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Locality Name:
Saalfelden, Salzburg, Austria

Oldest recorded age at locality: 144
Youngest recorded age at locality: 65

mindat Locality ID: 45589
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-45589.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Saalfelden, Salzburg, Austria": 40
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 27

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Biberg (Bieberg)
Leogang
Maishofen
Maria Alm

Latitude: 47°25'33"N
Longitude: 12°44'33"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.425833333333,12.7425

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 B Ba Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe Ge H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Ti V Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAluniteAmphiboleAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenoliteArsenopyrite
AxiniteBaryteBrochantiteBrookiteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcophylliteChalcopyriteChloriteClay
ClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDevillineDiasporeDigeniteEnargiteEpidote
EpsomiteFeldsparGermaniteGypsumHexahydriteHydrotalciteKtenasiteLöllingiteLinariteMalachite
MarcasiteMelanteriteMicaMilleriteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOrpimentPentlanditePerovskite
PharmacosideritePrehnitePyritePyrophyllitePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSerpentine
SkutteruditeSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStibniteStilpnomelaneSulphurTalcTetrahedriteTitanite
TyroliteVivianiteWurtziteZircon

154 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Adamite  (*)Albite  (*)Allophane  (*)
Anatase  (*)Anglesite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Annabergite  (*)
Antigorite  (*)Antlerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenolite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Asbolane  (*)Augite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Axinite-(Fe)  (*)Azurite  (*)
Babánekite  (*)Balkanite  (*)Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)Baryte  (*)Betekhtinite  (*)
Beudantite  (*)Bieberite  (*)Birnessite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bornite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Brookite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Celestine  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Cesàrolite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcophyllite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Claraite  (*)
Clinochlore  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Colusite  (*)Copper  (*)
Cornubite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Delafossite  (*)Devilline  (*)
Digenite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Donharrisite  (*)Enargite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Erythrite  (*)Euchroite  (*)Famatinite  (*)Fassinaite  (*)Ferrohexahydrite  (*)
Furutobeite  (*)Galena  (*)Glaukosphaerite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gortdrumite  (*)
Graphite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hörnesite  (*)Hydromagnesite  (*)
Idaite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Langite  (*)Lavendulan  (*)
Leogangite  (*)Linarite  (*)Linnaeite  (*)Litharge  (*)Luzonite  (*)
Mackinawite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Mawsonite  (*)Mckinstryite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Mercury  (*)Metacinnabar  (*)
Millerite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Morenosite  (*)Moschellandsbergite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Namuwite  (*)Natrojarosite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Nickelskutterudite  (*)Nukundamite  (*)
Olivenite  (*)Orpiment  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Paraschachnerite  (*)Parnauite  (*)
Pentlandite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Phosgenite  (*)Piemontite  (*)Polydymite  (*)
Posnjakite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rammelsbergite  (*)Ranciéite  (*)Realgar  (*)Reevesite  (*)
Renierite  (*)Richelsdorfite  (*)Rutile  (*)Schachnerite  (*)Serpierite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Siegenite  (*)Silver  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Stilpnomelane  (*)Strashimirite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)Strontianite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Talc  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Titanite  (*)Todorokite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Tyrolite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zincolivenite  (*)Zircon  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S14465222538,225412793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21225203419
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)14465122542254
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)14465222520,225388803
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O14465422534,22537,22542,22550470
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21225202162
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)14465322535,22538,225392734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)14465222534,225371588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)214465422520,22530,22538,225443092
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O144651322530,22531,22532,22534,22535,22537,22538,22539,22540,22541,22542,22544,22554445
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4122520708
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)414465222534,22537246
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)144652022520,22523,22525,22526,22529,22530,22531,22534,22535,22536,22537,22538,22539,22540,22541,22542,22544,22545,22557,225583250
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O314465222530,22538231
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS14465522520,22529,22530,22538,225549052
Asbolane  (*)Not in a structural groupMn4+(O,OH)2·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)x(OH)2x·nH2O14465322530,22537,22544143
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61225202060
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)614465222537,22542919
Axinite-(Fe)  (*)AxiniteCa4Fe2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)2122553260
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2144651522521,22523,22529,22530,22534,22535,22536,22537,22538,22539,22540,22541,22542,22544,225505509
Babánekite  (*)VivianiteCu3(AsO4)2·8H2O1225329
Balkanite  (*)NoneAg5Cu9HgS8144651225389
Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteBa0.5Fe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·5H2O14465222535,22542150
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)144651122520,22529,22534,22535,22537,22538,22539,22540,22541,22542,2255711547
Betekhtinite  (*)None(Cu,Fe)21Pb2S151446512253845
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)614465122538413
Bieberite  (*)MelanteriteCo(SO4)·7H2O12253050
Birnessite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K)0.6(Mn4+,Mn3+)2O4·1.5H2O14465122537178
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi144651225381966
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4144651322520,22529,22530,22531,22535,22537,22538,22539,22540,22541,22542,22544,225545516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6144651122529,22530,22534,22535,22537,22538,22539,22540,22541,22542,225441633
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2122520700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)144651122520,22529,22530,22537,22538,22539,22540,22541,22544,22553,2255427770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO214465222535,225395171
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)14465422529,22530,22538,225391252
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)14465822520,22534,22535,22537,22538,22539,22540,225414979
Cesàrolite  (*)NonePbMn4+3O6(OH)21446512254127
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O122550925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S14465522523,22530,22538,22540,225445707
Chalcophyllite  (*)ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24·36H2O14465122542194
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2144651722520,22527,22529,22530,22531,22535,22536,22537,22538,22539,22540,22541,22542,22544,22550,22553,2255427198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O14465322537,22541,225423531
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4122520951
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS144651222520,22529,22530,22535,22536,22537,22538,22539,22540,22541,22542,225442600
Claraite  (*)None(Cu,Zn)15(CO3)4(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)14·7H2O14465222537,2254240
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81225531756
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)222553,225541025
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS14465122533966
Colusite  (*)Sphalerite GermaniteCu13VAs3S1614465322530,22537,22538110
Copper  (*)CopperCu14465322536,22541,225443846
Cornubite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)414465122542109
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS14465822529,22530,22535,22538,22539,22541,22544,225504165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O14465822529,22534,22536,22537,22538,22541,22542,225442970
Delafossite  (*)NoneCu1+Fe3+O214465122541144
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O144651222520,22529,22530,22534,22535,22537,22538,22539,22540,22541,22542,22544366
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S14465422530,22538,22541,225441027
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2144651422520,22529,22530,22531,22532,22535,22536,22537,22538,22539,22540,22541,22542,225449895
Donharrisite  (*)NoneNi3HgS3144651225383
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS414465222527,22541910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1225208173
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O144651422529,22530,22531,22532,22534,22535,22536,22537,22538,22540,22541,22542,22544,22554814
Euchroite  (*)NoneCu2(AsO4)(OH)·3H2O14465422529,22535,22537,2254224
Famatinite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3SbS414465122538163
Fassinaite  (*)Not in a structural groupPb2(CO3)(S2O3)14465322538,22539,2254011
Ferrohexahydrite  (*)HexahydriteFe2+(SO4)·6H2O12252021
Furutobeite  (*)None(Cu,Ag)6PbS4144651225387
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS144651122520,22534,22535,22536,22537,22538,22539,22540,22541,22542,2255424243
Glaukosphaerite  (*)MalachiteCuNi(CO3)(OH)214465222537,2254425
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)144651022529,22530,22535,22537,22538,22539,22540,22541,22542,225447437
Gortdrumite  (*)NoneCu24Fe2Hg9S23144651225415
Graphite  (*)NoneC322520,22529,225302812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O144651222520,22529,22530,22531,22534,22536,22537,22538,22539,22540,22541,225446890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O312252914640
Hörnesite  (*)VivianiteMg3(AsO4)2·8H2O14465522534,22537,22539,22540,22542103
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O14465122541341
Idaite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3FeS414465322535,22538,22539142
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31225205433
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14122520784
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O144651022520,22529,22530,22534,22535,22537,22538,22539,22540,22544593
Lavendulan  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5H2O122544149
Leogangite  (*)NoneCu10(AsO4)4(SO4)(OH)6·8H2O14465522529,22535,22537,22542,2254415
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)214465222538,22539987
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S4122530249
Litharge  (*)NonePbO14465122538139
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS414465222530,22538198
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)122544451
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)14465922529,22530,22535,22538,22539,22540,22541,22542,225441487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O412252014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2144651722520,22521,22523,22529,22530,22534,22535,22536,22537,22538,22539,22540,22541,22542,22544,22550,2255412537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS214465722520,22527,22529,22538,22539,22541,225445674
Mawsonite  (*)NoneCu6Fe2SnS814465722530,22535,22537,22538,22539,22541,2254492
Mckinstryite  (*)NoneAg5Cu3S414465222533,2253851
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O122530915
Mercury  (*)NoneHg14465622529,22537,22538,22540,22541,22544397
Metacinnabar  (*)SphaleriteHgS14465422529,22540,22541,22544255
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS14465522530,22535,22538,22541,225441066
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl144651225411107
Morenosite  (*)EpsomiteNi(SO4)·7H2O12253084
Moschellandsbergite  (*)NoneAg2Hg314465222538,2254124
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)214465422526,22538,22539,2254117380
Namuwite  (*)KtenasiteZn4(SO4)(OH)6·4H2O1446512254258
Natrojarosite  (*)AluniteNaFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)614465222538,22540254
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs222530,22544633
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Skutterudite Perovskite(Ni,Co,Fe)As3222530,22544176
Nukundamite  (*)NoneCu3.4Fe0.6S41446512253816
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)14465822529,22535,22538,22539,22540,22541,22542,22544492
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S3122530511
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS144651022529,22530,22531,22532,22535,22537,22538,22539,22541,22542767
Paraschachnerite  (*)NoneAg3Hg21446512254111
Parnauite  (*)NoneCu9(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)10·7H2O14465522529,22535,22537,22539,22542105
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81225301512
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O14465122537428
Phosgenite  (*)NonePb2(CO3)Cl214465122538142
Piemontite  (*)EpidoteCa2(Al2Mn3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)122549260
Polydymite  (*)SpinelNi2+Ni3+2S414465522530,22535,22538,22540,22544131
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O144651022529,22530,22534,22535,22537,22538,22539,22540,22541,22544309
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21225461898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2144651622520,22527,22529,22530,22531,22535,22536,22537,22538,22539,22540,22541,22542,22544,22553,2255439462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)214465122526771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8522520,22529,22550,22553,225549056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2144651622520,22529,22530,22532,22534,22535,22537,22538,22539,22540,22541,22542,22544,22549,22553,2255461156
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs2122530233
Ranciéite  (*)None(Ca,Mn2+)0.2(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2·0.6H2O14465122538177
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS122530712
Reevesite  (*)HydrotalciteNi6Fe3+2(CO3)(OH)16·4H2O1446512253748
Renierite  (*)Sphalerite Germanite(Cu1+,Zn)11Fe4(Ge4+,As5+)2S1614465322530,22537,2253837
Richelsdorfite  (*)NoneCa2Cu5Sb5+(AsO4)4(OH)6Cl·6H2O14465522530,22532,22536,22537,2254157
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21225205614
Schachnerite  (*)NoneAg1.1Hg0.91446512254114
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O14465322534,22537,22544292
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)14465422520,22538,22544,225546417
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S414465422526,22539,22541,22542249
Silver  (*)CopperAg14465422537,22538,22541,225445186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs3122530531
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS14465622520,22529,22538,22541,22544,2255421482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3144651225383418
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O14465122526456
Strashimirite  (*)NoneCu4(AsO4)2(OH)2·2.5H2O14465922529,22530,22532,22535,22537,22539,22541,22542,2254490
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS14465122538332
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)14465522520,22529,22534,22537,22538589
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS14465422535,22538,22539,225412045
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21225203337
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13144651322529,22530,22531,22532,22535,22536,22537,22538,22539,22540,22541,22542,225441803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO144651225411101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1314465322520,22530,225385317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1225204899
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O122557433
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2222520,225542562
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O14465622529,22534,22537,22538,22539,22542245
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO41225291655
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)122520939
Zincolivenite  (*)AndalusiteCuZn(AsO4)(OH)1446512254260
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1225205251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1225511025



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-0010214465       Balkanite, Cinnabar, Donharrisite, Gortdrumite, Mercury, Metacinnabar, MoschellandsbergiteHg50789Schwarzleo District, Schwarzleograben, Hütten, Leogang, Saalfelden, Salzburg, Austria Pohl and Belocky (1993) MOGG86_141 


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