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Locality Name:
Slag Localities, Kolm-Saigurn, Alteck - Hoher Sonnblick Area, Hüttwinkl Valley, Rauris Valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria

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

mindat Locality ID: 57258
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-57258.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Slag Localities, Kolm-Saigurn, Alteck - Hoher Sonnblick Area, Hüttwinkl Valley, Rauris Valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 Au Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H Mo O P Pb S Si V W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H Mo O P Pb S Si V W Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAdeliteAluniteApatiteAragoniteArsenoliteBaryteBrochantiteCaledoniteCopper
CovelliteDevillineDiasporeDundasiteGypsumLinariteLindackeriteMalachiteMelanteriteMinium
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivineRutileScheeliteSulphurVivianiteVolborthite

54 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Antlerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenolite  (*)
Aurichalcite  (*)Austinite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bayldonite  (*)
Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)Beudantite  (*)Bieberite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Caledonite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Devilline  (*)
Dundasite  (*)Elyite  (*)Fayalite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hydrocerussite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Köttigite  (*)Lanarkite  (*)
Langite  (*)Lead  (*)Linarite  (*)Lindackerite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Mimetite  (*)Minium  (*)Pharmacolite  (*)Phosgenite  (*)Plattnerite  (*)
Plumbojarosite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Rosasite  (*)Serpierite  (*)
Silver  (*)Stolzite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tenorite  (*)Vivianite  (*)
Volborthite  (*)Wherryite  (*)Witherite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S59933402793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)59933402734
Antlerite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2+3(SO4)(OH)45993340246
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)59933403250
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O35993340231
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)65993340919
Austinite  (*)AdeliteCaZn(AsO4)(OH)599334071
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)259933405509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)599334011547
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)25993340172
Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)AlunitePb(Fe3+2Cu)(SO4)2(OH)65993340132
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)65993340413
Bieberite  (*)MelanteriteCo(SO4)·7H2O599334050
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)659933401633
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)65993340359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)59933404979
Copper  (*)CopperCu59933403846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS59933404165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O59933402970
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O5993340366
Dundasite  (*)DundasitePbAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·H2O599334097
Elyite  (*)NoneCuPb4(SO4)O2(OH)4·H2O599334085
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)5993340371
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)59933407437
Gold  (*)CopperAu599334030554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O59933406890
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)25993340201
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)659933401066
Köttigite  (*)VivianiteZn3(AsO4)2·8H2O599334060
Lanarkite  (*)NonePb2O(SO4)599334097
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O5993340593
Lead  (*)CopperPb5993340192
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)25993340987
Lindackerite  (*)LindackeriteCu5(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)2·9H2O59933409
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2599334012537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl59933401107
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O45993340247
Pharmacolite  (*)GypsumCa(AsO3OH)·2H2O5993340105
Phosgenite  (*)NonePb2(CO3)Cl25993340142
Plattnerite  (*)RutilePbO25993340158
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)65993340477
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O5993340309
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S859933409056
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)25993340454
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O5993340292
Silver  (*)CopperAg59933405186
Stolzite  (*)ScheelitePb(WO4)5993340156
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS59933402045
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO59933401101
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O5993340636
Volborthite  (*)VolborthiteCu3V2O7(OH)2·2H2O5993340155
Wherryite  (*)NonePb7Cu2(SO4)4(SiO4)2(OH)259933409
Witherite  (*)AragoniteBa(CO3)5993340251
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO459933401655


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Giersdorf_00000995The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00000996The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00000997The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00000998The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00000999The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00001000The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00001001The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00001002The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00001003The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00001004The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00001005The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00001006The 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 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
Giersdorf_00000995371339355±16U-Pb    YesZircon 34007Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, AustriaTauern WindowLerchbaumer et al. (2010) AJES103_138 
Giersdorf_00000996394348371±23U-Pb    YesZircon 34007Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, AustriaTauern WindowLerchbaumer et al. (2010) AJES103_138 
Giersdorf_00000997472422447±25U-Pb    YesZircon 34007Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, AustriaTauern WindowLerchbaumer et al. (2010) AJES103_138 
Giersdorf_00000998517493505±12U-Pb    YesZircon 34007Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, AustriaTauern WindowLerchbaumer et al. (2010) AJES103_138 
Giersdorf_00000999510484497±13U-Pb    YesZircon 34007Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, AustriaTauern WindowLerchbaumer et al. (2010) AJES103_138 
Giersdorf_00001000599563581±18U-Pb    YesZircon 34007Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, AustriaTauern WindowLerchbaumer et al. (2010) AJES103_138 
Giersdorf_00001001344342343±1U-Pb    YesZircon 34007Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, AustriaTauern WindowLerchbaumer et al. (2010) AJES103_138 
Giersdorf_00001002368356362±6U-Pb    YesZircon 34007Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, AustriaTauern WindowLerchbaumer et al. (2010) AJES103_138 
Giersdorf_00001003385351368±17U-Pb    YesZircon 34007Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, AustriaTauern WindowLerchbaumer et al. (2010) AJES103_138 
Giersdorf_00001004344334339±5U-Pb    YesZircon 34007Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, AustriaTauern WindowLerchbaumer et al. (2010) AJES103_138 
Giersdorf_00001005373347360±13U-Pb    YesZircon 34007Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, AustriaTauern WindowLerchbaumer et al. (2010) AJES103_138 
Giersdorf_00001006358354356±2U-Pb    YesZircon 34007Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, AustriaTauern WindowLerchbaumer et al. (2010) AJES103_138 

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