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Locality Name:
Bacu Arrodas Mine (Baccu Arrodas Mine; Bacu Arrodas-S'Arrexini Mine), Muravera, Sarrabus, Sarrabus-Gerrei, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 55803
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-55803.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bacu Arrodas Mine (Baccu Arrodas Mine; Bacu Arrodas-S'Arrexini Mine), Muravera, Sarrabus, Sarrabus-Gerrei, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 39°23'58"N
Longitude: 9°34'24"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.399444444444,9.5733333333333
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 F Fe H Mg Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H Mg Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteBerthieriteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyrite
ClayCobaltiteCopperCovelliteFluoriteGarnetGypsumHarmotomeLöllingiteMarcasite
MilleriteMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPolybasitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksalt
ScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelSulphurTalcTetrahedriteUllmanniteVesuvianiteVivianiteWollastonite
Xanthoconite

54 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Andradite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Arsenic  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Berthierite  (*)Bornite  (*)Bournonite  (*)
Breithauptite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)
Cobaltite  (*)Covellite  (*)Diopside  (*)Erythrite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Harmotome  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)
Laumontite  (*)Leadhillite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Millerite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Polybasite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrostilpnite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rammelsbergite  (*)Safflorite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Spinel  (*)Stephanite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Talc  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Ullmannite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S02793
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)301534
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)203092
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O0445
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs0379
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S40343
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS301089
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb0175
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl01382
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS0966
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O0814
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Harmotome  (*)HarmotomeBa2(Si12Al4)O32·12H2O0290
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O01689
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O01271
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)20265
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs20762
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS01066
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs0633
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]0716
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS30733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS301425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl01725
Pyrostilpnite  (*)XanthoconiteAg3SbS3084
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs20233
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs20317
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O401934
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS40586
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS02045
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)203337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS0293
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1001395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO301247
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO401655


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