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Locality Name:
Naßfeld Valley, Gastein Valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria

Oldest recorded age at locality: 599
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 45182
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-45182.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Naßfeld Valley, Gastein Valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria": 38
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 30

Number of Child Localities: 18
Child Localities:
Asten Alp
Astengraben
Bärenfall Dam
Gewerkenwald
Herzog-Ernst-Spitze
Kessel Falls
Knappengraben
Kniebeißgraben
Kreuzkogel Massif
Ortberg (Birnbacher)
Ortbergschartl
Road Cuts
Schareck
Schleier Fall Tunnel
Schöneck Alp
Sportgastein
Theresien Tunnel
Weißenbach

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 Ce Cl Co Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo N Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Te Ti U V W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAdeliteAluniteAmorphousApatiteApophylliteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteBeryl
BismutiteBranneriteBrochantiteBrookiteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCobaltite
ColumbiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGadoliniteGarnet
GeocroniteGypsumKaoliniteKobelliteLepidocrociteLinariteMalachiteMarcasiteMeneghiniteMica
MilariteMolybdeniteMonaziteNatroliteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPharmacosideritePhenakitePrehnite
PyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStibniteStilbiteSulphur
TetradymiteTetrahedriteTitaniteTourmalineVivianiteZippeiteZircon

119 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Aikinite  (*)Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Anglesite  (*)
Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Barytocalcite  (*)Bavenite  (*)Bertrandite  (*)Beryl  (*)
Beyerite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)
Brannerite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Brookite  (*)Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Clinochlore  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Cosalite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Datolite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Duftite  (*)Dumontite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Erythrite  (*)Ferberite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Galenobismutite  (*)Geocronite  (*)Gladite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Haiweeite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)
Hydrocerussite  (*)Hydroxylpyromorphite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Jordanite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kasolite  (*)Kintoreite  (*)Krupkaite  (*)
Kutnohorite  (*)Langite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Linarite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Milarite  (*)Mimetite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Uranophane-β  (*)
Parsonsite  (*)Phenakite  (*)Pitticite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)
Prehnite  (*)Preisingerite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rosasite  (*)
Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Schröckingerite  (*)Scolecite  (*)
Scorodite  (*)Silver  (*)Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stellerite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Strontianite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Tetradymite  (*)Tinnunculite  (*)Titanite  (*)Torbernite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)
Vanadinite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Zippeite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S599334221758,217602793
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS300121779315
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)5990521746,21763,21764,21775,217798803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2599334821746,21747,21751,21771,21776,21777,21779,217812162
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)599334321758,21763,217642734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)5993341217743250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS5990421746,21760,21763,217799052
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6599334121763919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2001217795509
Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteBa0.5Fe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·5H2O599334121764150
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)5990421746,21760,21763,2177911547
Barytocalcite  (*)NoneBaCa(CO3)259933412176383
Bavenite  (*)NoneCa4Be2+xAl2-xSi9O26-x(OH)2+x (x = 0 to 1)599334721745,21746,21747,21751,21776,21779,21780255
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)25990621746,21747,21760,21772,21777,21779606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1859901221744,21746,21750,21754,21756,21757,21764,21765,21766,21772,21776,217794286
Beyerite  (*)BismutiteCaBi2O2(CO3)259933412176496
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S35990221760,217791935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)599334121764716
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS45990221763,217795516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11599334121760843
Brannerite  (*)BranneriteUTi2O600121779248
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)65993341217631633
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO25990321747,21777,21779700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)5993341421744,21746,21749,21750,21751,21760,21763,21765,21766,21769,21772,21776,21779,2178027770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)5990221746,217791252
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)599334221763,217644979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S5993341217605707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS25990621760,21763,21764,21765,21766,2177927198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)800121779577
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS5993341217602600
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)85990421746,21770,21777,217791756
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS5990221760,21779966
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S55990221760,21779344
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS5993341217634165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O5993341217632970
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)599334121772498
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)25990421748,21760,21763,217799895
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)599334121763220
Dumontite  (*)NonePb2(UO2)3O2(PO4)2·5H2O59933412176420
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)5990421746,21760,21772,217798173
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O599334221746,21760814
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)599334121760551
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F5990321771,21776,217792740
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20F·8H2O599334121766303
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF25993341021744,21746,21747,21750,21751,21760,21766,21776,21779,217809617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS5990821758,21760,21763,21764,21765,21766,21772,2177924243
Galenobismutite  (*)KobellitePbBi2S4599334221760,21764192
Geocronite  (*)GeocronitePb14Sb6S23599334121760133
Gladite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBi5S90012177967
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)599334221763,217767437
Gold  (*)CopperAu5990521746,21760,21763,21764,2177930554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O599334721746,21752,21763,21766,21776,21779,217806890
Haiweeite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(Si5O12)(OH)2·6H2O59933412176615
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3599334821746,21756,21760,21771,21776,21779,21780,2178114640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O5993341217631689
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)2599334121763201
Hydroxylpyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3(OH)5993341217635
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O35993341217665433
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14599334121760784
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)65993341217642228
Jordanite  (*)GeocronitePb14As6S23599334121760105
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)45993341217605591
Kasolite  (*)NonePb(UO2)(SiO4)·H2O599334121766198
Kintoreite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)659933412176441
Krupkaite  (*)MeneghinitePbCuBi3S60012177980
Kutnohorite  (*)NoneCaMn2+(CO3)2599334121748234
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O599334121763593
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O599334321747,21751,217661271
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)599334121763581
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2599334121763987
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O45990221746,2177914899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)25990321746,21763,2177912537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS25993341217655674
Milarite  (*)MilariteKCa2(Be2AlSi12)O30·H2O599334421746,21751,21756,21780156
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl599334221763,217641107
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS25990221765,217795800
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)599334121771945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)259901021746,21747,21751,21752,21757,21758,21763,21771,21777,2177917380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O599334421752,21765,21766,217762994
Uranophane-β  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O599334121766144
Parsonsite  (*)NonePb2(UO2)(PO4)259933412176463
Phenakite  (*)PhenakiteBe2(SiO4)599334421746,21751,21771,21776326
Pitticite  (*)None[Fe,AsO4,SO4,H2O] (?)599334121759140
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6599334121764477
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O599334121763309
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)2001217791898
Preisingerite  (*)NoneBi3O(AsO4)2(OH)59933412176453
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3599334121760733
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)4599334121763369
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS35993341217601425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS25990921746,21760,21763,21764,21765,21766,21772,21776,2177939462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl5993341217641725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S85990221766,217799056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO25993342121746,21747,21748,21751,21754,21757,21758,21760,21763,21764,21765,21766,21768,21769,21770,21771,21775,21776,21777,21779,2178061156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)2599334121763454
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO25993341321746,21747,21757,21763,21766,21768,21769,21770,21771,21776,21777,21779,217805614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)5990621746,21764,21772,21774,21776,217794894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)5993341217682705
Schröckingerite  (*)NoneNaCa3(UO2)(SO4)(CO3)3F·10H2O599334421765,21766,21767,21776128
Scolecite  (*)NatroliteCa(Si3Al2)O10·3H2O599334121755390
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O5993341217601153
Silver  (*)CopperAg599334221760,217635186
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)35993341217481214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS599334421760,21763,21764,2177221482
Stellerite  (*)StilbiteCa4(Si28Al8)O72·28H2O00121779189
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S35993341217603418
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)599334321766,21779,21780589
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS5993341217642045
Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)NoneCaCe(CO3)2F00121779232
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S135993341217631803
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S599334121760510
Tinnunculite  (*)NoneC5H4N4O3·2H2O001217798
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O599334821746,21747,21751,21766,21772,21776,21779,217804899
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O5993341217641059
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O599334121766890
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl599334121746605
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO4599334221745,217761655
Zippeite  (*)ZippeiteK2[(UO2)4(SO4)2O2(OH)2](H2O)4599334121766175
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)599334321746,21747,217765251


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Giersdorf_00000995The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00000996The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00000997The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00000998The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00000999The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00001000The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00001001The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00001002The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00001003The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00001004The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00001005The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00001006The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Michelle_0032Temporary construction dump


13 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
Giersdorf_00000995371339355±16U-Pb    YesZircon 34007Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, AustriaTauern WindowLerchbaumer et al. (2010) AJES103_138 
Giersdorf_00000996394348371±23U-Pb    YesZircon 34007Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, AustriaTauern WindowLerchbaumer et al. (2010) AJES103_138 
Giersdorf_00000997472422447±25U-Pb    YesZircon 34007Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, AustriaTauern WindowLerchbaumer et al. (2010) AJES103_138 
Giersdorf_00000998517493505±12U-Pb    YesZircon 34007Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, AustriaTauern WindowLerchbaumer et al. (2010) AJES103_138 
Giersdorf_00000999510484497±13U-Pb    YesZircon 34007Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, AustriaTauern WindowLerchbaumer et al. (2010) AJES103_138 
Giersdorf_00001000599563581±18U-Pb    YesZircon 34007Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, AustriaTauern WindowLerchbaumer et al. (2010) AJES103_138 
Giersdorf_00001001344342343±1U-Pb    YesZircon 34007Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, AustriaTauern WindowLerchbaumer et al. (2010) AJES103_138 
Giersdorf_00001002368356362±6U-Pb    YesZircon 34007Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, AustriaTauern WindowLerchbaumer et al. (2010) AJES103_138 
Giersdorf_00001003385351368±17U-Pb    YesZircon 34007Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, AustriaTauern WindowLerchbaumer et al. (2010) AJES103_138 
Giersdorf_00001004344334339±5U-Pb    YesZircon 34007Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, AustriaTauern WindowLerchbaumer et al. (2010) AJES103_138 
Giersdorf_00001005373347360±13U-Pb    YesZircon 34007Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, AustriaTauern WindowLerchbaumer et al. (2010) AJES103_138 
Giersdorf_00001006358354356±2U-Pb    YesZircon 34007Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, AustriaTauern WindowLerchbaumer et al. (2010) AJES103_138 
Michelle_0032000 Age of mining      159262Power Station, Sportgastein, Naßfeld Valley, Gastein Valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, AustriaPower StationKolitsch and Raade (2011) KMS46_25Tinnunculite is formed as a result of European kestrel droppings reacting with burning coal dumps and quarries.

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