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Locality Name:
Heiligengeist, Bleiberg District, Gailtaler Alpen & Karnische Alpen, Carinthia, Austria

Oldest recorded age at locality: 247
Youngest recorded age at locality: 180

mindat Locality ID: 64057
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-64057.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Heiligengeist, Bleiberg District, Gailtaler Alpen & Karnische Alpen, Carinthia, Austria": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Franz Josef Mine
Kadutschen

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 Ba C Ca Cl F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Si Sr V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteDescloiziteFluoriteGypsumMarcasiteNoneNot in a structural group
PyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteWurtzite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Descloizite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Todorokite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Woodruffite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)247180219503,195052734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)2471801195031588
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)247180219503,1950511547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)247180219503,1950527770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)247180219503,195054979
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)247180219503,19505378
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22471801195039895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22471801195039617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS247180219503,1950524243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O2471801195036890
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O2471801195031689
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS22471801195035674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS224718011950339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2247180219503,1950561156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS247180219503,1950521482
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O247180119503433
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl247180219503,19505605
Woodruffite  (*)NoneZn2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10·4H2O24718011950325
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO4247180219503,195051655
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS247180119503372



2 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
sedznpb-00047240180210±30     Yes  235Bleiberg District, Gailtaler Alpen & Karnische Alpen, Carinthia, AustriaBleibergSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 
sedexmvt-00032247201Middle to Late Triassic host rock age   Yes  42683Bad Bleiberg, Bleiberg District, Gailtaler Alpen & Karnische Alpen, Carinthia, AustriaBleibergTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 


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