Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

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

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.

Calcite	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Spinel	Staurolite	Tourmaline	Wollastonite

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:
Calcite None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyroxene Quartz Spinel Staurolite Tourmaline Wollastonite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Quartz ()*
Schorl ()*	Spodumene ()*	Staurolite ()*	Wollastonite ()*

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
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	260	260	1	72113	27770
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	260	260	0		1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	260	260	0		14899
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	260	260	0		1898
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	260	260	0		61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	260	260	0		2705
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	260	260	0		688
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	260	260	0		978
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	260	260	0		1247

1 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
	sedcu-00462	260	260	M. Permian							Yes			Cu	21408	Bolzano-Alto Adige Autonomous Province, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy	South Tyrol	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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