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Locality Name:
Nasenkopf, Habach Valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria

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

mindat Locality ID: 56703
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-56703.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nasenkopf, Habach Valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Enzianhütte
Greinerrinne
Leckbachgraben (Leckbachrinne)
Leckbachscharte
Southeast Slope

Latitude: 47°12'20"N
Longitude: 12°21'26"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.205555555556,12.357222222222

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.

Aeschynite	Allophane	Amorphous	Amphibole	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Beryl
Bismutite	Brannerite	Brochantite	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper
Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite	Descloizite	Devilline	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gadolinite
Garnet	Löllingite	Lillianite	Linarite	Malachite	Marcasite	Meneghinite	Mica	Milarite	Molybdenite
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pentlandite	Phenakite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Sulphur	Talc	Titanite
Tourmaline	Wurtzite	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 Au B Be Bi C Ca Ce Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Nb Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Th Ti U V W Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aeschynite Allophane Amorphous Amphibole Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Beryl
Bismutite Brannerite Brochantite Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Copper
Corundum Covellite Cubanite Descloizite Devilline Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gadolinite
Garnet Löllingite Lillianite Linarite Malachite Marcasite Meneghinite Mica Milarite Molybdenite
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pentlandite Phenakite Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Sulphur Talc Titanite
Tourmaline Wurtzite Zircon

90 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Aeschynite-(Ce) ()*	Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Albite ()*	Anatase ()*
Andalusite ()*	Andradite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Antigorite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Aschamalmite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bavenite ()*	Bertrandite ()*
Beryl ()*	Beyerite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bismutite ()*	Bornite ()*
Brannerite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysoberyl ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Corundum ()*	Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*
Devilline ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dravite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorite ()*	Friedrichite ()*	Gadolinite-(Ce) ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Grossular ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hercynite ()*
Hydrocerussite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Krupkaite ()*	Linarite ()*	Mackinawite ()*
Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Margarite ()*
Microcline ()*	Milarite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Mottramite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Paracostibite ()*	Pargasite ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Phenakite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Talc ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*
Uraninite ()*	Wulfenite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*

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	21856	3419
Aeschynite-(Ce) ()*	Aeschynite	(Ce,Ca,Fe,Th)(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆	599	334	1	21861	43
Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Aeschynite	(Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆	599	334	1	21856	141
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	599	334	3	21856,21859,21861	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	599	334	2	21856,21861	2162
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	599	334	1	21855	1310
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	599	334	1	21858	1534
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	599	334	1	21854	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	599	334	1	21856	3092
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	599	334	3	21856,21858,21861	708
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	599	334	1	21854	9052
Aschamalmite ()*	Lillianite	Pb_6-3xBi_2+xS₉	599	334	3	21858,21860,21862	16
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	599	334	1	21854	5509
Bavenite ()*	None	Ca₄Be_2+xAl_2-xSi₉O_26-x(OH)_2+x (x = 0 to 1)	599	334	1	21854	255
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	599	334	2	21853,21861	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	599	334	3	21856,21858,21861	4286
Beyerite ()*	Bismutite	CaBi₂O₂(CO₃)₂	599	334	2	21858,21860	96
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	599	334	1	21858	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	599	334	1	21860	716
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	599	334	1	21858	5516
Brannerite ()*	Brannerite	UTi₂O₆	599	334	2	21856,21861	248
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	599	334	1	21854	1633
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	599	334	1	21856	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	599	334	4	21854,21856,21858,21861	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	599	334	1	21856	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	599	334	3	21858,21860,21862	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	599	334	4	21854,21856,21858,21862	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	599	334	1	21856	3902
Chrysoberyl ()*	Olivine	BeAl₂O₄	599	334	2	21856,21861	321
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	599	334	1	21854	3531
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	599	334	1	21858	1756
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	599	334	2	21856,21858	1025
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	599	334	1	21854	1797
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	599	334	3	21854,21856,21858	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	599	334	1	21856	802
Devilline ()*	Devilline	CaCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	599	334	1	21854	366
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	599	334	1	21858	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	599	334	1	21856	9895
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	599	334	1	21856	648
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	599	334	2	21856,21858	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	599	334	1	21858	9617
Friedrichite ()*	Meneghinite	Cu₅Pb₅Bi₇S₁₈	599	334	1	21858	43
Gadolinite-(Ce) ()*	Gadolinite	Ce₂Fe²⁺Be₂O₂(SiO₄)₂	599	334	1	21856	31
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	599	334	3	21854,21858,21860	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	599	334	2	21856,21862	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	599	334	3	21854,21857,21858	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	599	334	1	21856	2812
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	599	334	1	21858	1544
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	599	334	1	21854	1689
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	599	334	1	21856	407
Hydrocerussite ()*	None	Pb₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	599	334	1	21854	201
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	599	334	2	21856,21858	5433
Krupkaite ()*	Meneghinite	PbCuBi₃S₆	599	334	1	21858	80
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	599	334	2	21854,21862	987
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	599	334	1	21856	451
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	599	334	2	21856,21859	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	599	334	2	21856,21858	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	599	334	3	21854,21856,21862	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	599	334	1	21856	5674
Margarite ()*	Mica Clay	CaAl₂Si₂Al₂O₁₀(OH)₂	599	334	2	21856,21861	168
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	599	334	1	21856	4924
Milarite ()*	Milarite	KCa₂(Be₂AlSi₁₂)O₃₀·H₂O	599	334	3	21854,21856,21861	156
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	599	334	1	21862	1107
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	599	334	1	21856	5800
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	599	334	1	21854	362
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	599	334	1	21856	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	599	334	1	21856	2994
Paracostibite ()*	Löllingite	CoSbS	599	334	1	21854	6
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	599	334	2	21858,21861	313
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	599	334	1	21856	1512
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	599	334	3	21853,21856,21861	326
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	599	334	2	21856,21858	2273
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	599	334	2	21853,21859	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	599	334	4	21854,21855,21856,21858	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	599	334	1	21856	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	599	334	6	21853,21854,21855,21856,21858,21861	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	599	334	2	21856,21861	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	599	334	3	21856,21858,21861	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	599	334	1	21856	2705
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	599	334	1	21854	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	599	334	1	21857	3418
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	599	334	1	21854	2045
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	599	334	2	21856,21858	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	599	334	5	21853,21854,21855,21856,21858	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	599	334	1	21856	2562
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	599	334	1	21856	2718
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	599	334	1	21854	1655
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	599	334	1	21856	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	599	334	1	21856	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	599	334	2	21856,21861	1025

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
R060944	Leckbachgraben (Leckbachrinne), Nasenkopf, Habach Valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria	https://rruff.info/R060944

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