247	180	2	19498,19501	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	247	180	1	19501	915
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	247	180	2	19494,19498	5800
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O	247	180	1	19501	306
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	247	180	2	19498,19501	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	247	201	0		3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	247	180	2	19498,19501	61156
Ranciéite ()*	None	(Ca,Mn²⁺)_0.2(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂·0.6H₂O	247	201	0		177
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	247	180	2	19493,19501	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	247	180	4	19493,19498,19499,19501	21482
Stolzite ()*	Scheelite	Pb(WO₄)	247	201	0		156
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	247	180	2	19498,19501	589
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	247	180	1	19501	2045
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	247	180	1	19501	433
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	247	180	4	19496,19497,19499,19501	605
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	247	180	2	19498,19501	1655
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	247	180	2	19498,19501	372

2 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
	sedznpb-00047	240	180	210±30							Yes				235	Bleiberg District, Gailtaler Alpen & Karnische Alpen, Carinthia, Austria	Bleiberg	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252
	sedexmvt-00032	247	201	Middle to Late Triassic		host rock age									42683	Bad Bleiberg, Bleiberg District, Gailtaler Alpen & Karnische Alpen, Carinthia, Austria	Bleiberg	Taylor et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1297

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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