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Locality Name:
Argentiera Mine, Auronzo Di Cadore, Belluno Province, Veneto, Italy

Oldest recorded age at locality: 247
Youngest recorded age at locality: 241

mindat Locality ID: 220794
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-220794.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Argentiera Mine, Auronzo Di Cadore, Belluno Province, Veneto, 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
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: Ba C Ca Fe H Mg Mo O Pb S Si Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteCalciteGypsumMarcasiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksalt
ScheeliteSphalerite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Cerussite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)247241011547
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)24724104979
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)224724109895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS247241024243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O24724106890
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O24724101689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)624724101066
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS224724105674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2247241039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2247241061156
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)24724102473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS247241021482
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO424724101655


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
ISBN_0-444-41405-3_Argentierasynsedimentary Pb-Zn


1 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
ISBN_0-444-41405-3_Argentiera247241Anisian       Pb, Zn220794Argentiera Mine, Auronzo Di Cadore, Belluno Province, Veneto, ItalyArgentieraHoll and Maucher (2012)https://inis.iaea.org/search/search.aspx?orig_q=RN:8312497ISBN_0-444-41405-3 

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