Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
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: 123505
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-123505.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sarentine Alps (Sarntal Alps), Bolzano-Alto Adige Autonomous Province, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Croda Di Paolo (Paulswald)
Dosso Valley (Egg Valley)
Durna Valley (Durnholz Valley)
Fortezza (Franzensfeste)
Fuldres (Pfulters)
Giogo Bello (Schönjoch)
Laste (Asten)
Malga Di Ponteletto (Puntleiden Alp)
Maso Del Nido (Nisthof)
Montelago Alp (Seeberg Alp)
Mt. Catino (Kesselberg)
Nova Valley (Naif Valley)
Valnisca Alp (Filnisg Alp)

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.

Allargentum	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Corundum
Covellite	Cubanite	Diaspore	Digenite	Enargite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Malachite	Marcasite
Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Prehnite	Pumpellyite	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Tourmaline	Wurtzite
Zircon

Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bornite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cobaltite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Digenite ()*	Dyscrasite ()*
Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fayalite ()*	Fluor-schorl ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Greenockite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*
Jamesonite ()*	Kainosite-(Y) ()*	Laumontite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Prehnite ()*
Pumpellyite-(Mg) ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Schorl ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Talc ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*
Zoisite ()*

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 C Ca Cd Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allargentum Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite Corundum
Covellite Cubanite Diaspore Digenite Enargite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Malachite Marcasite
Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Prehnite Pumpellyite Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stibnite Talc Tetrahedrite Tourmaline Wurtzite
Zircon

51 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	260	260	1	72144	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	260	260	2	72140,72141	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	260	260	3	72140,72141,72149	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	260	260	2	72144,72150	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	260	260	6	72137,72138,72150,72151,72152,72153	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	260	260	1	72149	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	260	260	2	72149,72151	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	260	260	3	72140,72141,72149	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	260	260	4	72144,72147,72150,72151	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	260	260	10	72138,72140,72141,72144,72145,72146,72148,72149,72150,72151	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	260	260	1	72149	966
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	260	260	1	72144	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	260	260	1	72149	802
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	260	260	2	72144,72149	1027
Dyscrasite ()*	Allargentum	Ag_3+xSb_1-x (x ≈ 0.2)	260	260	4	72140,72141,72149,72151	180
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	260	260	1	72151	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	260	260	1	72144	8173
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	260	260	1	72144	371
Fluor-schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃F	260	260	1	72144	25
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	260	260	8	72137,72138,72144,72146,72147,72150,72152,72153	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	260	260	12	72137,72138,72144,72145,72146,72147,72148,72149,72150,72151,72152,72153	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	260	260	1	72149	7437
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	260	260	2	72138,72150	717
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	260	260	2	72144,72149	14640
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	260	260	1	72150	1066
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	260	260	3	72140,72141,72149	784
Kainosite-(Y) ()*	None	Ca₂Y₂(SiO₃)₄(CO₃)·H₂O	260	260	1	72144	99
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	260	260	1	72144	1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	260	260	2	72144,72149	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	260	260	3	72138,72144,72150	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	260	260	3	72140,72141,72149	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	260	260	2	72144,72149	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	260	260	1	72144	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	260	260	1	72144	2349
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	260	260	1	72144	1898
Pumpellyite-(Mg) ()*	Pumpellyite	Ca₂MgAl₂(Si₂O₇)(SiO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O	260	260	1	72144	106
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	260	260	7	72138,72140,72141,72144,72145,72150,72151	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	260	260	1	72144	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	260	260	10	72137,72138,72144,72146,72147,72149,72150,72151,72152,72153	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	260	260	1	72149	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	260	260	1	72144	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	260	260	2	72137,72149	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	260	260	1	72150	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	260	260	11	72138,72140,72141,72144,72145,72146,72147,72149,72150,72151,72152	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	260	260	2	72140,72141	668
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	260	260	1	72149	3418
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	260	260	1	72144	3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	260	260	4	72140,72141,72149,72151	5317
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	260	260	1	72144	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	260	260	1	72144	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	260	260	1	72144	1025

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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