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Locality Name:
North Face, Hoher Sonnblick, Alteck - Hoher Sonnblick Area, Hüttwinkl Valley, Rauris Valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria

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

mindat Locality ID: 56103
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-56103.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "North Face, Hoher Sonnblick, Alteck - Hoher Sonnblick Area, Hüttwinkl Valley, Rauris Valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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: Al As Ba Be C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba Be C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCyanotrichiteDiasporeEpidote
FeldsparFluoriteGypsumLepidocrociteLinariteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartz
RocksaltScheeliteSpangoliteSphaleriteTitanite

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bertrandite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carbonatecyanotrichite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Cyanotrichite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Khaidarkanite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)
Linarite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pitticite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rosasite  (*)Spangolite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Theisite  (*)
Titanite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)59933408803
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)65993340919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)259933405509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)599334011547
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)25993340606
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)659933401633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)599334027770
Carbonatecyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(CO3)(OH)12·2H2O599334088
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)59933404979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2599334027198
Cyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)25993340179
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)59933408173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF259933409617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS599334024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)59933407437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O59933406890
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O59933401689
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)659933402228
Khaidarkanite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al3(OH)14F3·2H2O59933404
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)5993340581
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)25993340987
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)59933401487
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2599334012537
Pitticite  (*)None[Fe,AsO4,SO4,H2O] (?)5993340140
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2599334039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2599334061156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)25993340454
Spangolite  (*)SpangoliteCu6Al(SO4)(OH)12Cl·3H2O5993340105
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS599334021482
Theisite  (*)NoneCu5Zn5(AsO4)2(OH)14599334058
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O59933404899
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO459933401655


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Giersdorf_00000995The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00000996The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00000997The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00000998The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00000999The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00001000The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00001001The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00001002The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00001003The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00001004The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00001005The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00001006The 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 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
Giersdorf_00000995371339355±16U-Pb    YesZircon 34007Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, AustriaTauern WindowLerchbaumer et al. (2010) AJES103_138 
Giersdorf_00000996394348371±23U-Pb    YesZircon 34007Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, AustriaTauern WindowLerchbaumer et al. (2010) AJES103_138 
Giersdorf_00000997472422447±25U-Pb    YesZircon 34007Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, AustriaTauern WindowLerchbaumer et al. (2010) AJES103_138 
Giersdorf_00000998517493505±12U-Pb    YesZircon 34007Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, AustriaTauern WindowLerchbaumer et al. (2010) AJES103_138 
Giersdorf_00000999510484497±13U-Pb    YesZircon 34007Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, AustriaTauern WindowLerchbaumer et al. (2010) AJES103_138 
Giersdorf_00001000599563581±18U-Pb    YesZircon 34007Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, AustriaTauern WindowLerchbaumer et al. (2010) AJES103_138 
Giersdorf_00001001344342343±1U-Pb    YesZircon 34007Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, AustriaTauern WindowLerchbaumer et al. (2010) AJES103_138 
Giersdorf_00001002368356362±6U-Pb    YesZircon 34007Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, AustriaTauern WindowLerchbaumer et al. (2010) AJES103_138 
Giersdorf_00001003385351368±17U-Pb    YesZircon 34007Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, AustriaTauern WindowLerchbaumer et al. (2010) AJES103_138 
Giersdorf_00001004344334339±5U-Pb    YesZircon 34007Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, AustriaTauern WindowLerchbaumer et al. (2010) AJES103_138 
Giersdorf_00001005373347360±13U-Pb    YesZircon 34007Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, AustriaTauern WindowLerchbaumer et al. (2010) AJES103_138 
Giersdorf_00001006358354356±2U-Pb    YesZircon 34007Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, AustriaTauern WindowLerchbaumer et al. (2010) AJES103_138 

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