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Locality Name:
Alpeiner Scharte, Vals Valley, Sill Valley (Wipp Valley), North Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria

Oldest recorded age at locality: 307
Youngest recorded age at locality: 300

mindat Locality ID: 57520
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-57520.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Alpeiner Scharte, Vals Valley, Sill Valley (Wipp Valley), North Tyrol, Tyrol, 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: Al C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteBrookiteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteMalachiteMolybdenite
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSphalerite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Brookite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Epidote  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Hematite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Wroewolfeite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)30730008803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO230730002162
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO23073000700
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2307300027198
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O630730004135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)30730008173
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O3073000345
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F30730002740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF230730009617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS307300024243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3307300014640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2307300012537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS230730005800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2307300039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S830730009056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2307300061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS307300021482
Wroewolfeite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O307300095


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
Kristen002256307300307-300Re-Osmineralization agemolybdenite   Molybdenite Mo, W57520Alpeiner Scharte, Vals Valley, Sill Valley (Wipp Valley), North Tyrol, Tyrol, AustriaAlpeiner Sharte Mo DepositHan et al. (2014)10.1111/rge.12033RG64_136 

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