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Locality Name:
Fassa Valley, Trento Province (Trentino), Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy

Oldest recorded age at locality: 281
Youngest recorded age at locality: 252

mindat Locality ID: 21407
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-21407.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fassa Valley, Trento Province (Trentino), Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy": 48
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 38

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Buffaure Group
Canazei
Dona Valley
Duron Valley
Mazzin
Moena
Monzoni Mts
Mt. Docioril
Udai Valley
Vajolet

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

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 B Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Si Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmphiboleAnalcimeApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChabaziteChalcopyrite
ClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumDachiarditeDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGadolinite
GarnetGismondineHarmotomeHeulanditeIlvaiteMeliliteMicaMordeniteNatroliteNickeline
NoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePectolitePrehnitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSerpentine
Smectite-vermiculiteSpinelTalcTitaniteVesuvianiteWollastoniteZircon

65 IMA Minerals at location:
Allophane  (*)Almandine  (*)Analcime  (*)Andradite  (*)Anorthite  (*)
Antigorite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Calcite  (*)Celadonite  (*)Chabazite-Ca  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Chrysotile  (*)Clinoptilolite-Na  (*)Clintonite  (*)Copper  (*)Dachiardite-Na  (*)
Datolite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gehlenite  (*)Gismondine  (*)Goethite  (*)
Grossular  (*)Harmotome  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Heulandite-Ca  (*)
Hydromagnesite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Ilvaite  (*)Laumontite  (*)
Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Mesolite  (*)Monticellite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)
Mordenite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pectolite  (*)Periclase  (*)
Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sarcolite  (*)
Scolecite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Spinel  (*)Talc  (*)Titanite  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Zircon  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O281252172278470
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)3281252472278,72279,72280,722832353
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O2812521772242,72245,72246,72247,72251,72253,72254,72255,72258,72263,72264,72265,72266,72267,72268,72286,722871627
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)32812521722831534
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)281252672276,72277,72279,72280,72282,722851036
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4281252272277,72280708
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)281252272264,722883250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2812521722779052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O62812521872242,72245,72247,72248,72251,72253,72254,72255,72259,72276,72277,72278,72279,72280,72282,72283,72284,722852060
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)281252972263,72265,72266,72267,72268,72274,72277,72286,7228711547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2812522672242,72245,72246,72247,72248,72251,72252,72253,72254,72255,72258,72261,72262,72263,72265,72266,72267,72268,72272,72277,72280,72282,72284,72285,72286,7228727770
Celadonite  (*)Mica ClayKMgFe3+Si4O10(OH)22812521172242,72245,72246,72248,72251,72252,72253,72254,72255,72258,72276309
Chabazite-Ca  (*)ChabaziteCa2[Al4Si8O24]·13H2O281252172252310
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2281252472277,72278,72279,7228227198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O2812521722723531
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4281252172280951
Clinoptilolite-Na  (*)HeulanditeNa6(Si30Al6)O72·20H2O28125217226824
Clintonite  (*)Mica ClayCaAlMg2(SiAl3O10)(OH)2281252372276,72280,7228586
Copper  (*)CopperCu281252272243,722723846
Dachiardite-Na  (*)DachiarditeNa4(Si20Al4)O48·13H2O281252872258,72263,72265,72266,72267,72268,72286,7228722
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)281252372241,72247,72248498
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6281252272276,722824135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2281252872262,72263,72265,72266,72267,72268,72286,722879895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)281252372278,72279,722838173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F2812521722622740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2281252272246,722749617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS28125217227424243
Gehlenite  (*)MeliliteCa2Al(SiAl)O7281252572275,72278,72280,72282,72285114
Gismondine  (*)GismondineCa2(Si4Al4)O16·8H2O281252772263,72265,72267,72268,72278,72286,72287128
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)281252372246,72259,722677437
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)3281252372277,72278,722831544
Harmotome  (*)HarmotomeBa2(Si12Al4)O32·12H2O281252172264290
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3281252372277,72278,7228214640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O2812521722781689
Heulandite-Ca  (*)Heulandite(Ca,Na,K)5(Si27Al9)O72·26H2O281252172246246
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O281252172283341
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)62812521722781066
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O32812521722775433
Ilvaite  (*)IlvaiteCaFe3+Fe2+2O(Si2O7)(OH)281252272276,72283197
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O2812521072248,72251,72253,72254,72255,72256,72258,72280,72282,722851271
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)2812521722761487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4281252372277,72279,7228214899
Mesolite  (*)NatroliteNa2Ca2(Si9Al6)O30·8H2O281252172253425
Monticellite  (*)OlivineCaMg(SiO4)281252572276,72277,72280,72282,72285153
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O281252272277,722811508
Mordenite  (*)Mordenite(Na2,Ca,K2)4(Al8Si40)O96·28H2O281252972242,72246,72247,72251,72253,72254,72255,72263,72264405
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O2812521372243,72245,72246,72247,72248,72249,72251,72252,72253,72254,72255,72258,722641236
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)281252272279,722822349
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)281252272253,72275363
Periclase  (*)RocksaltMgO281252172275114
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)22812522072243,72245,72246,72247,72248,72251,72252,72253,72254,72255,72263,72264,72265,72266,72267,72268,72272,72282,72286,722871898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2281252372277,72278,7227939462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8281252272277,722789056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22812522372242,72245,72246,72247,72248,72249,72251,72252,72253,72254,72255,72258,72261,72263,72264,72265,72266,72267,72268,72277,72279,72286,7228761156
Sarcolite  (*)NoneNa4Ca12Al8Si12O46(SiO4,PO4)(OH,H2O)4(CO3,Cl)2812521722796
Scolecite  (*)NatroliteCa(Si3Al2)O10·3H2O281252272248,72256390
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)2812521722782473
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O4281252672275,72276,72277,72280,72284,722851934
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2281252572276,72277,72279,72280,722823337
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O281252472264,72266,72279,722824899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2281252472278,72280,72284,722852562
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)10281252472276,72280,72283,722841395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO3281252472280,72282,72283,722851247
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)281252272278,722795251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2812521722831025



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Giersdorf_00000651The Val Daone Conglomerate is a mid-Permian unit that runs through much of the south-central Alpine region. Some localities possess trace amounts of U and Cu.


4 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
Giersdorf_00000651268266late- to post-KazanianBiostratigraphyAge is interpreted by the author as being linked to the "Mid Permian Event" which is a surge of tectonic activity that represents the final act of the Hercyanian/Variscan cycle   Yes  24815Trento Province (Trentino), Trentino-Alto Adige, ItalyTrento RegionCassinis et al. (2008) IJG127_519Age of the Val Daone Conglomerate is expressed as Mid to Upper Permian, late to post Kazanian and possibly up into the lower Tatarian. The age is derived from palynological evidence as well as other paleontological sources compiled and given an estimated age. See fig. 11
Giersdorf_00000652276273276-273Biostratigraphy    Yes  24815Trento Province (Trentino), Trentino-Alto Adige, ItalyTrento RegionCassinis et al. (2008) IJG127_519Age of the Treviogo is described as lower to middle Permian, mostly Kungarian. The age is derived from palynological evidence as well as other paleontological sources compiled and given an estimated age. See fig. 11
Giersdorf_00000653281277281-277Biostratigraphy    Yes  24815Trento Province (Trentino), Trentino-Alto Adige, ItalyTrento RegionCassinis et al. (2008) IJG127_519Age of the Collio Formation is described as lower Permian, mostly Artinskian. The numbers do not agree with the GSA's Arinskian age as the paper uses a different Time Scale. The age is derived from palynological evidence as well as other paleontological sources compiled and given an estimated age. See fig. 11
Giersdorf_00000654266252266-252Biostratigraphy    Yes  24815Trento Province (Trentino), Trentino-Alto Adige, ItalyTrento RegionCassinis et al. (2008) IJG127_519Age of the Verrucano formation is described as Upper Permian and Upper Tatarian. The age is derived from palynological evidence as well as other paleontological sources compiled and given an estimated age. See fig. 11


SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060841Monzoni Mts, Fassa Valley, Trento Province (Trentino), Trentino-Alto Adige, Italyhttps://rruff.info/R060841


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