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Locality Name:
Madielle Quarries, Madielle Basin, Massa, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 309586
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-309586.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Madielle Quarries, Madielle Basin, Massa, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 44°2'36"N
Longitude: 10°11'39"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.043333333333,10.194166666667

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 Cd Cu Fe H Na O Pb S Sb V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cd Cu Fe H Na O Pb S Sb V Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BournoniteChalcopyriteCovelliteEnargiteGermaniteGypsumMarcasiteNoneRocksaltSphalerite
StanniteStibniteWurtziteZinkenite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Bornite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Colusite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Dawsonite  (*)Enargite  (*)Famatinite  (*)Galena  (*)
Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Luzonite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Moëloite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)Zinkenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS301089
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Colusite  (*)Sphalerite GermaniteCu13VAs3S160110
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Dawsonite  (*)NoneNaAl(CO3)(OH)2090
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS40910
Famatinite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3SbS40163
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS0717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS40198
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Moëloite  (*)NonePb6Sb6S14(S)308
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S303418
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS0372
Zinkenite  (*)ZinkenitePb9Sb22S420228



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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