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Locality Name:
Fusch Valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria

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

mindat Locality ID: 49671
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-49671.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fusch Valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria": 28
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 20

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Brennkogel Area
Bruck
Ferleiten
Fusch

Latitude: 47°5'54"N
Longitude: 12°49'16"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.098333333333,12.821111111111

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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Bournonite	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite
Chloritoid	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum
Humite	Lawsonite	Linarite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Mica	Millerite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Polybasite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile
Scheelite	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Vivianite

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 C Ca Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Bournonite Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite
Chloritoid Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gypsum
Humite Lawsonite Linarite Malachite Marcasite Melanterite Mica Millerite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Perovskite Polybasite Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile
Scheelite Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Talc Tetrahedrite Titanite Vivianite

77 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Anatase ()*	Ankerite ()*
Annabergite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*
Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chloritoid ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysotile ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Clinohumite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hörnesite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kyanite ()*
Lawsonite ()*	Lechatelierite ()*	Linarite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Magnesite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Margarite ()*	Melanterite ()*
Millerite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Paragonite ()*
Perovskite ()*	Pitticite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Polydymite ()*	Prehnite ()*
Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Rhodonite ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Siderite ()*
Siegenite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Talc ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Vaesite ()*	Violarite ()*
Zincochromite ()*	Zoisite ()*

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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	599	334	2	21638,21648	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	599	334	2	21651,21660	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	599	334	1	21638	2353
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	599	334	1	21651	2162
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	599	334	2	21642,21656	3092
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	599	334	1	21638	445
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	599	334	1	21645	718
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	599	334	1	21638	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	599	334	3	21642,21656,21660	9052
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	599	334	1	21660	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	599	334	1	21658	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	599	334	1	21638	5516
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	599	334	1	21642	1089
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	599	334	1	21651	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	599	334	7	21638,21640,21642,21651,21656,21660,21661	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	599	334	2	21642,21656	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	599	334	4	21638,21642,21656,21660	27198
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	599	334	1	21639	376
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	599	334	1	21637	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	599	334	1	21645	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	599	334	2	21637,21638	1756
Clinohumite ()*	Humite	Mg₉(SiO₄)₄F₂	599	334	1	21638	236
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	599	334	1	21638	1025
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	599	334	1	21645	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	599	334	5	21638,21639,21642,21648,21656	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	599	334	2	21637,21638	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	599	334	1	21653	9617
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	599	334	1	21642	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	599	334	4	21638,21642,21656,21660	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	599	334	4	21638,21642,21656,21660	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	599	334	2	21639,21642	6890
Hörnesite ()*	Vivianite	Mg₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	599	334	1	21638	103
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	599	334	1	21642	1066
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	599	334	2	21638,21651	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	599	334	1	21639	1507
Lawsonite ()*	Lawsonite	CaAl₂(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	599	334	1	21643	121
Lechatelierite ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂	599	334	2	21635,21636	62
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	599	334	1	21642	987
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	599	334	1	21638	359
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	599	334	1	21648	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	599	334	4	21638,21642,21656,21658	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	599	334	5	21635,21642,21647,21658,21660	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	599	334	1	21642	5674
Margarite ()*	Mica Clay	CaAl₂Si₂Al₂O₁₀(OH)₂	599	334	1	21650	168
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	599	334	1	21658	915
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	599	334	1	21638	1066
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	599	334	1	21642	1107
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	599	334	3	21638,21651,21656	17380
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	599	334	1	21638	767
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	599	334	1	21650	247
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	599	334	1	21638	495
Pitticite ()*	None	[Fe,AsO₄,SO₄,H₂O] (?)	599	334	1	21642	140
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	599	334	2	21638,21642	716
Polydymite ()*	Spinel	Ni²⁺Ni³⁺₂S₄	599	334	1	21638	131
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	599	334	1	21652	1898
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	599	334	1	21642	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	599	334	7	21637,21638,21642,21648,21656,21658,21660	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	599	334	3	21638,21642,21656	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	599	334	5	21638,21642,21656,21660,21662	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	599	334	1	21657	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	599	334	1	21657	969
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	599	334	3	21638,21642,21651	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	599	334	1	21638	4894
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	599	334	1	21642	1153
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	599	334	1	21656	6417
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄	599	334	1	21638	249
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	599	334	1	21642	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	599	334	3	21642,21656,21660	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	599	334	1	21660	3418
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	599	334	2	21638,21648	3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	599	334	2	21638,21642	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	599	334	1	21652	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	599	334	1	21638	2562
Vaesite ()*	Pyrite	NiS₂	599	334	1	21638	106
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	599	334	1	21638	380
Zincochromite ()*	Spinel	ZnCr₂O₄	599	334	1	21638	11
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	599	334	2	21638,21650	1025

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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