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Locality Name:
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: 56114
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-56114.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Alteck - Hoher Sonnblick Area, Hüttwinkl Valley, Rauris Valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria": 26
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 22

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Alteck
Fraganter Scharte - North Of
Goldberg-Spitze
Goldbergtauernkogel
Goldzechkopf
Herzog Ernst-Spitze
Hoher Goldberg
Hoher Sonnblick
Kolm-Saigurn

Latitude: 47°3'46"N
Longitude: 12°57'11"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.062777777778,12.953055555556
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: Ag Al As Au Ba Be Bi C Ca Cd Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo N Na O P Pb S Sb Si Te Ti V W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe H Mg O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAdeliteAluniteAmphiboleAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenoliteArsenopyriteBaryte
BerylBixbyiteBrochantiteBrookiteCalciteCaledoniteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteChloriteClay
ClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteCyanotrichiteDevillineDiasporeDundasiteEpidoteFeldspar
FluoriteGarnetGypsumLepidocrociteLillianiteLinariteLindackeriteMalachiteMarcasiteMelanterite
MicaMiniumMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePharmacosideritePhenakitePolybasite
PrehnitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSpangoliteSphaleriteStanniteStibnite
SulphurTetradymiteTetrahedriteTitaniteVivianiteVolborthiteWurtziteZircon

120 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Adamite  (*)Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)
Anglesite  (*)Antlerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenolite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Aurichalcite  (*)Austinite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bavenite  (*)
Bayldonite  (*)Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)Bertrandite  (*)Beryl  (*)Beudantite  (*)
Bieberite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bixbyite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Brookite  (*)
Bukovskýite  (*)Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Carbonatecyanotrichite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Copper  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Cyanotrichite  (*)Devilline  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Dundasite  (*)Elyite  (*)Epidote  (*)Eskimoite  (*)Euclase  (*)
Famatinite  (*)Fayalite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gartrellite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Greenockite  (*)Grossular  (*)Gustavite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Heyrovskýite  (*)Hydrocerussite  (*)
Hydrozincite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Khaidarkanite  (*)Köttigite  (*)
Lanarkite  (*)Langite  (*)Lead  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Linarite  (*)
Lindackerite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)
Mimetite  (*)Minium  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pharmacolite  (*)
Pharmacosiderite  (*)Phenakite  (*)Phosgenite  (*)Pitticite  (*)Plattnerite  (*)
Plumbojarosite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rosasite  (*)
Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Segnitite  (*)Serpierite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Spangolite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Stolzite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Theisite  (*)Tinnunculite  (*)Titanite  (*)Vivianite  (*)Volborthite  (*)
Wherryite  (*)Witherite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S599334422028,22041,22042,220472793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)259933403419
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)599334122042254
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)599334822029,22030,22032,22033,22034,22039,22040,220448803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2599334722030,22032,22033,22039,22040,22042,220452162
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)599334522023,22028,22042,22046,220472734
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)4599334122047246
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)5993341220473250
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O3599334122047231
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS599334722025,22026,22038,22041,22042,22043,220459052
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6599334622028,22033,22034,22042,22046,22047919
Austinite  (*)AdeliteCaZn(AsO4)(OH)59933412204771
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2599334522033,22034,22041,22042,220475509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)599334422028,22030,22034,2204711547
Bavenite  (*)NoneCa4Be2+xAl2-xSi9O26-x(OH)2+x (x = 0 to 1)599334122026255
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)2599334122047172
Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)AlunitePb(Fe3+2Cu)(SO4)2(OH)6599334122047132
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)2599334422033,22034,22039,22040606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18599334422030,22033,22041,220444286
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6599334322023,22042,22047413
Bieberite  (*)MelanteriteCo(SO4)·7H2O59933412204750
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3599334222035,220401935
Bixbyite  (*)BixbyiteMn3+2O3599334122028104
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6599334322034,22046,220471633
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2599334222033,22040700
Bukovskýite  (*)NoneFe3+2(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)·7H2O59933412203113
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)599334722028,22032,22034,22041,22042,22043,2204427770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6599334122047359
Carbonatecyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(CO3)(OH)12·2H2O59933412203488
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)599334922023,22028,22033,22034,22041,22042,22043,22046,220474979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O599334122041925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S5993341220335707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2599334822028,22030,22033,22034,22035,22041,22042,2204327198
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)85993341220401756
Copper  (*)CopperCu5993341220473846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS599334222033,220474165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O5993341220472970
Cyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)2599334122034179
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O599334122047366
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2599334222041,220439895
Dundasite  (*)DundasitePbAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·H2O59933412204797
Elyite  (*)NoneCuPb4(SO4)O2(OH)4·H2O59933412204785
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)5993341220348173
Eskimoite  (*)LillianiteAg7Pb10Bi15S3659933412204120
Euclase  (*)NoneBeAlSiO4(OH)599334122040120
Famatinite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3SbS4599334122033163
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)599334122047371
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2599334222026,220349617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS599334822023,22028,22033,22034,22038,22041,22042,2204324243
Gartrellite  (*)NonePbCuFe3+(AsO4)2(OH)·H2O59933412204241
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)599334422028,22033,22034,220477437
Gold  (*)CopperAu5993341022025,22033,22035,22037,22040,22041,22043,22044,22045,2204730554
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS599334122042717
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)359933401544
Gustavite  (*)LillianiteAgPbBi3S6599334122035113
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O599334322034,22041,220476890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O359933412204214640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O599334322033,22034,220421689
Heyrovskýite  (*)LillianitePb6Bi2S959933412204166
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)2599334122047201
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)6599334222042,220471066
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O35993341220335433
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)65993341220342228
Khaidarkanite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al3(OH)14F3·2H2O5993341220344
Köttigite  (*)VivianiteZn3(AsO4)2·8H2O59933412204760
Lanarkite  (*)NonePb2O(SO4)59933412204797
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O599334122047593
Lead  (*)CopperPb599334122047192
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)599334122034581
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2599334522033,22034,22042,22046,22047987
Lindackerite  (*)LindackeriteCu5(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)2·9H2O5993341220479
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)5993341220341487
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2599334722028,22033,22034,22041,22042,22046,2204712537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS25993341220415674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O599334122041915
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl599334222042,220471107
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O4599334122047247
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2599334222033,220415800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2599334322030,22040,2204217380
Pharmacolite  (*)GypsumCa(AsO3OH)·2H2O599334122047105
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O599334122042428
Phenakite  (*)PhenakiteBe2(SiO4)599334122039326
Phosgenite  (*)NonePb2(CO3)Cl2599334122047142
Pitticite  (*)None[Fe,AsO4,SO4,H2O] (?)599334122034140
Plattnerite  (*)RutilePbO2599334122047158
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6599334222028,22047477
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]599334122033716
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O599334122047309
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)2599334222032,220391898
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS35993341220331425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2599334822028,22030,22033,22034,22040,22041,22042,2204339462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl5993341220421725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8599334222041,220479056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO25993341322024,22026,22028,22030,22032,22033,22034,22035,22040,22041,22042,22043,2204461156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)2599334322034,22042,22047454
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2599334522030,22032,22033,22040,220445614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)599334322029,22033,220424894
Segnitite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)6599334122042134
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O599334122047292
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)599334222033,220426417
Silver  (*)CopperAg599334422040,22041,22042,220475186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)5993341220422473
Spangolite  (*)SpangoliteCu6Al(SO4)(OH)12Cl·3H2O599334122034105
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS599334522028,22033,22034,22041,2204221482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S35993341220283418
Stolzite  (*)ScheelitePb(WO4)599334122047156
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS5993341220472045
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO5993341220471101
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S599334222033,22035510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S135993341220415317
Theisite  (*)NoneCu5Zn5(AsO4)2(OH)1459933412203458
Tinnunculite  (*)NoneC5H4N4O3·2H2O5993341220378
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O599334222033,220344899
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O599334122047636
Volborthite  (*)VolborthiteCu3V2O7(OH)2·2H2O599334122047155
Wherryite  (*)NonePb7Cu2(SO4)4(SiO4)2(OH)25993341220479
Witherite  (*)AragoniteBa(CO3)599334122047251
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO4599334422033,22034,22042,220471655
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)599334222033,22040939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)5993341220335251


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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