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

Oldest recorded age at locality: 599
Youngest recorded age at locality: 334

mindat Locality ID: 45183
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-45183.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Anlauf Valley, Gastein Valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Abfalltalgraben
Ankogel West Slope
Arnoldhöhe
Grauleitenspitze North Slope
Haitzing Alp
Knallkar
Korntauern
Plattenkogel North Slope
Pletschen
Radeckscharte - North Of
Schwarzkopf
Tauern Railway Tunnel
Viehzeitkogel

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Allanite	Brannerite	Brookite	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote
Feldspar	Mica	Milarite	Molybdenite	Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Prehnite
Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite	Tourmaline	Zircon

Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Anatase ()*	Bavenite ()*	Brannerite ()*
Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Epidote ()*	Euclase ()*
Gold ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Liebigite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Microcline ()*	Milarite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phenakite ()*
Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Scolecite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Titanite ()*
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	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: Al Au B Be C Ca Ce Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P S Si Ti U W Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Brannerite Brookite Calcite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote
Feldspar Mica Milarite Molybdenite Natrolite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Phenakite Prehnite
Pyrite Quartz Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Titanite Tourmaline Zircon

32 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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	599	334	4	21669,21672,21673,21676	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	599	334	1	21670	706
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	599	334	4	21666,21673,21675,21676	2162
Bavenite ()*	None	Ca₄Be_2+xAl_2-xSi₉O_26-x(OH)_2+x (x = 0 to 1)	599	334	1	21670	255
Brannerite ()*	Brannerite	UTi₂O₆	599	334	2	21673,21676	248
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	599	334	3	21673,21675,21676	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	599	334	5	21666,21673,21675,21676,21677	27770
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	599	334	1	21666	1756
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	599	334	1	21677	8173
Euclase ()*	None	BeAlSiO₄(OH)	599	334	1	21666	120
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	599	334	1	21677	30554
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	599	334	1	21675	5433
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	599	334	2	21676,21677	1271
Liebigite ()*	None	Ca₂(UO₂)(CO₃)₃·11H₂O	599	334	1	21677	78
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	599	334	1	21675	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	599	334	1	21677	4924
Milarite ()*	Milarite	KCa₂(Be₂AlSi₁₂)O₃₀·H₂O	599	334	1	21670	156
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	599	334	1	21677	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	599	334	3	21666,21673,21677	17380
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	599	334	1	21670	326
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	599	334	3	21668,21669,21676	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	599	334	3	21669,21673,21675	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	599	334	1	21677	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	599	334	12	21665,21666,21669,21670,21671,21672,21673,21674,21675,21676,21677,21678	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	599	334	4	21666,21673,21674,21675	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	599	334	2	21668,21673	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	599	334	1	21676	2705
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	599	334	1	21677	390
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	599	334	1	21676	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	599	334	6	21669,21670,21673,21675,21676,21677	4899
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	599	334	2	21666,21673	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	599	334	1	21677	5251

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000995	The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00000996	The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00000997	The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00000998	The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00000999	The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00001000	The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00001001	The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00001002	The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00001003	The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00001004	The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00001005	The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00001006	The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies

12 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age from other Locality	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
Giersdorf_00000995	371	339	355±16	U-Pb	Yes	Zircon	34007	Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria	Tauern Window	Lerchbaumer et al. (2010)	AJES103_138
Giersdorf_00000996	394	348	371±23	U-Pb	Yes	Zircon	34007	Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria	Tauern Window	Lerchbaumer et al. (2010)	AJES103_138
Giersdorf_00000997	472	422	447±25	U-Pb	Yes	Zircon	34007	Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria	Tauern Window	Lerchbaumer et al. (2010)	AJES103_138
Giersdorf_00000998	517	493	505±12	U-Pb	Yes	Zircon	34007	Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria	Tauern Window	Lerchbaumer et al. (2010)	AJES103_138
Giersdorf_00000999	510	484	497±13	U-Pb	Yes	Zircon	34007	Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria	Tauern Window	Lerchbaumer et al. (2010)	AJES103_138
Giersdorf_00001000	599	563	581±18	U-Pb	Yes	Zircon	34007	Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria	Tauern Window	Lerchbaumer et al. (2010)	AJES103_138
Giersdorf_00001001	344	342	343±1	U-Pb	Yes	Zircon	34007	Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria	Tauern Window	Lerchbaumer et al. (2010)	AJES103_138
Giersdorf_00001002	368	356	362±6	U-Pb	Yes	Zircon	34007	Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria	Tauern Window	Lerchbaumer et al. (2010)	AJES103_138
Giersdorf_00001003	385	351	368±17	U-Pb	Yes	Zircon	34007	Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria	Tauern Window	Lerchbaumer et al. (2010)	AJES103_138
Giersdorf_00001004	344	334	339±5	U-Pb	Yes	Zircon	34007	Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria	Tauern Window	Lerchbaumer et al. (2010)	AJES103_138
Giersdorf_00001005	373	347	360±13	U-Pb	Yes	Zircon	34007	Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria	Tauern Window	Lerchbaumer et al. (2010)	AJES103_138
Giersdorf_00001006	358	354	356±2	U-Pb	Yes	Zircon	34007	Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria	Tauern Window	Lerchbaumer et al. (2010)	AJES103_138

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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