Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Vedretta Di Solda (Suldenferner), 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: 123257
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-123257.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vedretta Di Solda (Suldenferner), 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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Mica	None	Pyroxene	Spinel
Vesuvianite

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Na O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Mica None Pyroxene Spinel
Vesuvianite

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Aragonite ()*	Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clintonite ()*
Epidote ()*	Spinel ()*	Vesuvianite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	260	260	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	260	260	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	260	260	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	260	260	27198
Clintonite ()*	Mica Clay	CaAlMg₂(SiAl₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	260	260	86
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	260	260	8173
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	260	260	1934
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	260	260	1395

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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