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Locality Name:
Predoi Mine (Prettau Mine), Predoi (Prettau), Aurina Valley (Ahrnbach Valley), Bolzano-Alto Adige Autonomous Province, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy

Oldest recorded age at locality: 260
Youngest recorded age at locality: 260

mindat Locality ID: 123369
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-123369.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Predoi Mine (Prettau Mine), Predoi (Prettau), Aurina Valley (Ahrnbach Valley), Bolzano-Alto Adige Autonomous Province, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Röt Valley

Latitude: 47°2'42"N
Longitude: 12°7'14"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.045,12.120555555556
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: Al As C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAragoniteArsenopyriteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumCovelliteCubanite
FeldsparMalachiteMelanteriteNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinel
StanniteTitaniteValleriiteWurtzite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Allophane  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cubanite  (*)Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)Idaite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Maghemite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Melanterite  (*)
Orthoclase  (*)Pitticite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Titanite  (*)Valleriite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O2602600470
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)26026003250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS26026009052
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS426026005516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)260260027770
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O2602600925
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2260260027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O26026003531
Copper  (*)CopperCu26026003846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS26026004165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S32602600802
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS260260024243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3260260014640
Idaite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3FeS42602600142
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O326026005433
Maghemite  (*)Spinel(Fe3+0.67   0.33)Fe3+2O42602600229
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)26026001487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4260260014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2260260012537
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O2602600915
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)26026002349
Pitticite  (*)None[Fe,AsO4,SO4,H2O] (?)2602600140
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2260260039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S826026009056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2260260061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS260260021482
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O26026004899
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]2602600237


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
sedcu-00462260260M. Permian     Yes Cu21408Bolzano-Alto Adige Autonomous Province, Trentino-Alto Adige, ItalySouth TyrolCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 

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