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Locality Name:
Punta Della Torre, Iglesias, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy

Oldest recorded age at locality: 520
Youngest recorded age at locality: 270

mindat Locality ID: 130780
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-130780.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Punta Della Torre, Iglesias, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
San Giovanni Mine

Latitude: 39°17'15"N
Longitude: 8°30'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.2875,8.5

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.

Acanthite	Amorphous	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Caledonite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Copper	Covellite	Dundasite	Germanite	Gypsum	Hexahydrite	Jalpaite	Kaolinite	Linarite
Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Stibnite
Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenic ()*	Azurite ()*
Balkanite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bianchite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bournonite ()*
Calcite ()*	Caledonite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dundasite ()*	Galena ()*
Gibbsite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Imiterite ()*
Jalpaite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Leadhillite ()*	Linarite ()*	Luanheite ()*
Malachite ()*	Mercury ()*	Metacinnabar ()*	Opal ()*	Pearceite ()*
Phosgenite ()*	Plattnerite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Renierite ()*	Seligmannite ()*	Silver ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe Ge H Hg Mg O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al H O S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amorphous Apatite Aragonite Arsenic Baryte Bournonite Calcite Caledonite Chalcopyrite
Clay Copper Covellite Dundasite Germanite Gypsum Hexahydrite Jalpaite Kaolinite Linarite
Malachite None Not in a structural group Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Stibnite
Tetrahedrite

50 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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	520	270	1	71330	2793
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	520	270	1	71330	2734
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	520	270	1	71330	3250
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As	520	270	1	71330	379
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	520	270	1	71330	5509
Balkanite ()*	None	Ag₅Cu₉HgS₈	270	270	1	71330	9
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	520	270	1	71330	11547
Bianchite ()*	Hexahydrite	Zn(SO₄)·6H₂O	520	270	0		40
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	520	270	1	71330	1935
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	520	270	1	71330	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	520	270	1	71330	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	520	270	1	71330	359
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	520	270	1	71330	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	520	270	1	71330	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	270	270	1	71330	2600
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	520	270	1	71330	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	520	270	1	71330	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	520	270	1	71330	9895
Dundasite ()*	Dundasite	PbAl₂(CO₃)₂(OH)₄·H₂O	520	270	1	71330	97
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	520	270	1	71330	24243
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	520	270	0		504
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	520	270	1	71330	6890
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	520	270	1	71330	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	520	270	1	71330	1066
Imiterite ()*	None	Ag₂HgS₂	270	270	1	71330	17
Jalpaite ()*	Jalpaite	Ag₃CuS₂	520	270	1	71330	116
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	520	270	0		5591
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	520	270	1	71330	265
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	520	270	1	71330	987
Luanheite ()*	None	Ag₃Hg	270	270	1	71330	17
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	520	270	1	71330	12537
Mercury ()*	None	Hg	270	270	1	71330	397
Metacinnabar ()*	Sphalerite	HgS	270	270	1	71330	255
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	520	270	0		2994
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]	520	270	1	71330	249
Phosgenite ()*	None	Pb₂(CO₃)Cl₂	520	270	1	71330	142
Plattnerite ()*	Rutile	PbO₂	520	270	1	71330	158
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	520	270	1	71330	716
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	520	270	1	71330	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	520	270	1	71330	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	520	270	1	71330	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	520	270	1	71330	61156
Renierite ()*	Sphalerite Germanite	(Cu¹⁺,Zn)₁₁Fe₄(Ge⁴⁺,As⁵⁺)₂S₁₆	520	270	1	71330	37
Seligmannite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbAsS₃	520	270	1	71330	64
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	520	270	1	71330	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	520	270	1	71330	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	520	270	1	71330	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	520	270	1	71330	586
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	520	270	1	71330	332
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	520	270	1	71330	5317

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
	Hg-00071	270	270				high						Balkanite	Hg	20899	San Giovanni Mine, Punta Della Torre, Iglesias, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy		Boni et al. (2000)	10.1016/S0037-0738(99)00131-1	SG131_181
	Hg-00072	520	465										Balkanite	Hg	20899	San Giovanni Mine, Punta Della Torre, Iglesias, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy		Caron et al. (1997)		EJM9_1005

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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