Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Adige Valley (Etsch 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: 127470
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-127470.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Adige Valley (Etsch Valley), Bolzano-Alto Adige Autonomous Province, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy": 27
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 21

Number of Child Localities: 18
Child Localities:
Aldino (Aldein)
Appiano Sulla Strada Del Vino (Eppan An Der Weinstraße)
Avelengo (Hafling)
Castelvecchio (Altenburg)
Corno Bianco (Weisshorn)
Foiana (Vollan)
Fontanefredde (Kaltenbrunn)
Meltina (Molten)
Montagna (Montan)
Nalles (Nals)
Predonico (Perdonig)
Rio Trodena (Trudener Bach)
San Genesio (Jenesien)
San Lugano
Terlano (Terlan)
Tesimo (Tisens)
Tires (Tiers)
Vallarsa Di Laives Valley (Branten Valley)

Latitude: 46°25'30"N
Longitude: 11°18'27"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.425,11.3075

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.

Acanthite	Allophane	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum
Covellite	Diaspore	Fluorite	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Malachite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Vivianite	Wurtzite

Acanthite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Apjohnite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Dawsonite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Greenockite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Hydrozincite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mimetite ()*
Nordstrandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Uraninite ()*
Vivianite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Corundum
Covellite Diaspore Fluorite Gypsum Halotrichite Malachite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Vivianite Wurtzite

41 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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	260	260	1	71942	2793
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	260	260	2	71923,71942	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	260	260	3	71940,71941,71942	3092
Apjohnite ()*	Halotrichite	Mn²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	260	260	2	71939,71942	28
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	260	260	6	71933,71934,71935,71940,71942,71944	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	260	260	2	71939,71942	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	260	260	2	71923,71938	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	260	260	8	71921,71923,71928,71931,71934,71939,71941,71942	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	260	260	9	71921,71923,71924,71937,71938,71939,71940,71941,71942	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	260	260	1	71923	1252
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	260	260	1	71942	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	260	260	2	71923,71942	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	260	260	3	71930,71939,71942	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	260	260	1	71942	3531
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	260	260	2	71923,71942	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	260	260	1	71942	2970
Dawsonite ()*	None	NaAl(CO₃)(OH)₂	260	260	1	71940	90
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	260	260	4	71923,71924,71941,71942	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	260	260	5	71921,71928,71931,71934,71942	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	260	260	11	71923,71928,71929,71930,71931,71934,71939,71940,71941,71942,71946	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	260	260	1	71942	7437
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	260	260	1	71942	717
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	260	260	4	71923,71936,71939,71942	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	260	260	1	71942	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	260	260	1	71942	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	260	260	2	71939,71942	1066
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	260	260	1	71923	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	260	260	1	71942	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	260	260	5	71923,71930,71938,71940,71942	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	260	260	1	71923	1107
Nordstrandite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	260	260	2	71939,71941	64
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	260	260	5	71923,71930,71939,71942,71946	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	260	260	2	71939,71942	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	260	260	10	71921,71923,71928,71931,71934,71937,71939,71940,71941,71942	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	260	260	1	71942	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	260	260	2	71939,71942	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	260	260	6	71923,71930,71931,71934,71939,71942	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	260	260	1	71923	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	260	260	2	71938,71942	5317
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	260	260	2	71927,71932	2718
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	260	260	1	71942	636

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
R060231	Adige Valley (Etsch Valley), Bolzano-Alto Adige Autonomous Province, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy	https://rruff.info/R060231

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