Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Seebach Valley, Obersulzbach Valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria

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

mindat Locality ID: 56536
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-56536.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Seebach Valley, Obersulzbach Valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Oberer Hackenkopf
Seebach Lake
Seebachplaike (Ochsenwinkel)

Latitude: 47°10'58"N
Longitude: 12°13'20"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.182777777778,12.222222222222

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.

Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Harmotome	None
Not in a structural group	Palygorskite	Phenakite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite
Tourmaline

Albite ()*	Augite ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Harmotome ()*	Hematite ()*
Kainosite-(Y) ()*	Magnetite ()*	Palygorskite ()*	Phenakite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Titanite ()*

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 Fe H Mg Na O S Si Ti Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Harmotome None
Not in a structural group Palygorskite Phenakite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Titanite
Tourmaline

20 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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	599	334	2	22009,22010	8803
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	599	334	1	22009	2060
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	599	334	1	22010	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	599	334	1	22010	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	599	334	2	22009,22010	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	599	334	2	22009,22010	27198
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	599	334	1	22009	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	599	334	1	22009	8173
Harmotome ()*	Harmotome	Ba₂(Si₁₂Al₄)O₃₂·12H₂O	599	334	2	22009,22010	290
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	599	334	2	22007,22010	14640
Kainosite-(Y) ()*	None	Ca₂Y₂(SiO₃)₄(CO₃)·H₂O	599	334	1	22007	99
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	599	334	1	22009	14899
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O	599	334	1	22009	306
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	599	334	1	22010	326
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	599	334	1	22007	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	599	334	2	22007,22010	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	599	334	1	22010	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	599	334	1	22010	2705
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	599	334	1	22009	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	599	334	2	22009,22010	4899

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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