Mineral Evolution Database
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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:
Croda Rossa Southwest Slope (Rotbachl Peak Southwest Slope), Vizze Pass (Pfitsch Pass; Pfitscher Joch), San Giacomo (Sankt Jakob), Vizze Valley (Pfitsch 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: 123338
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-123338.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Croda Rossa Southwest Slope (Rotbachl Peak Southwest Slope), Vizze Pass (Pfitsch Pass; Pfitscher Joch), San Giacomo (Sankt Jakob), Vizze Valley (Pfitsch Valley), Bolzano-Alto Adige Autonomous Province, Trentino-Alto Adige, 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: Al B C Ca Fe H Mg Na O S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B C Ca Fe H Mg Na O S Si Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAndalusiteBrookiteCalciteClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteFeldsparNone
Not in a structural groupPrehnitePyriteQuartzRutileSpinelTalcTitaniteTourmaline

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Andalusite  (*)Brookite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Epidote  (*)Gahnite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hercynite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Schorl  (*)Spinel  (*)Talc  (*)
Titanite  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)226026003419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)26026008803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO226026002162
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO526026001310
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO22602600700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)260260027770
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)26026008173
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O42602600445
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3260260014640
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O42602600407
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O326026005433
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)26026001487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4260260014899
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)226026001898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2260260039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2260260061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO226026005614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)26026002705
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O426026001934
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)226026003337
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O26026004899
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)26026001025



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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