Mineral Evolution Database

Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.

Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Obertauern, Radstädter Tauern, Salzburg, Austria

mindat Locality ID: 47437
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-47437.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Obertauern, Radstädter Tauern, Salzburg, Austria": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Gnadenbühel
Sauschneider Alp
Seekar

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.

Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Covellite	Digenite	Enargite
Fluorite	Gypsum	Löllingite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Rocksalt	Scheelite
Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite	Vivianite	Wurtzite

Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bindheimite ()*
Bournonite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enargite ()*
Erythrite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gudmundite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Malachite ()*	Pararammelsbergite ()*	Posnjakite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Scheelite ()*
Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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: As Ba C Ca Co Cu F Fe H Mg Mo Ni O Pb S Sb W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Covellite Digenite Enargite
Fluorite Gypsum Löllingite Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrochlore Rocksalt Scheelite
Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Vivianite Wurtzite

30 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	22517	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	22517	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	22516	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	22515	11547
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	1	22515	450
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	2	22515,22517	1089
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	22517	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	22515	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	22515	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	22517	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	22515	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	22515	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	22515	1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	22515	9895
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	1	22515	910
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	22517	814
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	22515	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	22515,22517	24243
Gudmundite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeSbS	1	22517	170
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	22517	6890
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	3	22515,22516,22517	12537
Pararammelsbergite ()*	Löllingite	NiAs₂	1	22517	52
Posnjakite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·H₂O	1	22517	309
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	22517	39462
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	22517	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	22517	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	22515,22517	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	2	22515,22516	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	22517	5317
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	22515	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...