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Locality Name:
Sarentino Valley (Sarn 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: 123537
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-123537.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sarentino Valley (Sarn Valley), Bolzano-Alto Adige Autonomous Province, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
PĂ©nnes Valley (Pensertal)
Rio Danza (Tanzbach)
Windlahn (Lana Al Vento)

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 As Ba C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ca Fe H O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayFluoriteMicaNone
Not in a structural groupPectolitePyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteStibniteWurtzite

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Cervantite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Greenockite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)
Laumontite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pectolite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)22602601721563092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS26026009052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)26026017215611547
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11260260172156843
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)26026017215627770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)2602601721564979
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O4260260172157352
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS226026017215627198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22602601721569895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22602601721569617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS26026017215624243
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS260260172156717
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O2602601721561689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)62602601721561066
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14260260172156784
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O26026001271
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)226026017215617380
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)260260172156363
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS226026017215639462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl2602601721561725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2260260272156,7215761156
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)2602601721562473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS26026017215621482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3260260272157,721583418
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO42602601721561655



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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