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

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

mindat Locality ID: 122523
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-122523.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fiemme Valley, Trento Province (Trentino), Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy": 26
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 20

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Carano
Castello-Molina Di Fiemme (Kastell-Fleims)
Costa Di Viezzena (Porta Di Viezzena)
Prealpi Mine
Predazzo
Valfloriana
Varena
Ziano Di Fiemme

Latitude: 46°18'5"N
Longitude: 11°28'26"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.301388888889,11.473888888889
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: Ag Al As B Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ta Te Th Ti U W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAeschyniteAllaniteAluniteAmphiboleAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArseniosideriteArsenopyrite
ArtiniteAutuniteBaddeleyiteBaryteBastnäsiteBrochantiteBrookiteBruciteCalciteCalzirtite
CarminiteChabaziteChalcopyriteChevkiniteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteColumbiteCopper
CorundumCovelliteDevillineEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGadoliniteGarnetGypsumHumite
MalachiteMeliliteMeneghiniteMicaMixiteMolybdeniteNatroliteNickelineNoneNot in a structural group
OlivineOxalatePalygorskiteParisitePectolitePharmacosideritePhenakitePrehnitePyritePyroxene
QuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStibniteStilbiteTalc
TetradymiteTetrahedriteTitaniteTourmalineVesuvianiteZircon

127 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Aeschynite-(Y)  (*)Agardite-(Y)  (*)Aikinite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)
Anatase  (*)Andradite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arcubisite  (*)
Arseniosiderite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Artinite  (*)Augite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Baddeleyite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)
Bertrandite  (*)Beudantite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Brookite  (*)
Brucite  (*)Calcite  (*)Calzirtite  (*)Carminite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chabazite-Ca  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chondrodite  (*)
Clinochlore  (*)Clinohumite  (*)Clintonite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)
Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Devilline  (*)Diopside  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Dravite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fayalite  (*)Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)
Fiemmeite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)
Galena  (*)Gehlenite  (*)Geikielite  (*)Goudeyite  (*)Grossular  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hessite  (*)Hydromagnesite  (*)
Hydroxylapatite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Ixiolite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaersutite  (*)
Laumontite  (*)Luzonite  (*)Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Metazeunerite  (*)Middlebackite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Mixite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Monticellite  (*)Moolooite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Norbergite  (*)
Olivenite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Palygorskite  (*)Parisite-(Ce)  (*)Pectolite  (*)
Periclase  (*)Perrierite-(Ce)  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Phenakite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)
Pilsenite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Sanidine  (*)Sarcolite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)
Scorodite  (*)Serpierite  (*)Siderite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Spinel  (*)Stibnite  (*)Stilbite-Ca  (*)Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)Talc  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Thorite  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Uraninite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Xonotlite  (*)
Zeunerite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S2812521723112793
Aeschynite-(Y)  (*)Aeschynite(Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)6281252172310141
Agardite-(Y)  (*)MixiteYCu2+6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O28125217231090
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS3281252172310315
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)281252172310706
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2281252272310,723222162
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3281252272307,723131534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)2812521723102734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)281252272314,723203250
Arcubisite  (*)Not in a structural groupAg6CuBiS42812521723115
Arseniosiderite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(AsO4)3·3H2O281252172310194
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS281252472309,72310,72315,723229052
Artinite  (*)ArtiniteMg2(CO3)(OH)2·3H2O28125217231475
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6281252272307,723132060
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6281252172310919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2281252272305,723105509
Baddeleyite  (*)BaddeleyiteZrO2281252172314238
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)281252372305,72310,7232711547
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)BastnäsiteCe(CO3)F281252172310304
Beaverite-(Cu)  (*)AlunitePb(Fe3+2Cu)(SO4)2(OH)6281252172310132
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)2281252172310606
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6281252172310413
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS42812521723075516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)62812521723051633
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2281252272310,72322700
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)2281252572313,72314,72318,72320,72321462
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2812521172309,72310,72311,72313,72314,72315,72318,72320,72321,72327,7232927770
Calzirtite  (*)CalzirtiteCa2Zr5Ti2O1628125217231432
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2281252172310178
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2281252272310,723115171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)281252272310,723274979
Chabazite-Ca  (*)ChabaziteCa2[Al4Si8O24]·13H2O281252172313310
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S281252372305,72307,723275707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2281252872307,72309,72310,72311,72313,72315,72322,7232727198
Chondrodite  (*)HumiteMg5(SiO4)2F2281252172314285
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)82812521723071756
Clinohumite  (*)HumiteMg9(SiO4)4F2281252172314236
Clintonite  (*)Mica ClayCaAlMg2(SiAl3O10)(OH)228125217231386
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS281252172311966
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O6281252172310518
Copper  (*)CopperCu2812521723103846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS281252272310,723274165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O281252272305,723112970
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O281252172305366
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O62812521723074135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2281252472313,72314,72320,723299895
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)281252172310648
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)281252372307,72311,723138173
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)281252172309371
Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)ScheeliteYNbO4281252172310196
Fiemmeite  (*)Not in a structural group OxalateCu2(C2O4)(OH)2·2H2O2812521723051
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F2812521723102740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2281252472309,72310,72315,723279617
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)2812521723141188
Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)GadoliniteY2Fe2+Be2O2(SiO4)2281252172310163
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS281252472305,72310,72311,7232724243
Gehlenite  (*)MeliliteCa2Al(SiAl)O7281252172313114
Geikielite  (*)CorundumMgTiO328125217231470
Goudeyite  (*)MixiteCu6Al(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O28125217231019
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)32812521723131544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O2812521723106890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3281252472307,72310,72311,7231314640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O281252272310,723271689
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te281252172311804
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O281252372314,72318,72321341
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH281252172310367
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O32812521723075433
Ixiolite  (*)Columbite(Ta2/3Mn2+1/3)O2281252172310148
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)62812521723102228
Kaersutite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg3AlTi4+)(Si6Al2)O22O2281252272309,72316179
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O2812521723191271
Luzonite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3AsS4281252172327198
Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2281252172313238
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4281252572307,72310,72311,72313,7232314899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2281252672305,72307,72309,72310,72311,7231312537
Metazeunerite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O281252272305,72310182
Middlebackite  (*)Not in a structural group OxalateCu2C2O4(OH)22812521723052
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl2812521723101107
Mixite  (*)MixiteCu6Bi(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O281252172310168
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2281252472310,72311,72315,723225800
Monticellite  (*)OlivineCaMg(SiO4)281252172313153
Moolooite  (*)OxalateCu(C2O4)·nH2O28125217230511
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)228125217230717380
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O281252272318,723191236
Norbergite  (*)HumiteMg3(SiO4)F228125217231437
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)281252172305492
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)281252672307,72309,72311,72313,72315,723252349
Palygorskite  (*)Palygorskite Clay(Mg,Al)2Si4O10(OH)·4H2O281252172329306
Parisite-(Ce)  (*)ParisiteCaCe2(CO3)3F2281252172310112
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)281252172320363
Periclase  (*)RocksaltMgO281252172309114
Perrierite-(Ce)  (*)ChevkiniteCe4MgFe3+2Ti2O8(Si2O7)2281252272309,7232246
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O281252172310428
Phenakite  (*)PhenakiteBe2(SiO4)281252172310326
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)22812521723132273
Pilsenite  (*)TetradymiteBi4Te328125217231157
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)2281252272314,723191898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2281252972305,72307,72309,72310,72311,72313,72315,72322,7232739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8281252272310,723149056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2281252972307,72309,72310,72311,72313,72315,72320,72322,7232761156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2281252272310,723115614
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)281252172312598
Sarcolite  (*)NoneNa4Ca12Al8Si12O46(SiO4,PO4)(OH,H2O)4(CO3,Cl)2812521723116
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)281252572309,72310,72311,72315,723224894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)281252272310,723112705
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O2812521723101153
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O281252172310292
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)281252372309,72310,723136417
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)281252272310,723272473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS281252372310,72311,7232721482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O4281252272313,723141934
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S32812521723113418
Stilbite-Ca  (*)StilbiteNaCa4(Si27Al9)O72·28H2O281252172313268
Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)NoneCaCe(CO3)2F281252272310,72311232
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2281252272315,723203337
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13281252272305,723101803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S132812521723275317
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)2812521723101006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O281252372310,72311,723134899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)22812521723132562
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2281252272305,723222718
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)10281252272313,723141395
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO42812521723101655
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)281252172310939
Xonotlite  (*)NoneCa6Si6O17(OH)2281252172313109
Zeunerite  (*)AutuniteCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·12H2O281252272305,72310185
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)281252272310,723115251


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

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