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Locality Name:
Krimmler Ache Valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria

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

mindat Locality ID: 56151
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-56151.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Krimmler Ache Valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria": 31
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 25

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Foiskarkogel West Slope
Glockenkarkopf
Grasleitenscharte
Hinterer Maurerkeeskopf North Slope
Holzlahner Alp
Humbachkarkopf
Hütteltalkopf
Jaidbachspitze - Gamsspitzl Area
Krimml
Rainbach Valley
Schachenkar
Söllnkar
Sonntagskopf - Sonntagskar Area

Latitude: 47°14'22"N
Longitude: 12°10'29"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.239444444444,12.174722222222

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.

Amphibole	Apatite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote
Feldspar	Fluorite	Gadolinite	Garnet	Gypsum	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Natrolite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Palygorskite	Phenakite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt
Scheelite	Sphalerite	Titanite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Augite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*
Datolite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Euclase ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Graphite ()*	Grossular ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Malachite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Palygorskite ()*	Phenakite ()*	Prehnite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*
Scolecite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Titanite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*

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 B Ba Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Ti W Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote
Feldspar Fluorite Gadolinite Garnet Gypsum Malachite Mica Molybdenite Natrolite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Palygorskite Phenakite Prehnite Pyrite Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt
Scheelite Sphalerite Titanite Zircon

39 IMA Minerals at location:

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	1	21956	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	599	334	6	21928,21930,21935,21939,21953,21956	8803
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	599	334	1	21945	1588
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	599	334	1	21956	2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	599	334	2	21948,21949	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	599	334	1	21948	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	599	334	1	21956	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	599	334	4	21927,21928,21941,21956	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	599	334	3	21946,21948,21956	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	599	334	1	21956	577
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	599	334	1	21940	498
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	599	334	1	21956	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	599	334	1	21948	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	599	334	4	21928,21934,21941,21956	8173
Euclase ()*	None	BeAlSiO₄(OH)	599	334	1	21929	120
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	599	334	1	21956	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	599	334	3	21928,21948,21953	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	599	334	2	21946,21949	24243
Graphite ()*	None	C	599	334	1	21935	2812
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	599	334	1	21956	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	599	334	1	21945	6890
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	599	334	1	21941	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	599	334	3	21928,21955,21956	14640
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	599	334	1	21934	1271
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	599	334	2	21948,21949	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	599	334	1	21952	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	599	334	2	21929,21956	17380
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O	599	334	1	21941	306
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	599	334	1	21953	326
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	599	334	3	21928,21938,21941	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	599	334	7	21928,21931,21934,21945,21946,21948,21956	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	599	334	1	21945	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	599	334	1	21954	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	599	334	9	21927,21929,21931,21934,21935,21940,21948,21953,21956	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	599	334	1	21956	4894
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	599	334	1	21933	390
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	599	334	1	21946	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	599	334	9	21927,21928,21932,21939,21942,21953,21955,21956,21957	4899
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	599	334	1	21931	939

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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