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Locality Name:
Racines Valley (Ratsching Valley), Passiria Valley (Passeier Valley), Bolzano-Alto Adige Autonomous Province, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy

Oldest recorded age at locality: 260
Youngest recorded age at locality: 260

mindat Locality ID: 123269
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-123269.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Racines Valley (Ratsching Valley), Passiria Valley (Passeier Valley), Bolzano-Alto Adige Autonomous Province, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Larchengraben
Pardaun (Pordaun)
Valtigls (Valtigels; Faltigels)
Zirmaid

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 B C Ca Fe H Li Na O Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Ca Fe H Li Na O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteNoneNot in a structural groupPrehnitePyroxeneQuartzSpinelStauroliteTourmalineWollastonite

9 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Schorl  (*)Spodumene  (*)Staurolite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)26026017211327770
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO426026001507
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4260260014899
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)226026001898
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2260260061156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)26026002705
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O62602600688
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)2602600978
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO326026001247



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
sedcu-00462260260M. Permian     Yes Cu21408Bolzano-Alto Adige Autonomous Province, Trentino-Alto Adige, ItalySouth TyrolCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 


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