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Locality Name:
Iglesias, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy

Oldest recorded age at locality: 520
Youngest recorded age at locality: 270

mindat Locality ID: 102703
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-102703.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Iglesias, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy": 21
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 15
Child Localities:
Acquaresi Mine
Campo Pisano Mine
Canal Grande (Canalgrande)
Canal Grande Mine (Domestica Mine)
Genna Ruxitta (Rosita) Mine
Malacalzetta Mine
Marganai Mine
Masua
Monte Agruxiau
Monteponi Mine
Nebida
Palmavexi Mine
Punta Della Torre
San Benedetto Mine
Seddas Moddizzis Mine

Latitude: 39°20'1"N
Longitude: 8°28'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.333611111111,8.4827777777778

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.

Acanthite	Amorphous	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Brochantite	Calcite
Caledonite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Dundasite	Epsomite
Fluorite	Germanite	Gypsum	Hexahydrite	Jalpaite	Kaolinite	Linarite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melanterite
Millerite	Minium	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Polybasite	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Sulphur	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

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: Ag Al As Ba Bi C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe Ge H Hg Mg Mn Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amorphous Apatite Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Brochantite Calcite
Caledonite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Dundasite Epsomite
Fluorite Germanite Gypsum Hexahydrite Jalpaite Kaolinite Linarite Malachite Marcasite Melanterite
Millerite Minium Nickeline None Not in a structural group Polybasite Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Sphalerite Stibnite Sulphur Talc Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

81 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenic ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*	Balkanite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bianchite ()*	Bindheimite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Bournonite ()*
Breithauptite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Caledonite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Dundasite ()*	Epsomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Gaspéite ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Goethite ()*	Goslarite ()*	Greenockite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Imiterite ()*
Jalpaite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Lanarkite ()*	Leadhillite ()*	Linarite ()*
Litharge ()*	Luanheite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*
Mercury ()*	Metacinnabar ()*	Millerite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Minium ()*
Monteponite ()*	Opal ()*	Pearceite ()*	Phosgenite ()*	Plattnerite ()*
Polybasite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Renierite ()*	Romanèchite ()*	Seligmannite ()*	Siderite ()*
Siderotil ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*
Stromeyerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Susannite ()*	Talc ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Zincite ()*

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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	520	270	1	71330	2793
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	520	270	11	71314,71317,71318,71319,71322,71324,71326,71327,71329,71330,71331	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	270	270	1	71327	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	520	270	9	71314,71316,71317,71322,71323,71324,71327,71329,71330	3250
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As	520	270	1	71330	379
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	270	270	1	71322	9052
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	270	270	1	71324	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	520	270	7	71312,71313,71314,71318,71322,71323,71330	5509
Balkanite ()*	None	Ag₅Cu₉HgS₈	270	270	1	71330	9
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	520	270	10	71314,71318,71323,71324,71326,71327,71329,71330,71331,71332	11547
Bianchite ()*	Hexahydrite	Zn(SO₄)·6H₂O	520	270	2	71314,71329	40
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	270	270	2	71314,71331	450
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	520	270	1	71330	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	270	270	2	71312,71313	5516
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	520	270	1	71330	1089
Breithauptite ()*	Nickeline	NiSb	270	270	1	71331	175
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	270	270	2	71318,71319	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	520	270	14	71312,71313,71314,71317,71318,71319,71322,71323,71324,71326,71327,71330,71331,71332	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	520	270	2	71319,71330	359
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	520	270	14	71313,71314,71317,71318,71319,71322,71323,71324,71326,71327,71329,71330,71331,71332	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	270	270	1	71314	925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	520	270	7	71314,71318,71319,71323,71330,71331,71332	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	270	270	4	71314,71324,71330,71331	2600
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	520	270	1	71330	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	520	270	3	71318,71319,71330	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	520	270	12	71314,71317,71318,71319,71322,71323,71324,71326,71327,71330,71331,71332	9895
Dundasite ()*	Dundasite	PbAl₂(CO₃)₂(OH)₄·H₂O	520	270	4	71329,71330,71331,71332	97
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	270	270	1	71314	484
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	270	270	2	71318,71327	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	520	270	15	71312,71313,71314,71317,71318,71319,71322,71323,71324,71326,71327,71329,71330,71331,71332	24243
Gaspéite ()*	Calcite	Ni(CO₃)	270	270	2	71324,71331	22
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	520	270	1	71329	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	270	270	8	71314,71318,71319,71322,71324,71326,71327,71331	7437
Goslarite ()*	Epsomite	Zn(SO₄)·7H₂O	270	270	1	71314	188
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	270	270	3	71314,71322,71331	717
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	520	270	7	71314,71318,71319,71326,71330,71331,71332	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	270	270	2	71314,71323	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	520	270	15	71312,71313,71314,71317,71318,71319,71322,71323,71324,71326,71327,71329,71330,71331,71332	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	520	270	9	71313,71318,71319,71322,71324,71326,71327,71330,71331	1066
Imiterite ()*	None	Ag₂HgS₂	270	270	1	71330	17
Jalpaite ()*	Jalpaite	Ag₃CuS₂	520	270	1	71330	116
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	520	270	1	71329	5591
Lanarkite ()*	None	Pb₂O(SO₄)	270	270	2	71319,71324	97
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	520	270	5	71318,71319,71324,71330,71331	265
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	520	270	2	71319,71330	987
Litharge ()*	None	PbO	270	270	1	71319	139
Luanheite ()*	None	Ag₃Hg	270	270	1	71330	17
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	520	270	7	71312,71313,71314,71318,71319,71323,71330	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	270	270	3	71314,71331,71332	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	270	270	3	71314,71315,71324	915
Mercury ()*	None	Hg	270	270	2	71324,71330	397
Metacinnabar ()*	Sphalerite	HgS	270	270	1	71330	255
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	270	270	1	71331	1066
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	270	270	1	71318	1107
Minium ()*	Minium	Pb²⁺₂Pb⁴⁺O₄	270	270	4	71318,71319,71324,71332	247
Monteponite ()*	None	CdO	270	270	1	71324	5
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	520	270	1	71329	2994
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]	520	270	1	71330	249
Phosgenite ()*	None	Pb₂(CO₃)Cl₂	520	270	4	71324,71327,71330,71331	142
Plattnerite ()*	Rutile	PbO₂	520	270	2	71329,71330	158
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	520	270	1	71330	716
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	520	270	1	71330	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	520	270	12	71312,71313,71314,71317,71318,71322,71323,71324,71326,71330,71331,71332	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	520	270	3	71318,71324,71330	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	270	270	1	71331	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	520	270	11	71314,71317,71318,71319,71322,71326,71327,71329,71330,71331,71332	61156
Renierite ()*	Sphalerite Germanite	(Cu¹⁺,Zn)₁₁Fe₄(Ge⁴⁺,As⁵⁺)₂S₁₆	520	270	1	71330	37
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀	270	270	1	71331	312
Seligmannite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbAsS₃	520	270	1	71330	64
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	270	270	1	71324	6417
Siderotil ()*	Chalcanthite	Fe(SO₄)·5H₂O	270	270	1	71324	84
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	520	270	4	71319,71327,71330,71331	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	520	270	15	71312,71313,71314,71317,71318,71319,71322,71323,71324,71326,71327,71329,71330,71331,71332	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	520	270	15	71312,71313,71314,71317,71318,71319,71322,71323,71324,71326,71327,71329,71330,71331,71332	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	520	270	1	71330	586
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	520	270	1	71330	332
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	270	270	5	71318,71319,71322,71324,71331	2045
Susannite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	270	270	1	71319	99
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	270	270	1	71317	3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	520	270	3	71318,71319,71330	5317
Zincite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnO	270	270	3	71322,71324,71331	98

2 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
	Hg-00071	270	270				high						Balkanite	Hg	20899	San Giovanni Mine, Punta Della Torre, Iglesias, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy		Boni et al. (2000)	10.1016/S0037-0738(99)00131-1	SG131_181
	Hg-00072	520	465										Balkanite	Hg	20899	San Giovanni Mine, Punta Della Torre, Iglesias, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy		Caron et al. (1997)		EJM9_1005

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050640	Monteponi Mine, Iglesias, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy	https://rruff.info/R050640

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