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Locality Name:
Knappenwand Area, Untersulzbach Valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria

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

mindat Locality ID: 56544
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-56544.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Knappenwand Area, Untersulzbach Valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Blauwand Adit (Blauwandl Adit)
Knappenwand
Neuberg
Untersulzbachtal Mines

Latitude: 47°13'11"N
Longitude: 12°16'21"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.219722222222,12.2725

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	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Corundum	Cyanotrichite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Gypsum	Lepidocrocite	Malachite	Marcasite
Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Titanite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Altaite ()*	Andradite ()*	Anglesite ()*
Augite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bavenite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Cyanotrichite ()*	Diopside ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Galena ()*	Glaucodot ()*	Goethite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hastingsite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Titanite ()*
Zircon ()*

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 Be C Ca Co Cu F Fe H Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Te Ti W Zn Zr

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite
Corundum Cyanotrichite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Garnet Gypsum Lepidocrocite Malachite Marcasite
Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite
Spinel Titanite Zircon

36 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	22204	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	599	334	1	22204	8803
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	599	334	1	22203	489
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	599	334	0		1534
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	599	334	2	22203,22204	2734
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	599	334	0		2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	599	334	1	22204	5509
Bavenite ()*	None	Ca₄Be_2+xAl_2-xSi₉O_26-x(OH)_2+x (x = 0 to 1)	599	334	1	22204	255
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	599	334	1	22204	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	599	334	2	22204,22206	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	599	334	2	22203,22204	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	599	334	3	22203,22204,22206	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	599	334	0		1756
Cyanotrichite ()*	Cyanotrichite	Cu₄Al₂(SO₄)(OH)₁₂(H₂O)₂	599	334	2	22203,22204	179
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	599	334	1	22204	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	599	334	3	22204,22205,22206	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	599	334	1	22204	2740
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	599	334	3	22203,22204,22206	24243
Glaucodot ()*	Arsenopyrite	(Co_0.5Fe_0.5)AsS	599	334	1	22203	131
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	599	334	1	22204	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	599	334	2	22203,22204	6890
Hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	599	334	0		209
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	599	334	1	22205	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	599	334	2	22203,22204	5433
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	599	334	1	22204	581
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	599	334	2	22203,22204	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	599	334	1	22204	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	599	334	2	22203,22204	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	599	334	1	22204	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	599	334	2	22203,22204	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	599	334	1	22203	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	599	334	3	22204,22205,22206	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	599	334	1	22204	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	599	334	1	22203	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	599	334	1	22204	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	599	334	0		5251

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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