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Locality Name:
Magnesite Deposit, Oberdorf An Der Laming, Laming Valley, Bruck An Der Mur, Styria, Austria

Oldest recorded age at locality: 365
Youngest recorded age at locality: 363

mindat Locality ID: 5718
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-5718.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Magnesite Deposit, Oberdorf An Der Laming, Laming Valley, Bruck An Der Mur, Styria, Austria": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Angerer Mine
Kaintaleck Mine (Kaintalegg Mine; Hohenburg Deposit)
Wiesergut Mine (Wieser Mine)

Latitude: 47°34'58"N
Longitude: 16°3'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.582777777778,16.05

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 Ba C Ca Cd Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Cu Fe H Hg K Mg O Pb S Si Ti U 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAmorphousApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteBranneriteCalcite
ChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumDiasporeEpidoteEpsomiteFluoriteGypsum
MalachiteMarcasiteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPalygorskitePyriteQuartzRocksalt
RutileSepioliteSphaleriteSpinelTalcTetrahedriteWurtzite

44 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Brannerite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Cinnabar  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Epsomite  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Graphite  (*)Greenockite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Palygorskite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Sepiolite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Strontianite  (*)Talc  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S36536302793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)36536302734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)1227421588
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)365363322740,22741,227423250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS36536309052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21227405509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)365363322740,22741,2274211547
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11122740843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS31227401089
Brannerite  (*)BranneriteUTi2O63653630248
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)365363322740,22741,2274227770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)1227421252
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1227404979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2222740,2274227198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O36536303531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS36536302600
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8365363322740,22741,227421756
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2365363322740,22741,227429895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1227428173
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O122742484
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F365363222740,227412740
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS12274224243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)365363222741,227427437
Graphite  (*)NoneC365363322740,22741,227422812
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS122742717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1227426890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O312274214640
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)365363322740,22741,227421487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O412274214899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2222740,2274212537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2222740,227425674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2365363017380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O365363222741,227422994
Palygorskite  (*)Palygorskite Clay(Mg,Al)2Si4O10(OH)·4H2O365363122741306
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2365363322740,22741,2274239462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8222740,227429056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2365363322740,22741,2274261156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2365363322740,22741,227425614
Sepiolite  (*)Sepiolite ClayMg4Si6O15(OH)2·6H2O3653630241
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS12274221482
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)122742589
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2365363322740,22741,227423337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131227425317
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21227422718



1 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
Bradley_2012_059365363364±1Ar/Ar muscovite   Muscovite  186786Kaintaleck Mine (Kaintalegg Mine; Hohenburg Deposit), Magnesite Deposit, Oberdorf An Der Laming, Laming Valley, Bruck An Der Mur, Styria, Austria[Kaintaleck Complex]McCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 


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