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Locality Name:
Maso Del Nido (Nisthof), Sarentine Alps (Sarntal Alps), Bolzano-Alto Adige Autonomous Province, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy

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

mindat Locality ID: 123379
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-123379.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Maso Del Nido (Nisthof), Sarentine Alps (Sarntal Alps), 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: Ag As C Co Cu Fe H Mo O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As C Co Cu Fe H Mo O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllargentumArsenopyriteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteCobaltiteCorundumCubaniteDiasporeDigenite
MarcasiteMolybdeniteNoneQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTetrahedrite
Wurtzite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Cobaltite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Digenite  (*)Dyscrasite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS26026009052
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS426026005516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S112602600843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS326026001089
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2260260027198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS2602600966
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S32602600802
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S26026001027
Dyscrasite  (*)AllargentumAg3+xSb1-x (x ≈ 0.2)2602600180
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS260260024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)26026007437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3260260014640
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S142602600784
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4260260014899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS226026005674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS226026005800
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2260260061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO226026005614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)26026006417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS260260021482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S326026003418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1326026005317



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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