Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Siglitz - Bockhart Area, Gastein Valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria

Oldest recorded age at locality: 599
Youngest recorded age at locality: 334

mindat Locality ID: 44449
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-44449.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Siglitz - Bockhart Area, Gastein Valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Bockhart Reservoir (Pochkar Reservoir)
Gotelinde Tunnel (Kolm-Saigurn-Naßfeld Water Tunnel)
Kolmkar
Seekopf
Siglitz - Bockhart Gold Mining District
Siglitz Quarry

Latitude: 47°4'20"N
Longitude: 13°3'34"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.072222222222,13.059444444444

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	Apophyllite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenolite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Beryl	Brannerite	Brookite
Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar
Fluorite	Löllingite	Lillianite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Mica	Molybdenite	Monazite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Oxalate	Pharmacosiderite	Phenakite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Vivianite	Zircon

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 Be Bi C Ca Ce Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Te Ti U W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Apophyllite Aragonite Arsenic Arsenolite Arsenopyrite Baryte Beryl Brannerite Brookite
Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite Copper Corundum Epidote Feldspar
Fluorite Löllingite Lillianite Malachite Marcasite Melanterite Mica Molybdenite Monazite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Oxalate Pharmacosiderite Phenakite Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Titanite Vivianite Zircon

63 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenolite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bavenite ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismuth ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Brannerite ()*	Brookite ()*	Bukovskýite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Copper ()*	Cosalite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Erythrite ()*	Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gustavite ()*	Hematite ()*	Heyrovskýite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Liebigite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*
Opal ()*	Pharmacosiderite ()*	Phenakite ()*	Pitticite ()*	Prehnite ()*
Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Scheelite ()*	Schröckingerite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Strontianite ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*
Vikingite ()*	Weddellite ()*	Zircon ()*

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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	599	334	1	21793	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	599	334	2	21787,21788	2162
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	599	334	1	21793	3250
Arsenolite ()*	Arsenolite	As₂O₃	599	334	1	21794	231
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	599	334	5	21788,21790,21792,21793,21794	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	599	334	1	21787	11547
Bavenite ()*	None	Ca₄Be_2+xAl_2-xSi₉O_26-x(OH)_2+x (x = 0 to 1)	599	334	1	21793	255
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	599	334	3	21787,21788,21789	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	599	334	3	21787,21788,21789	4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	599	334	1	21793	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	599	334	4	21789,21790,21792,21793	1935
Brannerite ()*	Brannerite	UTi₂O₆	599	334	1	21788	248
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	599	334	2	21787,21788	700
Bukovskýite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)·7H₂O	599	334	2	21790,21793	13
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	599	334	4	21787,21788,21789,21793	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	599	334	4	21788,21790,21792,21793	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	599	334	1	21788	1756
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	599	334	1	21793	966
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	599	334	1	21793	3846
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	599	334	1	21793	344
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	599	334	1	21793	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	599	334	1	21787	8173
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	599	334	2	21789,21793	814
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O	599	334	1	21793	303
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	599	334	5	21787,21788,21789,21793,21796	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	599	334	4	21788,21790,21792,21793	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	599	334	4	21789,21792,21793,21796	30554
Gustavite ()*	Lillianite	AgPbBi₃S₆	599	334	1	21793	113
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	599	334	2	21787,21788	14640
Heyrovskýite ()*	Lillianite	Pb₆Bi₂S₉	599	334	1	21793	66
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	599	334	1	21787	5433
Liebigite ()*	None	Ca₂(UO₂)(CO₃)₃·11H₂O	599	334	1	21792	78
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	599	334	2	21792,21793	762
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	599	334	2	21792,21793	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	599	334	1	21788	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	599	334	1	21790	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	599	334	1	21793	915
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	599	334	3	21788,21792,21793	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	599	334	1	21788	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	599	334	2	21788,21793	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	599	334	2	21792,21793	2994
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O	599	334	1	21790	428
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	599	334	1	21787	326
Pitticite ()*	None	[Fe,AsO₄,SO₄,H₂O] (?)	599	334	1	21793	140
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	599	334	1	21793	1898
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	599	334	1	21790	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	599	334	7	21787,21788,21789,21790,21792,21793,21794	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	599	334	5	21787,21788,21789,21792,21793	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	599	334	6	21787,21789,21790,21792,21793,21796	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	599	334	2	21787,21788	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	599	334	3	21787,21788,21793	4894
Schröckingerite ()*	None	NaCa₃(UO₂)(SO₄)(CO₃)₃F·10H₂O	599	334	2	21792,21793	128
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	599	334	1	21794	1153
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	599	334	3	21790,21792,21793	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	599	334	1	21792	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	599	334	3	21790,21792,21793	21482
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	599	334	2	21788,21793	589
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	599	334	1	21789	510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	599	334	1	21793	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	599	334	2	21788,21793	4899
Vikingite ()*	Lillianite	Ag₅Pb₈Bi₁₃S₃₀	599	334	1	21793	27
Weddellite ()*	Oxalate	Ca(C₂O₄)·2H₂O	599	334	1	21787	32
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	599	334	1	21787	5251

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000995	The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00000996	The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00000997	The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00000998	The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00000999	The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00001000	The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00001001	The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00001002	The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00001003	The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00001004	The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00001005	The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies
Giersdorf_00001006	The Tauern Window is a large area in Austria that is related to the Variscan orogenic event and its host rock bodies

12 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age from other Locality	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
Giersdorf_00000995	371	339	355±16	U-Pb	Yes	Zircon	34007	Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria	Tauern Window	Lerchbaumer et al. (2010)	AJES103_138
Giersdorf_00000996	394	348	371±23	U-Pb	Yes	Zircon	34007	Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria	Tauern Window	Lerchbaumer et al. (2010)	AJES103_138
Giersdorf_00000997	472	422	447±25	U-Pb	Yes	Zircon	34007	Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria	Tauern Window	Lerchbaumer et al. (2010)	AJES103_138
Giersdorf_00000998	517	493	505±12	U-Pb	Yes	Zircon	34007	Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria	Tauern Window	Lerchbaumer et al. (2010)	AJES103_138
Giersdorf_00000999	510	484	497±13	U-Pb	Yes	Zircon	34007	Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria	Tauern Window	Lerchbaumer et al. (2010)	AJES103_138
Giersdorf_00001000	599	563	581±18	U-Pb	Yes	Zircon	34007	Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria	Tauern Window	Lerchbaumer et al. (2010)	AJES103_138
Giersdorf_00001001	344	342	343±1	U-Pb	Yes	Zircon	34007	Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria	Tauern Window	Lerchbaumer et al. (2010)	AJES103_138
Giersdorf_00001002	368	356	362±6	U-Pb	Yes	Zircon	34007	Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria	Tauern Window	Lerchbaumer et al. (2010)	AJES103_138
Giersdorf_00001003	385	351	368±17	U-Pb	Yes	Zircon	34007	Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria	Tauern Window	Lerchbaumer et al. (2010)	AJES103_138
Giersdorf_00001004	344	334	339±5	U-Pb	Yes	Zircon	34007	Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria	Tauern Window	Lerchbaumer et al. (2010)	AJES103_138
Giersdorf_00001005	373	347	360±13	U-Pb	Yes	Zircon	34007	Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria	Tauern Window	Lerchbaumer et al. (2010)	AJES103_138
Giersdorf_00001006	358	354	356±2	U-Pb	Yes	Zircon	34007	Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria	Tauern Window	Lerchbaumer et al. (2010)	AJES103_138

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