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Locality Name:
Geyer - Silberberg District, Brixlegg - Rattenberg, Brixlegg - Schwaz Area, Inn Valley, North Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria

Oldest recorded age at locality: 416
Youngest recorded age at locality: 251

mindat Locality ID: 57196
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-57196.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Geyer - Silberberg District, Brixlegg - Rattenberg, Brixlegg - Schwaz Area, Inn Valley, North Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Geyerköpfl
Johann Adit
Silberberg
Silberberggraben

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: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Ti V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Au Cu S Sb 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAdeliteAllophaneAluniteAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteAtacamiteBaryteBrackebuschite
BrochantiteCalciteChalcophylliteChalcopyriteCobaltiteConnelliteCopperCorundumCovelliteDescloizite
DevillineDiasporeEnargiteFleischeriteGypsumHydrotalciteKtenasiteLöllingiteLepidocrociteLinarite
MalachiteMarcasiteNolaniteNoneNot in a structural groupPharmacosideritePhilipsburgitePolybasitePyritePyrochlore
QuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteStanniteSulphurTetrahedriteTurquoiseTyrolite
VivianiteWoodwarditeWurtzite

100 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Adamite  (*)Allophane  (*)Anglesite  (*)Annabergite  (*)
Aragonite  (*)Arsenbrackebuschite  (*)Asbolane  (*)Atacamite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bayldonite  (*)Beudantite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Brianyoungite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcophyllite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Claraite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Conichalcite  (*)Connellite  (*)Copper  (*)
Cornwallite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Descloizite  (*)Devilline  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Duftite  (*)Enargite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Famatinite  (*)
Ferrihydrite  (*)Galena  (*)Glaukosphaerite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hörnesite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Kipushite  (*)Lammerite  (*)Langite  (*)Leogangite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)
Linarite  (*)Luzonite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mallestigite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Metacinnabar  (*)Mimetite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Orthoserpierite  (*)Parnauite  (*)
Pearceite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Pitticite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Polybasite  (*)
Posnjakite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Richelsdorfite  (*)
Romanèchite  (*)Rosasite  (*)Rutile  (*)Safflorite  (*)Schulenbergite  (*)
Serpierite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stetefeldtite  (*)
Stibiconite  (*)Strashimirite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Terlinguaite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Theisite  (*)Turquoise  (*)Tyrolite  (*)
Woodwardite  (*)Wroewolfeite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Yukonite  (*)Zincolivenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S416251223817,238232793
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)416251223817,23819254
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O416251223817,23819470
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)416251323819,23821,238232734
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O416251123818445
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)416251523817,23818,23819,23823,238253250
Arsenbrackebuschite  (*)BrackebuschitePb2(Fe3+,Zn)(AsO4)2(OH,H2O)41625112381724
Asbolane  (*)Not in a structural groupMn4+(O,OH)2·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)x(OH)2x·nH2O416251123818143
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)3416251123817544
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6416251323817,23818,23819919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2416251723811,23815,23817,23818,23819,23823,238255509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)416251623811,23817,23818,23819,23823,2382511547
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)2416251223819,23821172
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6416251223818,23823413
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4416251423820,23821,23822,238235516
Brianyoungite  (*)NoneZn3(CO3)(OH)4416251223818,2381979
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6416251423817,23818,23819,238231633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)416251723817,23819,23820,23821,23822,23823,2382527770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)416251423817,23818,23819,238234979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S4162511238175707
Chalcophyllite  (*)ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24·36H2O416251123816194
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2416251723817,23819,23820,23821,23822,23823,2382527198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl4162511238171382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O416251423817,23818,23819,238253531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS416251323817,23818,238192600
Claraite  (*)None(Cu,Zn)15(CO3)4(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)14·7H2O416251323817,23819,2382540
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS416251123817966
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)416251123819363
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O416251123825295
Copper  (*)CopperCu416251323817,23818,238193846
Cornwallite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)4416251223818,23823175
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS416251323817,23818,238194165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O416251423817,23818,23819,238252970
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)416251123816378
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O416251423817,23819,23823,23825366
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2416251723817,23819,23820,23821,23822,23823,238259895
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)416251323817,23818,23819220
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4416251323818,23823,23825910
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O416251523811,23817,23819,23823,23825814
Famatinite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3SbS44162510163
Ferrihydrite  (*)NolaniteFe3+10O14(OH)241625112381786
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS416251623817,23819,23820,23821,23822,2382324243
Glaukosphaerite  (*)MalachiteCuNi(CO3)(OH)241625112381725
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)4162511238177437
Gold  (*)CopperAu416251030554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O416251323818,23819,238236890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3416251323817,23818,2381914640
Hörnesite  (*)VivianiteMg3(AsO4)2·8H2O416251223817,23818103
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)6416251423817,23818,23819,238231066
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6416251223817,238192228
Kipushite  (*)PhilipsburgiteCu6(PO4)2(OH)6·H2O4162511238178
Lammerite  (*)NoneCu3(AsO4)241625112381910
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O416251323817,23819,23823593
Leogangite  (*)NoneCu10(AsO4)4(SO4)(OH)6·8H2O416251223819,2382315
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)416251123817581
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2416251223819,23823987
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS44162510198
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2416251523817,23818,23819,23823,2382512537
Mallestigite  (*)FleischeritePb3Sb(SO4)(AsO4)(OH)6·3H2O4162511238235
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2416251323817,23818,238195674
Metacinnabar  (*)SphaleriteHgS416251123817255
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl416251323817,23819,238231107
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)416251323811,23817,23818492
Orthoserpierite  (*)NoneCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O416251223817,2381940
Parnauite  (*)NoneCu9(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)10·7H2O416251323817,23818,23819105
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]416251123816249
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O416251123816428
Pitticite  (*)None[Fe,AsO4,SO4,H2O] (?)416251123817140
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6416251123818477
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]416251123817716
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O416251423817,23818,23819,23823309
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3416251123817733
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2416251823811,23817,23819,23820,23821,23822,23823,2382539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2416251723817,23819,23820,23821,23822,23823,2382561156
Richelsdorfite  (*)NoneCa2Cu5Sb5+(AsO4)4(OH)6Cl·6H2O416251423817,23819,23823,2382557
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10416251223817,23819312
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)2416251223817,23819454
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO24162511238175614
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs2416251123816317
Schulenbergite  (*)Ktenasite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O416251223816,23819142
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O416251323817,23819,23823292
Silver  (*)CopperAg416251423817,23819,23821,238235186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)4162511238192473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS416251623817,23819,23820,23821,23822,2382321482
Stetefeldtite  (*)PyrochloreAg2Sb2(O,OH)741625112381722
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)416251123817446
Strashimirite  (*)NoneCu4(AsO4)2(OH)2·2.5H2O41625112381790
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS416251223816,238192045
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13416251623817,23819,23820,23821,23822,238231803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO416251223817,238251101
Terlinguaite  (*)NoneHg2OCl41625112381722
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13416251223816,238175317
Theisite  (*)NoneCu5Zn5(AsO4)2(OH)14416251423815,23817,23818,2381958
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O416251123817484
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O416251523811,23817,23819,23823,23825245
Woodwardite  (*)Woodwardite Hydrotalcite(Cu1-xAlx)(SO4)x/2(OH)2·nH2O (x < 0.5, n < 3x/2)41625112381657
Wroewolfeite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O41625112381795
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO4416251223816,238191655
Yukonite  (*)NoneCa2Fe3+3(AsO4)3(OH)4·4H2O41625112381729
Zincolivenite  (*)AndalusiteCuZn(AsO4)(OH)41625112381660


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
Hg-00106416251       Cinnabar, Metacinnabar, TerlinguaiteHg57196Geyer - Silberberg District, Brixlegg - Rattenberg, Brixlegg - Schwaz Area, Inn Valley, North Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria Matura and Summesberger (1980); Arlt and Diamond (1998)   

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R130552Silberberg, Geyer - Silberberg District, Brixlegg - Rattenberg, Brixlegg - Schwaz Area, Inn Valley, North Tyrol, Tyrol, Austriahttps://rruff.info/R130552

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