Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Venosta 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: 130586
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-130586.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Venosta Valley, Bolzano-Alto Adige Autonomous Province, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Lasa (Laas)
Senales Valley (Schnals Valley)

Latitude: 46°37'40"N
Longitude: 10°38'44"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.627777777778,10.645555555556

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.

Allophane	Amphibole	Aragonite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Covellite	Epsomite
Fluorite	Gypsum	Malachite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Starkeyite	Staurolite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Tourmaline	Vivianite

Allophane ()*	Aragonite ()*	Asbolane ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Beryl ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*
Epsomite ()*	Erythrite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*
Kyanite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rozenite ()*	Schorl ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Staurolite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tremolite ()*	Uraninite ()*

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 B Ba Be Bi C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Aragonite Baryte Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Covellite Epsomite
Fluorite Gypsum Malachite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite Starkeyite Staurolite Stibnite Tetrahedrite Tourmaline Vivianite

30 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
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	260	260	1	72171	470
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	260	260	1	72171	3250
Asbolane ()*	Not in a structural group	Mn⁴⁺(O,OH)₂·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)_x(OH)_2x·nH₂O	260	260	1	72171	143
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	260	260	3	72171,72178,72182	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	260	260	2	72171,72176	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	260	260	1	72183	4286
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	260	260	1	72171	1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	260	260	2	72171,72173	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	260	260	4	72171,72178,72181,72182	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	260	260	3	72171,72178,72182	4165
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	260	260	1	72171	484
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	260	260	1	72171	814
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	260	260	2	72178,72182	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	260	260	3	72175,72178,72182	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	260	260	1	72171	6890
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	260	260	1	72179	1507
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	260	260	1	72171	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	260	260	1	72183	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	260	260	5	72171,72175,72178,72180,72182	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	260	260	1	72180	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	260	260	2	72171,72173	61156
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O	260	260	2	72178,72182	293
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	260	260	1	72183	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	260	260	1	72171	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	260	260	3	72171,72178,72182	21482
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	260	260	1	72179	978
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	260	260	1	72171	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	260	260	3	72171,72178,72182	5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	260	260	1	72173	2562
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	260	260	1	72175	2718

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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