Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Kaintaleck Mine (Kaintalegg Mine; Hohenburg Deposit), Magnesite Deposit, Oberdorf An Der Laming, Laming Valley, Bruck An Der Mur, Styria, Austria

Oldest recorded age at locality: 365
Youngest recorded age at locality: 363

mindat Locality ID: 186786
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-186786.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kaintaleck Mine (Kaintalegg Mine; Hohenburg Deposit), Magnesite Deposit, Oberdorf An Der Laming, Laming Valley, Bruck An Der Mur, Styria, Austria": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 47°34'58"N
Longitude: 16°3'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.582777777778,16.05

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.

Amorphous	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Diaspore	None	Palygorskite
Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Talc

Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Dolomite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Goethite ()*	Graphite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Opal ()*
Palygorskite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Talc ()*

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 F Fe H Mg O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca F Fe H Mg O P S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chlorite Clay Diaspore None Palygorskite
Pyrite Quartz Rutile Talc

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	365	363	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	365	363	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	365	363	27770
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	365	363	1756
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	365	363	9895
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	365	363	2740
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	365	363	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	365	363	2812
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	365	363	1487
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	365	363	2994
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O	365	363	306
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	365	363	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	365	363	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	365	363	5614
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	365	363	3337

1 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
	Bradley_2012_059	365	363	364±1	Ar/Ar			muscovite				Muscovite			186786	Kaintaleck Mine (Kaintalegg Mine; Hohenburg Deposit), Magnesite Deposit, Oberdorf An Der Laming, Laming Valley, Bruck An Der Mur, Styria, Austria	[Kaintaleck Complex]	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

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