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Locality Name:
Chiusa (Klausen), Isarco Valley (Eisack 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: 123516
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-123516.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chiusa (Klausen), Isarco Valley (Eisack Valley), Bolzano-Alto Adige Autonomous Province, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Montefondoli (Pfunderer Berg)

Latitude: 46°39'13"N
Longitude: 11°32'33"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.653611111111,11.5425
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 Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllargentumAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteClay
ClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCubaniteCyanotrichiteDevillineDiasporeEpidoteFluoriteGypsum
HydrotalciteIlvaiteLepidocrociteLillianiteMalachiteMarcasiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPolybasite
PyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTetrahedriteValleriite
WoodwarditeWurtzite

59 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Augite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Boulangerite  (*)
Bournonite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcophanite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cosalite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Cyanotrichite  (*)Devilline  (*)Dyscrasite  (*)Enstatite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gibbsite  (*)Glaucocerinite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Gudmundite  (*)Gustavite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Ilvaite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Langite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Polybasite  (*)
Posnjakite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Serpierite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Valleriite  (*)Woodwardite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S2602601720432793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)2602601720432734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)2602601720431588
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)2602601720433250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2602601720439052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O62602601720432060
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6260260172043919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22602601720435509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)26026017204311547
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11260260172043843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS32602601720431089
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)62602601720431633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)26026017204327770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO22602601720435171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)2602601720434979
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O260260172043197
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS226026017204327198
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S5260260172043344
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3260260172043802
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O2602601720432970
Cyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)2260260172043179
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O260260172043366
Dyscrasite  (*)AllargentumAg3+xSb1-x (x ≈ 0.2)260260172043180
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6260260172043944
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2602601720438173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22602601720439617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS26026017204324243
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)3260260172043504
Glaucocerinite  (*)Woodwardite Hydrotalcite(Zn1-xAlx)(SO4)x/2(OH)2·nH2O (x < 0.5, n > 3x/2)26026017204320
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2602601720437437
Gold  (*)CopperAu26026017204330554
Gudmundite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeSbS260260172043170
Gustavite  (*)LillianiteAgPbBi3S6260260172043113
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O2602601720436890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O326026017204314640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O32602601720435433
Ilvaite  (*)IlvaiteCaFe3+Fe2+2O(Si2O7)(OH)260260172043197
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14260260172043784
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O260260172043593
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)260260172043581
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O426026017204314899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)226026017204312537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS22602601720435674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)226026017204317380
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]260260172043716
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O260260172043309
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS32602601720431425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS226026017204339462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO22602601720433106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO226026017204361156
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O260260172043292
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)2602601720436417
Silver  (*)CopperAg2602601720435186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS26026017204321482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S32602601720433418
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO2602601720431101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S132602601720435317
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]260260172043237
Woodwardite  (*)Woodwardite Hydrotalcite(Cu1-xAlx)(SO4)x/2(OH)2·nH2O (x < 0.5, n < 3x/2)26026017204357


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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