Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Pusteria Valley (Puster 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: 130585
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-130585.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pusteria Valley (Puster Valley), Bolzano-Alto Adige Autonomous Province, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Croda Bianca (Weißzint)
Dan
Luson (Lusen)
Malga Ponte Del Ghiaccio (Eisbrügg Alp)
Mt. Cirne (Gschirn Mt.)
Spelonca Pass (Spiluck Alp)
Valles Valley (Vals Valley)
Vandoies

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.

Amphibole	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Feldspar	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rutile	Titanite	Vesuvianite

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Ankerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Diopside ()*	Hematite ()*	Perovskite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Na O S Si Sn Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Corundum Feldspar None Not in a structural group Perovskite Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rutile Titanite Vesuvianite

15 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	6	72121,72123,72124,72129,72131,72133	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	260	260	1	72120	2162
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	260	260	1	72124	3092
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	260	260	3	72121,72123,72124	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	260	260	1	72134	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	260	260	2	72122,72126	27198
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	260	260	2	72121,72125	4135
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	260	260	2	72123,72126	14640
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	260	260	2	72121,72128	495
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	260	260	6	72122,72123,72124,72126,72129,72131	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	260	260	6	72120,72123,72124,72129,72130,72131	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	260	260	6	72120,72121,72123,72124,72129,72131	5614
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	260	260	7	72120,72121,72123,72124,72129,72131,72132	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	260	260	1	72121	2562
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	260	260	1	72121	1395

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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