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Locality Name:
Leoben, Styria, Austria

Oldest recorded age at locality: 780
Youngest recorded age at locality: 780

mindat Locality ID: 30184
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30184.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Leoben, Styria, Austria": 48
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 31

Number of Child Localities: 15
Child Localities:
Brandberg
Galgenberg
Häuselberg
Kaisersberg
Kraubath An Der Mur
Münzenberg
Mur River
Niklasdorf
Power Station
Proleb
Seegraben
St Michael In Obersteiermark
St Peter-Freienstein
St Stefan Ob Leoben
Trofaiach

Latitude: 47°21'43"N
Longitude: 15°1'26"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.361944444444,15.023888888889
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 Ce Cl Cr Cu F Fe Ge H Hg Ir K Mg Mn N Na Ni O Os P Pb Pd Pt Rh Ru S Sb Se Si Sr Te Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAlumAluminiteAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleApatiteAragoniteArcaniteArsenic
ArsenopyriteArtiniteAuricuprideBaryteBerauniteBowieiteBrochantiteBrookiteBruciteCalcioferrite
CalciteChalcopyriteChloriteChloritoidClayClinozoisiteCopiapiteCopperCoquimbiteCorundum
CovelliteDiasporeDigeniteEpidoteEpsomiteEttringiteFeldsparGarnetGermaniteGypsum
HalotrichiteHydrotalciteKaoliniteKieseriteMalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMeneghiniteMicaMillerite
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePalygorskitePentlanditePerovskitePotaritePyritePyrochlore
PyrophyllitePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileRömeriteSepioliteSerpentineSmectite-vermiculiteSphalerite
SpinelStillwateriteSulphurTalcTetrahedriteTitaniteUllmanniteValleriiteZircon

161 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Allophane  (*)Almandine  (*)Aluminite  (*)
Ammoniojarosite  (*)Anatase  (*)Ankerite  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)Antigorite  (*)
Antimony  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Artinite  (*)Awaruite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beraunite  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Bolivarite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Bowieite  (*)Braggite  (*)Breithauptite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Brookite  (*)Brucite  (*)Calcite  (*)Callaghanite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chloritoid  (*)Chromite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Chrysotile  (*)
Cinnabar  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Copper  (*)Coquimbite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Crandallite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Cuproiridsite  (*)Cuprorhodsite  (*)Delvauxite  (*)
Destinezite  (*)Diadochite  (*)Diaspore  (*)Dickite  (*)Digenite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Dypingite  (*)Enstatite  (*)Epidote  (*)Epsomite  (*)
Erlichmanite  (*)Ettringite  (*)Ferro-hornblende  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Forsterite  (*)
Galena  (*)Galgenbergite-(Ce)  (*)Geversite  (*)Gibbsite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Goyazite  (*)Graphite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Heazlewoodite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hollingworthite  (*)Hydromagnesite  (*)Hydrotalcite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Irarsite  (*)Iridium  (*)Isoferroplatinum  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Kashinite  (*)Keithconnite  (*)Koninckite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Lansfordite  (*)
Laurite  (*)Letovicite  (*)Lizardite  (*)Magnesiochromite  (*)Magnesiocopiapite  (*)
Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Majakite  (*)Malachite  (*)Manganite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Mascagnite  (*)Mcguinnessite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Meneghinite  (*)
Mertieite-II  (*)Millerite  (*)Montgomeryite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Nakauriite  (*)Natrojarosite  (*)Nesquehonite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Opal  (*)
Osmium  (*)Oxyplumboroméite  (*)Palygorskite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Pickeringite  (*)
Platarsite  (*)Platinum  (*)Potarite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyroaurite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Ranciéite  (*)Realgar  (*)Renierite  (*)Römerite  (*)Ruarsite  (*)
Ruthenium  (*)Rutile  (*)Salammoniac  (*)Saponite  (*)Selenium  (*)
Sepiolite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Sperrylite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stibiopalladinite  (*)Strontianite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Szomolnokite  (*)Talc  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tetra-auricupride  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Thaumasite  (*)
Titanite  (*)Todorokite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Tschermigite  (*)Ullmannite  (*)
Uvarovite  (*)Valleriite  (*)Variscite  (*)Woodhouseite  (*)Zaratite  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2780780523207,23209,23213,23214,232283419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)423207,23209,23248,232528803
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O223205,23212470
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)37807801232142353
Aluminite  (*)AluminiteAl2(SO4)(OH)4·7H2O223215,2322278
Ammoniojarosite  (*)Alunite(NH4)Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)612322230
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2323207,23208,232202162
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2423205,23207,23244,232493092
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2780780223213,23235718
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4780780223214,23228708
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb123243363
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)780780923205,23207,23209,23212,23213,23214,23228,23246,232493250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS223207,232359052
Artinite  (*)ArtiniteMg2(CO3)(OH)2·3H2O780780323213,23214,2322875
Awaruite  (*)Auricupride PerovskiteNi3Fe780780123213166
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2323205,23209,232125509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)12320711547
Beraunite  (*)BerauniteFe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O123205136
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O7123205450
Bolivarite  (*)NoneAl2(PO4)(OH)3·4H2O1232054
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41232075516
Bowieite  (*)BowieiteRh2S3780780223213,2323433
Braggite  (*)NonePdPt3S4780780223213,23234101
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb780780223213,23214175
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61232121633
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2123208700
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)2780780323214,23228,23235462
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)7807801223205,23207,23209,23211,23213,23214,23218,23220,23228,23241,23243,2324427770
Callaghanite  (*)NoneCu2Mg2(CO3)(OH)6·2H2O1232289
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1232285707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2780780923205,23207,23209,23211,23212,23214,23228,23243,2325227198
Chloritoid  (*)ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)2223206,23211376
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O4780780323214,23228,232353902
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1232123531
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4780780123213951
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS223205,232442600
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8780780723207,23209,23211,23213,23214,23224,232281756
Copper  (*)CopperCu780780423205,23213,23214,232283846
Coquimbite  (*)CoquimbiteAlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12·6H2O123207136
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS780780223213,232284165
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6123205310
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O780780323205,23213,232282970
Cuproiridsite  (*)SpinelCu(Ir3+Ir4+)S4780780323213,23234,2323531
Cuprorhodsite  (*)Spinel(Cu1+0.5Fe3+0.5)Rh3+2S4780780323213,23234,2323534
Delvauxite  (*)AmorphousCaFe3+4(PO4)2(OH)8·4-5H2O12320541
Destinezite  (*)NoneFe3+2(PO4)(SO4)(OH)·6H2O12325019
Diadochite  (*)AmorphousFe3+2(PO4)(SO4)(OH)·6H2O12320581
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)123205481
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4223211,23212651
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S223228,232351027
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2780780623207,23209,23213,23214,23241,232499895
Dypingite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·5H2O78078012321350
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6780780423213,23214,23228,23235944
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)223207,232098173
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O780780123213484
Erlichmanite  (*)PyriteOsS2780780223213,23234110
Ettringite  (*)EttringiteCa6Al2(SO4)3(OH)12·27H2O12320793
Ferro-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Fe2+4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2123207271
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1232072740
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)780780223214,232281188
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS223207,2321124243
Galgenbergite-(Ce)  (*)NoneCaCe2(CO3)4·H2O1232075
Geversite  (*)PyritePtSb2223231,2323438
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)3123205504
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)623205,23207,23209,23241,23248,232527437
Gold  (*)CopperAu780780323213,23216,2323430554
Goyazite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6123207173
Graphite  (*)NoneC780780523209,23211,23212,23214,232432812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O780780723205,23207,23213,23214,23222,23243,232526890
Heazlewoodite  (*)NoneNi3S2780780223213,23235205
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3780780523205,23207,23209,23214,2324414640
Hollingworthite  (*)UllmanniteRhAsS780780323213,23234,23235119
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O780780223214,23228341
Hydrotalcite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Al2CO3(OH)16(H2O)478078012321487
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3780780223207,232145433
Irarsite  (*)PyriteIrAsS780780323213,23234,23235154
Iridium  (*)CopperIr123234162
Isoferroplatinum  (*)Auricupride PerovskitePt3Fe123235128
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61232052228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4323207,23241,232525591
Kashinite  (*)BowieiteIr2S3780780323213,23234,2323529
Keithconnite  (*)NonePd20Te7780780223213,2323440
Koninckite  (*)NoneFe3+(PO4)·3H2O12320519
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO41232111507
Lansfordite  (*)NoneMg(CO3)·5H2O780780323214,23230,2323517
Laurite  (*)PyriteRuS2780780323213,23234,23235226
Letovicite  (*)None(NH4)3H(SO4)212322218
Lizardite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4123228359
Magnesiochromite  (*)SpinelMgCr2O4780780123213311
Magnesiocopiapite  (*)CopiapiteMgFe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O12322254
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)780780423207,23209,23214,232241487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4780780723207,23209,23214,23228,23235,23241,2324414899
Majakite  (*)NonePdNiAs12323422
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2780780823205,23207,23209,23212,23213,23243,23249,2325212537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)123207770
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21232075674
Mascagnite  (*)Arcanite(NH4)2(SO4)12322261
Mcguinnessite  (*)MalachiteCuMg(CO3)(OH)2780780323214,23228,2323534
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O123207915
Meneghinite  (*)MeneghinitePb13CuSb7S24123211158
Mertieite-II  (*)StillwateritePd8Sb2.5As0.5780780223213,2323444
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS780780223213,232141066
Montgomeryite  (*)CalcioferriteCa4MgAl4(PO4)6(OH)4·12H2O12320544
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O223207,232091508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2623207,23211,23212,23241,23246,2325217380
Nakauriite  (*)NoneCu8(SO4)4(CO3)(OH)6·48H2O780780223214,2322812
Natrojarosite  (*)AluniteNaFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6123205254
Nesquehonite  (*)NoneMg(CO3)·3H2O780780323214,23230,2323580
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs780780223214,23235633
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O7807801232132994
Osmium  (*)NoneOs123234169
Oxyplumboroméite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb2O712320533
Palygorskite  (*)Palygorskite Clay(Mg,Al)2Si4O10(OH)·4H2O123207306
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S8780780523213,23214,23228,23234,232351512
Pickeringite  (*)HalotrichiteMgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O123222265
Platarsite  (*)PyritePtAsS780780323213,23234,2323544
Platinum  (*)CopperPt123235485
Potarite  (*)PotaritePdHg780780223213,2323425
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)4123205369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS27807801123205,23207,23209,23210,23211,23213,23214,23219,23220,23243,2324839462
Pyroaurite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Fe3+2(CO3)(OH)16·4H2O78078012321489
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2623205,23207,23241,23244,23251,232523106
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2123211771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8223205,232079056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO27807801223205,23207,23209,23211,23212,23213,23214,23229,23243,23248,23249,2325261156
Ranciéite  (*)None(Ca,Mn2+)0.2(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2·0.6H2O223205,23207177
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS123222712
Renierite  (*)Sphalerite Germanite(Cu1+,Zn)11Fe4(Ge4+,As5+)2S1678078012321337
Römerite  (*)RömeriteFe2+Fe3+2(SO4)4·14H2O123207115
Ruarsite  (*)NoneRuAsS780780323213,23234,2323525
Ruthenium  (*)NoneRu223234,2323546
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2780780523207,23209,23211,23214,232435614
Salammoniac  (*)None(NH4)Cl223215,23222105
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O780780123213301
Selenium  (*)SulphurSe123222143
Sepiolite  (*)Sepiolite ClayMg4Si6O15(OH)2·6H2O780780223207,23214241
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)523205,23207,23226,23244,232496417
Silver  (*)CopperAg223221,232345186
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs2780780323213,23234,23235337
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS223207,2321121482
Stibiopalladinite  (*)NonePd5Sb2780780323213,23231,2323475
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)123207589
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS223215,232222045
Szomolnokite  (*)KieseriteFe(SO4)·H2O123207139
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2780780423207,23209,23213,232283337
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131232121803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO1232281101
Tetra-auricupride  (*)NoneCuAu12323430
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131232055317
Thaumasite  (*)EttringiteCa3Si(OH)6(CO3)(SO4)·12H2O123207183
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O780780323207,23214,232484899
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O223205,23207433
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2780780323207,23211,232142562
Tschermigite  (*)Alum(NH4)Al(SO4)2·12H2O12322281
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS123211293
Uvarovite  (*)GarnetCa3Cr2(SiO4)3780780123214212
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]123228237
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O123205301
Woodhouseite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)612320562
Zaratite  (*)AmorphousNi3(CO3)(OH)4·4H2O780780223213,2321456
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)780780423207,23209,23213,232145251


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-00047780780       PotariteHg7088Kraubath An Der Mur, Leoben, Styria, Austria Malitch et al. (2001)10.1007/s007100170002MP73_247 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
FKM-142Galgenberg, Leoben, Styria, Austriahttps://www.rockptx.com/fkm-126-to-fkm-150/#FKM-142

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