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Locality Name:
Vizze Pass (Pfitsch Pass; Pfitscher Joch), San Giacomo (Sankt Jakob), Vizze Valley (Pfitsch 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: 31954
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31954.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vizze Pass (Pfitsch Pass; Pfitscher Joch), San Giacomo (Sankt Jakob), Vizze Valley (Pfitsch Valley), Bolzano-Alto Adige Autonomous Province, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Arzwände
Croda Alta (Grawandkofel)
Croda Rossa Southwest Slope (Rotbachl Peak Southwest Slope)
Rinnerlahner
Wasserfallköpfe
Wind Valley (Windtal)

Latitude: 47°0'0"N
Longitude: 11°37'48"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47,11.63

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.

Aeschynite	Allanite	Allophane	Alunite	Amphibole	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Bastnäsite
Beryl	Brackebuschite	Brookite	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copper
Corundum	Covellite	Crichtonite	Diaspore	Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gadolinite	Garnet
Lazulite	Malachite	Meta-autunite	Mica	Milarite	Molybdenite	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite
Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Scheelite	Sodalite	Spinel	Staurolite	Sulphur	Talc
Titanite	Tourmaline	Zircon

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 Au B Be C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Si Sr Ta Th Ti U Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca H O P Sr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aeschynite Allanite Allophane Alunite Amphibole Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Bastnäsite
Beryl Brackebuschite Brookite Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Copper
Corundum Covellite Crichtonite Diaspore Digenite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gadolinite Garnet
Lazulite Malachite Meta-autunite Mica Milarite Molybdenite Monazite None Not in a structural group Phenakite
Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Rutile Scheelite Sodalite Spinel Staurolite Sulphur Talc
Titanite Tourmaline Zircon

75 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Almandine ()*
Anatase ()*	Andalusite ()*	Anilite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*
Bavenite ()*	Bearthite ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bornite ()*
Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Cleusonite ()*	Covellite ()*	Crandallite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Digenite ()*	Djurleite ()*	Epidote ()*	Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Fergusonite-(Y) ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Gahnite ()*	Genthelvite ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Goyazite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hercynite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Lazulite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Meta-autunite ()*	Metatorbernite ()*	Milarite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Phenakite ()*	Posnjakite ()*
Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*
Siderite ()*	Spinel ()*	Spionkopite ()*	Staurolite ()*	Sulphur ()*
Svanbergite ()*	Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	Talc ()*	Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*
Torbernite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*

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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	260	260	2	72214,72215	3419
Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Aeschynite	(Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆	260	260	2	72214,72217	141
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	260	260	4	72214,72215,72216,72217	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	260	260	1	72216	706
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	260	260	2	72214,72217	2353
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	260	260	4	72213,72215,72217,72218	2162
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	260	260	2	72214,72215	1310
Anilite ()*	Digenite	Cu₇S₄	260	260	1	72216	88
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	260	260	2	72214,72216	3092
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bastnäsite	Ce(CO₃)F	260	260	1	72216	304
Bavenite ()*	None	Ca₄Be_2+xAl_2-xSi₉O_26-x(OH)_2+x (x = 0 to 1)	260	260	1	72217	255
Bearthite ()*	Brackebuschite	Ca₂Al(PO₄)₂(OH)	260	260	1	72218	9
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	260	260	3	72213,72214,72216	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	260	260	2	72214,72216	4286
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	260	260	1	72216	5516
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	260	260	3	72213,72215,72217	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	260	260	4	72214,72215,72217,72218	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	260	260	1	72218	1252
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	260	260	1	72217	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	260	260	1	72216	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	260	260	1	72216	3531
Cleusonite ()*	Crichtonite	Pb(U⁴⁺,U⁶⁺)Fe²⁺₂(Ti,Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺)₁₈(O,OH)₃₈	260	260	1	72216	14
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	260	260	1	72216	4165
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	260	260	0		310
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	260	260	1	72216	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	260	260	1	72216	1027
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	260	260	1	72216	300
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	260	260	4	72215,72216,72217,72218	8173
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆	260	260	2	72213,72214	414
Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Scheelite	YNbO₄	260	260	1	72217	196
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	260	260	3	72213,72216,72218	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	260	260	2	72214,72217	9617
Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Gadolinite	Y₂Fe²⁺Be₂O₂(SiO₄)₂	260	260	1	72216	163
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	260	260	2	72215,72216	445
Genthelvite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Be₃Zn₄(SiO₄)₃S	260	260	1	72216	60
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	260	260	2	72213,72218	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	260	260	1	72216	30554
Goyazite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	260	260	0		173
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	260	260	6	72213,72214,72215,72216,72217,72218	14640
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	260	260	1	72215	407
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	260	260	2	72214,72215	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	260	260	2	72214,72218	1507
Lazulite ()*	Lazulite	MgAl₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂	260	260	1	72218	232
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	260	260	1	72215	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	260	260	4	72215,72216,72217,72218	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	260	260	1	72216	12537
Meta-autunite ()*	Meta-autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·6H₂O	260	260	1	72218	388
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	260	260	1	72218	443
Milarite ()*	Milarite	KCa₂(Be₂AlSi₁₂)O₃₀·H₂O	260	260	1	72217	156
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	260	260	1	72216	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	260	260	4	72213,72214,72216,72217	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	260	260	3	72213,72217,72218	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	260	260	1	72217	2349
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	260	260	1	72217	326
Posnjakite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·H₂O	260	260	1	72216	309
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	260	260	1	72215	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	260	260	5	72213,72214,72215,72217,72218	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	260	260	6	72213,72214,72215,72216,72217,72218	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	260	260	5	72213,72215,72216,72217,72218	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	260	260	1	72215	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	260	260	4	72213,72214,72216,72218	6417
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	260	260	1	72215	1934
Spionkopite ()*	None	Cu₃₉S₂₈	260	260	1	72216	73
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	260	260	1	72218	978
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	260	260	1	72213	2045
Svanbergite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	260	260	1	72218	105
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	None	CaCe(CO₃)₂F	260	260	3	72213,72216,72217	232
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	260	260	1	72215	3337
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	260	260	1	72216	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	260	260	3	72214,72215,72217	4899
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	260	260	1	72218	1059
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	260	260	1	72216	2718
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	260	260	3	72213,72216,72217	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	260	260	3	72213,72217,72218	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	260	260	1	72215	1025

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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