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Locality Name:
Rock Salt Deposit, Dürrnberg, Hallein, Salzburg, Austria

Oldest recorded age at locality: 240
Youngest recorded age at locality: 240

mindat Locality ID: 46066
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-46066.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rock Salt Deposit, Dürrnberg, Hallein, Salzburg, Austria": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 47°40'2"N
Longitude: 13°5'28"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.667222222222,13.091111111111

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.

Alum	Blödite	Clay	Corundum	Epsomite	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Hexahydrite	Kieserite	Lepidocrocite
Melanterite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Spinel	Sulphur

Alum-(K) ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Blödite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epsomite ()*
Glauberite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Halotrichite ()*	Hematite ()*
Hexahydrite ()*	Hydrohalite ()*	Kieserite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Löweite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Mirabilite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrite ()*
Polyhalite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tachyhydrite ()*
Thénardite ()*	Vanthoffite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cl Fe H K Mg Na O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alum Blödite Clay Corundum Epsomite Gypsum Halotrichite Hexahydrite Kieserite Lepidocrocite
Melanterite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Spinel Sulphur

27 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Alum-(K) ()*	Alum	KAl(SO₄)₂·12H₂O	240	240	92
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	240	240	1588
Blödite ()*	Blödite	Na₂Mg(SO₄)₂·4H₂O	240	240	130
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	240	240	9895
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	240	240	484
Glauberite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(SO₄)₂	240	240	137
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	240	240	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	240	240	1398
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	240	240	409
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	240	240	14640
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O	240	240	251
Hydrohalite ()*	None	NaCl·2H₂O	240	240	17
Kieserite ()*	Kieserite	Mg(SO₄)·H₂O	240	240	80
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	240	240	581
Löweite ()*	None	Na₁₂Mg₇(SO₄)₁₃·15H₂O	240	240	28
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	240	240	14899
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	240	240	915
Mirabilite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)·10H₂O	240	240	223
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	240	240	17380
Natrite ()*	None	Na₂(CO₃)	240	240	19
Polyhalite ()*	None	K₂Ca₂Mg(SO₄)₄·2H₂O	240	240	102
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	240	240	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	240	240	61156
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	240	240	2045
Tachyhydrite ()*	None	CaMg₂Cl₆·12H₂O	240	240	16
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)	240	240	299
Vanthoffite ()*	None	Na₆Mg(SO₄)₄	240	240	16

1 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
	Mo-00267	240	240								Yes		Molybdenite	Mo	53304	Hallein, Salzburg, Austria		Spötl (1989)	10.1016/0037-0738(89)90009-2	SG65_113

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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