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

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

mindat Locality ID: 48343
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-48343.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kreuth, Bleiberg District, Gailtaler Alpen & Karnische Alpen, Carinthia, Austria": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Antoni Mine (Antoni Shaft)
Kabesnock (Kowesnock; Kobesnock)
Max Mine
Schneidergraben
Wertschacher Alp (Windisch Alp)

Latitude: 46°37'43"N
Longitude: 13°38'54"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.628611111111,13.648333333333

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Fluorite	Gypsum	Marcasite	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group
Palygorskite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Wurtzite

Anhydrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Cerussite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Greenockite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Palygorskite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Strontianite ()*
Wulfenite ()*	Wurtzite ()*

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 Cd F Fe H Mg Mo O Pb S Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C H Mg O Si Sr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Clay Fluorite Gypsum Marcasite Molybdenite None Not in a structural group
Palygorskite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Wurtzite

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	247	180	2	19507,19509	1588
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	247	180	2	19507,19509	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	247	180	2	19507,19509	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	247	180	2	19507,19509	1252
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	247	180	2	19508,19509	4979
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	247	180	2	19507,19509	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	247	180	3	19507,19508,19509	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	247	180	4	19507,19508,19509,19512	24243
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	247	180	1	19509	717
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	247	180	2	19507,19509	6890
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	247	180	1	19509	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	247	180	1	19509	1066
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	247	180	1	19509	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	247	180	1	19511	5800
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O	247	180	0		306
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	247	180	2	19507,19509	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	247	180	1	19509	61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	247	180	2	19508,19509	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	247	180	4	19507,19508,19509,19512	21482
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	247	180	0		589
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	247	180	2	19508,19509	1655
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	247	180	1	19509	372

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	sedznpb-00047	240	180	210±30							Yes				235	Bleiberg District, Gailtaler Alpen & Karnische Alpen, Carinthia, Austria	Bleiberg	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252
	sedexmvt-00032	247	201	Middle to Late Triassic		host rock age					Yes				42683	Bad Bleiberg, Bleiberg District, Gailtaler Alpen & Karnische Alpen, Carinthia, Austria	Bleiberg	Taylor et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1297

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