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

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

mindat Locality ID: 49710
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-49710.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hollersbach Valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria": 32
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 25

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Bruchgraben
Kratzenberg Lake Area
Pihapper West Slope - Lach Alp Area
Russland
Schafkopf (Schafkogel)
Scharnbachgraben
Schubichl Alp
Senning Gorge (Speibing Gorge)

Latitude: 47°16'21"N
Longitude: 12°23'51"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.2725,12.3975

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	Alunite	Amphibole	Apatite	Apophyllite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Beryl
Bismutite	Brannerite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Covellite	Devilline	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gadolinite	Garnet	Gypsum	Harmotome	Kobellite
Lepidocrocite	Lillianite	Linarite	Malachite	Meneghinite	Mica	Milarite	Molybdenite	Natrolite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite
Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite	Sulphur	Talc	Tetradymite	Titanite
Vesuvianite	Wurtzite

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 B Ba Be Bi C Ca Cd Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Si Sn Te Ti U W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Alunite Amphibole Apatite Apophyllite Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Beryl
Bismutite Brannerite Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Covellite Devilline Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gadolinite Garnet Gypsum Harmotome Kobellite
Lepidocrocite Lillianite Linarite Malachite Meneghinite Mica Milarite Molybdenite Natrolite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Phenakite Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite
Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stibnite Sulphur Talc Tetradymite Titanite
Vesuvianite Wurtzite

86 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Anatase ()*	Andradite ()*	Anglesite ()*
Antigorite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*
Azurite ()*	Bavenite ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*	Beyerite ()*
Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bismutite ()*	Brannerite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cannonite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Clinozoisite ()*	Copper ()*	Cosalite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Datolite ()*	Devilline ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Eclarite ()*
Epidote ()*	Ferrimolybdite ()*	Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Galenobismutite ()*	Gladite ()*	Gold ()*	Greenockite ()*	Grossular ()*
Gypsum ()*	Harmotome ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrocerussite ()*
Hydrozincite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kasolite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*
Lillianite ()*	Linarite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Milarite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phenakite ()*	Piemontite ()*
Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Scolecite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Siderite ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Talc ()*
Tetradymite ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Wulfenite ()*
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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	599	334	6	21878,21885,21887,21891,21898,21909	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	599	334	1	21897	706
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	599	334	2	21895,21902	2162
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	599	334	1	21907	1534
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	599	334	2	21898,21902	2734
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	599	334	1	21907	708
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	599	334	2	21898,21902	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	599	334	2	21897,21898	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	599	334	1	21907	2060
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	599	334	1	21898	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	599	334	1	21895	5509
Bavenite ()*	None	Ca₄Be_2+xAl_2-xSi₉O_26-x(OH)_2+x (x = 0 to 1)	599	334	1	21887	255
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	599	334	1	21895	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	599	334	4	21893,21895,21904,21906	4286
Beyerite ()*	Bismutite	CaBi₂O₂(CO₃)₂	599	334	1	21898	96
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	599	334	1	21898	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	599	334	2	21898,21902	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	599	334	1	21898	716
Brannerite ()*	Brannerite	UTi₂O₆	599	334	1	21890	248
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	599	334	1	21898	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	599	334	12	21878,21882,21883,21885,21891,21892,21895,21897,21898,21902,21907,21909	27770
Cannonite ()*	None	Bi₂O(SO₄)(OH)₂	599	334	1	21898	26
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	599	334	3	21893,21895,21897	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	599	334	7	21878,21895,21897,21898,21900,21901,21909	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	599	334	1	21907	1756
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	599	334	2	21880,21887	1025
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	599	334	1	21898	3846
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	599	334	2	21898,21902	344
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	599	334	1	21898	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	599	334	1	21898	2970
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	599	334	3	21884,21885,21887	498
Devilline ()*	Devilline	CaCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	599	334	1	21898	366
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	599	334	1	21907	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	599	334	3	21891,21897,21907	9895
Eclarite ()*	Kobellite	(Cu,Fe)Pb₉Bi₁₂S₂₈	599	334	1	21898	18
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	599	334	5	21881,21882,21891,21907,21909	8173
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	599	334	1	21898	345
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O	599	334	1	21885	303
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	599	334	5	21887,21893,21895,21897,21901	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	599	334	6	21893,21895,21897,21898,21901,21902	24243
Galenobismutite ()*	Kobellite	PbBi₂S₄	599	334	1	21898	192
Gladite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBi₅S₉	599	334	1	21898	67
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	599	334	1	21898	30554
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	599	334	2	21897,21901	717
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	599	334	2	21880,21907	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	599	334	1	21898	6890
Harmotome ()*	Harmotome	Ba₂(Si₁₂Al₄)O₃₂·12H₂O	599	334	1	21893	290
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	599	334	2	21895,21907	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	599	334	3	21897,21898,21901	1689
Hydrocerussite ()*	None	Pb₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	599	334	1	21893	201
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	599	334	2	21897,21901	1066
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	599	334	1	21898	2228
Kasolite ()*	None	Pb(UO₂)(SiO₄)·H₂O	599	334	2	21895,21903	198
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	599	334	5	21878,21880,21885,21908,21909	1271
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	599	334	1	21892	581
Lillianite ()*	Lillianite	Pb_3-2xAg_xBi_2+xS₆	599	334	1	21898	128
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	599	334	1	21898	987
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	599	334	2	21892,21907	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	599	334	2	21895,21898	12537
Milarite ()*	Milarite	KCa₂(Be₂AlSi₁₂)O₃₀·H₂O	599	334	1	21895	156
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	599	334	1	21898	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	599	334	1	21895	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	599	334	6	21878,21881,21885,21897,21907,21909	17380
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	599	334	1	21895	326
Piemontite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂(Al₂Mn³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	599	334	1	21897	260
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	599	334	5	21880,21887,21889,21891,21909	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	599	334	8	21878,21892,21895,21897,21898,21900,21902,21909	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	599	334	1	21897	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	599	334	3	21878,21898,21909	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	599	334	16	21878,21880,21885,21887,21889,21890,21892,21893,21895,21897,21898,21899,21902,21903,21908,21909	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	599	334	5	21881,21885,21895,21898,21899	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	599	334	6	21878,21884,21897,21898,21907,21909	4894
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	599	334	3	21878,21891,21909	390
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	599	334	1	21898	1153
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	599	334	1	21902	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	599	334	2	21897,21901	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	599	334	4	21884,21897,21898,21901	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	599	334	1	21898	668
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	599	334	1	21898	2045
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	599	334	2	21898,21907	3337
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	599	334	1	21898	510
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	599	334	11	21878,21881,21883,21885,21889,21891,21892,21895,21907,21908,21909	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	599	334	1	21907	2562
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	599	334	1	21907	1395
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	599	334	6	21893,21895,21897,21898,21901,21902	1655
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	599	334	2	21884,21909	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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