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

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

mindat Locality ID: 57934
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-57934.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sill Valley (Wipp Valley), North Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria": 39
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 24

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Brenner Pass Area
Gschnitz Valley
Matrei Am Brenner
Navis Valley
Obernberg Valley
Patscherkofel
Schmirn Valley
Sill River
Stubai Valley
Vals Valley

Latitude: 47°4'20"N
Longitude: 11°29'2"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.072222222222,11.483888888889

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 Bi C Ca Cd Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K La Li Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Th Ti V W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApatiteAragoniteArdenniteArsenicBaddeleyiteBaryteBixbyiteBournoniteBrackebuschite
BrauniteBrochantiteBrookiteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCoronadite
CorundumCovelliteCubaniteDescloiziteDiasporeDigeniteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnet
GeocroniteGypsumLinariteMalachiteMarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteMonaziteNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupPrehnitePyritePyrochlorePyrosmalitePyroxeneQuartzRhodoniteRocksaltRoselite
RutileScheeliteSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStauroliteStibniteStilpnomelaneSulphur
TalcTetrahedriteTitaniteTivaniteWagneriteWurtziteZircon

127 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Aegirine-augite  (*)Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Anatase  (*)
Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Ardennite-(As)  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baddeleyite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bementite  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Bixbyite  (*)Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)
Brandtite  (*)Braunite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Brookite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Canosioite  (*)Celestine  (*)Cerussite  (*)Cervantite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Clino-suenoite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Copper  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Diaspore  (*)Digenite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Fluorcalcioroméite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Friedelite  (*)Galena  (*)Gamagarite  (*)
Gasparite-(La)  (*)Geocronite  (*)Gold  (*)Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hausmannite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hjalmarite  (*)Hollandite  (*)
Hydroxycalcioroméite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Idaite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kutnohorite  (*)
Kyanite  (*)Langite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Linarite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)
Maghemite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Manganberzeliite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Mawsonite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Nambulite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Piemontite  (*)Prehnite  (*)
Pseudorutile  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrobelonite  (*)Pyrophanite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Richterite  (*)Rosasite  (*)
Rutile  (*)Sarkinite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Semseyite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Staurolite  (*)
Stephanite  (*)Stilpnomelane  (*)Sulphur  (*)Talc  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Thorite  (*)Tilasite  (*)Tiragalloite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Todorokite  (*)Tokyoite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Valentinite  (*)Vermiculite  (*)
Wakefieldite-(Ce)  (*)Wakefieldite-(Y)  (*)Wittichenite  (*)Wroewolfeite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Zircon  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O6224140,241481022
Aegirine-augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Fe3+,Mg,Fe2+)Si2O6124148286
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)307300624138,24143,24148,24150,24155,241638803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)31241612353
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO23073001241632162
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21241553092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1241373250
Ardennite-(As)  (*)ArdenniteMn2+4Al4(AlMg)(AsO4)(SiO4)2(Si3O10)(OH)612414434
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6124147919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2224137,241475509
Baddeleyite  (*)BaddeleyiteZrO2124148238
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)524133,24137,24147,24148,2415511547
Bementite  (*)ClayMn7Si6O15(OH)8124143173
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O7124147450
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1241611966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31241611935
Bixbyite  (*)BixbyiteMn3+2O3124143104
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41241615516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11124147843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS31241471089
Brandtite  (*)RoseliteCa2Mn2+(AsO4)2·2H2O12413318
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)124148483
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61241371633
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2307300124163700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)924128,24133,24142,24144,24147,24148,24155,24158,2416127770
Canosioite  (*)BrackebuschiteBa2Fe3+(AsO4)2(OH)1241482
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)224128,241481252
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)224147,241554979
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O4124147352
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S224147,241615707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2307300524137,24155,24161,24163,2416427198
Clino-suenoite  (*)Amphibole   Mn2+2Mg5Si8O22(OH)212414857
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81241481756
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1241611025
Copper  (*)CopperCu1241473846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1241614165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3124161802
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1241472970
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)124148481
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1241611027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O63073001241634135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2424128,24143,24148,241559895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)307300524144,24151,24158,24161,241638173
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O307300124163345
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F307300324148,24155,241632740
Fluorcalcioroméite  (*)Pyrochlore(Ca,Na)2Sb5+2O6F1241488
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2307300624128,24147,24158,24163,24164,241659617
Friedelite  (*)Pyrosmalite ClayMn2+8Si6O15(OH)10224142,2414440
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS307300524147,24155,24158,24161,2416324243
Gamagarite  (*)BrackebuschiteBa2Fe3+(VO4)2(OH)12414810
Gasparite-(La)  (*)MonaziteLa(AsO4)1241485
Geocronite  (*)GeocronitePb14Sb6S23124147133
Gold  (*)CopperAu12416130554
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS124147717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1241476890
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O4124148350
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O33073001024138,24142,24144,24148,24151,24155,24156,24158,24161,2416314640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1241471689
Hjalmarite  (*)AmphiboleNa(NaMn)Mg5Si8O22(OH)21241482
Hollandite  (*)CoronaditeBa(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16124148243
Hydroxycalcioroméite  (*)Pyrochlore(Ca,Sb3+)2(Sb5+,Ti)2O6(OH)12414811
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)61241471066
Idaite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3FeS4124161142
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31241565433
Kutnohorite  (*)NoneCaMn2+(CO3)2224143,24148234
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO41241291507
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O124147593
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O1241581271
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2124147987
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)124161451
Maghemite  (*)Spinel(Fe3+0.67   0.33)Fe3+2O4124161229
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)1241551487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4324155,24156,2416114899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2307300324137,24147,2416312537
Manganberzeliite  (*)Garnet(NaCa2)Mn2+2(AsO4)3224133,2414324
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21241615674
Mawsonite  (*)NoneCu6Fe2SnS812416192
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl1241471107
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2307300224161,241635800
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)124155945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)212415517380
Nambulite  (*)RhodoniteLiMn2+4Si5O14(OH)12414812
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2224148,241552273
Piemontite  (*)EpidoteCa2(Al2Mn3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)124148260
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21241581898
Pseudorutile  (*)TivaniteFe3+2Ti4+3O912415630
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2307300724128,24147,24155,24156,24158,24161,2416339462
Pyrobelonite  (*)DescloizitePbMn2+VO4(OH)12414821
Pyrophanite  (*)CorundumMn2+TiO3124148244
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8307300224161,241639056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23073001224128,24134,24137,24138,24143,24144,24147,24148,24151,24155,24161,2416361156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)724133,24136,24138,24143,24144,24148,241511711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)624138,24142,24143,24144,24148,24151969
Richterite  (*)AmphiboleNa(NaCa)Mg5Si8O22(OH)2124148148
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)2124147454
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2224148,241565614
Sarkinite  (*)WagneriteMn2+2(AsO4)(OH)12413330
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1241614894
Semseyite  (*)NonePb9Sb8S21124147165
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1241556417
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1241472473
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)3424136,24144,24148,241511214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS307300424147,24158,24161,2416321482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4124161668
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)124149978
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS4124155586
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O124139456
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1241472045
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21241483337
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131241471803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13224147,241555317
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)1241481006
Tilasite  (*)TitaniteCaMg(AsO4)F224143,2414834
Tiragalloite  (*)NoneMn2+4As5+Si3O12(OH)12414315
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O224148,241584899
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O224133,24143433
Tokyoite  (*)BrackebuschiteBa2Mn3+(VO4)2OH1241489
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21241482562
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O3124147369
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O124147652
Wakefieldite-(Ce)  (*)ZirconCeVO41241489
Wakefieldite-(Y)  (*)ZirconYVO41241487
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS3124161297
Wroewolfeite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O30730012416395
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO41241471655
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1241485251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1241611025



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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