Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Stelvio (Stilfs), Ortles-Cevedale Group, Bolzano-Alto Adige Autonomous Province, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy

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

mindat Locality ID: 123261
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-123261.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Stelvio (Stilfs), Ortles-Cevedale Group, Bolzano-Alto Adige Autonomous Province, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Covellite	Malachite	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Vivianite

Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Baryte ()*
Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*
Erythrite ()*	Galena ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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: As Ba C Ca Co Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Ba C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Covellite Malachite None Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Vivianite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	260	260	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	260	260	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	260	260	9052
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	260	260	919
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	260	260	11547
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	260	260	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	260	260	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	260	260	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	260	260	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	260	260	4165
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	260	260	814
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	260	260	24243
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	260	260	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	260	260	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	260	260	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	260	260	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	260	260	21482

1 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
	sedcu-00462	260	260	M. Permian							Yes			Cu	21408	Bolzano-Alto Adige Autonomous Province, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy	South Tyrol	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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