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Locality Name:
Lafatsch Valley (Hinterau Valley), Karwendel Mts, North Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria

Oldest recorded age at locality: 237
Youngest recorded age at locality: 201

mindat Locality ID: 57552
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-57552.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lafatsch Valley (Hinterau Valley), Karwendel Mts, North Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Beim Silbernen Hansel (Silberner Hansl)
Gschniergraben (Lafatsch Pass)
Hoher Gleirsch (Hochgleirsch)
Kasten Alp
Kohlergraben

Latitude: 47°21'44"N
Longitude: 11°24'48"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.362222222222,11.413333333333

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: C Ca Cd F Fe H Mo O Pb S Si V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca F H O S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteCalciteDescloiziteFluoriteGypsumMarcasiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartz
RocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteSulphurWurtzite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Anhydrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Descloizite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)23720101588
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)23720112398627770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)2372011239864979
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)237201123985378
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF223720109617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS237201223985,2398624243
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS237201123986717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O23720106890
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O2372011239861689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)62372011239861066
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS22372011239865674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS223720112398639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2237201061156
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)2372011239862473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS237201223985,2398621482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS2372011239862045
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO42372011239861655
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS2372010372



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
sedexmvt-00033237201Late Triassic host rock age      42746Gschniergraben (Lafatsch Pass), Lafatsch Valley (Hinterau Valley), Karwendel Mts, North Tyrol, Tyrol, AustriaLafatschTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 


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