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Locality Name:
Mocheni Valley, Trento Province (Trentino), Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy

Oldest recorded age at locality: 281
Youngest recorded age at locality: 252

mindat Locality ID: 130591
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-130591.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mocheni Valley, Trento Province (Trentino), Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy": 23
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Fierozzo
Frassilongo
Palù Del Fersina
Pergine Valsugana
S. Orsola
Sant'Orsola Terme

Latitude: 46°5'37"N
Longitude: 11°20'44"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.093611111111,11.345555555556
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 Cd Ce Cl Co Cu F Fe H K La Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAmorphousAnalcimeAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenoliteArsenopyrite
ArthuriteBaryteBerthieriteBismutiteBrochantiteCalciteCarminiteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisite
CopperCoronaditeCorundumCovelliteCyanotrichiteDevillineDiasporeDundasiteEpidoteFeldspar
FluoriteGypsumHalotrichiteHydrotalciteKaoliniteKobelliteKtenasiteLinariteMalachiteMarcasite
MatlockiteMicaMixiteNoneNot in a structural groupPolybasitePyritePyrochloreQuartzRocksalt
RutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStibniteSulphurTetrahedriteVivianiteWoodwarditeWurtzite

101 IMA Minerals at location:
Agardite-(Ce)  (*)Agardite-(La)  (*)Agardite-(Y)  (*)Albite  (*)Allophane  (*)
Analcime  (*)Anglesite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Antimony  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Arthurite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Berthierite  (*)
Beudantite  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Brianyoungite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carminite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Cervantite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcophanite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Copper  (*)Corkite  (*)Coronadite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Cyanotrichite  (*)Delafossite  (*)Devilline  (*)Dickite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Dundasite  (*)Epidote  (*)Erythrite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Freibergite  (*)
Galena  (*)Galenobismutite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Greenockite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Kermesite  (*)Langite  (*)Lavendulan  (*)Leadhillite  (*)
Linarite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Mimetite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Nacrite  (*)Namuwite  (*)Opal  (*)Phlogopite  (*)
Pickeringite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Ramsbeckite  (*)Ranciéite  (*)Redgillite  (*)Rosasite  (*)
Rutile  (*)Schapbachite  (*)Schulenbergite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Segnitite  (*)
Senarmontite  (*)Serpierite  (*)Siderite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Valentinite  (*)
Woodruffite  (*)Woodwardite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Zavaritskite  (*)Zincolivenite  (*)
Zincowoodwardite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Agardite-(Ce)  (*)MixiteCeCu2+6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O28125217244543
Agardite-(La)  (*)MixiteLaCu2+6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O28125217244533
Agardite-(Y)  (*)MixiteYCu2+6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O28125217244590
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)2812521724458803
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O281252172445470
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O2812521724551627
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)281252472444,72445,72447,724522734
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O281252172445445
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb281252172458363
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS281252472445,72447,72452,724589052
Arthurite  (*)ArthuriteCuFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2·4H2O28125217244535
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6281252372445,72447,72452919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2281252372438,72445,724475509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)281252472445,72447,72452,7245511547
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S4281252172458343
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6281252172445413
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O7281252172445450
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3281252272445,724471935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)281252172445716
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS42812521724455516
Brianyoungite  (*)NoneZn3(CO3)(OH)428125217244579
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6281252472436,72445,72447,724521633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)281252572443,72445,72447,72452,7245827770
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2281252172445178
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)281252472436,72444,72445,724474979
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O4281252172458352
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2812521724475707
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O281252172445197
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2281252972438,72441,72443,72445,72447,72448,72451,72452,7245327198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O281252272445,724523531
Copper  (*)CopperCu2812521724453846
Corkite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6281252172445151
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16281252172445227
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS281252472441,72445,72447,724524165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O281252372436,72445,724472970
Cyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)2281252172445179
Delafossite  (*)NoneCu1+Fe3+O2281252172445144
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O281252172445366
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4281252172445651
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22812521724479895
Dundasite  (*)DundasitePbAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·H2O28125217244597
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)281252472441,72444,72447,724538173
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O281252272438,72445814
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2281252672438,72439,72443,72445,72447,724559617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12281252172447663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS281252972437,72441,72443,72444,72445,72447,72448,72449,7245224243
Galenobismutite  (*)KobellitePbBi2S4281252172445192
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)281252472441,72445,72447,724527437
Gold  (*)CopperAu281252272447,7245230554
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS281252272438,72445717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O281252372445,72447,724526890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3281252472441,72447,72451,7245214640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O281252272445,724521689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)6281252372445,72447,724521066
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6281252272441,724452228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)42812521724455591
Kermesite  (*)NoneSb2OS2281252172458230
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O281252272445,72447593
Lavendulan  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5H2O281252172445149
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2281252172444265
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2281252472436,72445,72447,72452987
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4281252272451,7245214899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2281252372445,72447,7245212537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2281252472438,72451,72452,724585674
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl2812521724451107
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2281252272445,7244717380
Nacrite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4281252172445112
Namuwite  (*)KtenasiteZn4(SO4)(OH)6·4H2O28125217244558
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O2812521724522994
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)22812521724552273
Pickeringite  (*)HalotrichiteMgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O281252172438265
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]281252272447,72452716
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O281252172445309
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22812521272438,72441,72443,72445,72447,72448,72449,72451,72452,72453,72455,7245839462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl281252272438,724451725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2281252872441,72443,72444,72445,72447,72452,72453,7245861156
Ramsbeckite  (*)NoneCu15(SO4)4(OH)22·6H2O28125217244568
Ranciéite  (*)None(Ca,Mn2+)0.2(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2·0.6H2O281252172445177
Redgillite  (*)NoneCu6(SO4)(OH)10·H2O281252272445,7244745
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)2281252172445454
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO22812521724475614
Schapbachite  (*)RocksaltAg0.4Pb0.2Bi0.4S28125217245214
Schulenbergite  (*)Ktenasite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O281252172445142
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O2812521724451153
Segnitite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)6281252172445134
Senarmontite  (*)ArsenoliteSb2O3281252172458179
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O281252272445,72447292
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)281252272445,724476417
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)2812521724452473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS281252672445,72447,72448,72449,72452,7245821482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3281252272452,724583418
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS281252572441,72445,72447,72452,724582045
Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)NoneCaCe(CO3)2F281252172445232
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13281252572437,72443,72447,72451,724525317
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O3281252172458369
Woodruffite  (*)NoneZn2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10·4H2O28125217244525
Woodwardite  (*)Woodwardite Hydrotalcite(Cu1-xAlx)(SO4)x/2(OH)2·nH2O (x < 0.5, n < 3x/2)28125217244557
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO42812521724451655
Zavaritskite  (*)MatlockiteBiOF28125217244526
Zincolivenite  (*)AndalusiteCuZn(AsO4)(OH)28125217244560
Zincowoodwardite  (*)Woodwardite Hydrotalcite(Zn1-xAlx)(SO4)x/2(OH)2·nH2O (x < 0.5, n < 3x/2)28125217244512


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Giersdorf_00000651The Val Daone Conglomerate is a mid-Permian unit that runs through much of the south-central Alpine region. Some localities possess trace amounts of U and Cu.


4 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
Giersdorf_00000651268266late- to post-KazanianBiostratigraphyAge is interpreted by the author as being linked to the "Mid Permian Event" which is a surge of tectonic activity that represents the final act of the Hercyanian/Variscan cycle   Yes  24815Trento Province (Trentino), Trentino-Alto Adige, ItalyTrento RegionCassinis et al. (2008) IJG127_519Age of the Val Daone Conglomerate is expressed as Mid to Upper Permian, late to post Kazanian and possibly up into the lower Tatarian. The age is derived from palynological evidence as well as other paleontological sources compiled and given an estimated age. See fig. 11
Giersdorf_00000652276273276-273Biostratigraphy    Yes  24815Trento Province (Trentino), Trentino-Alto Adige, ItalyTrento RegionCassinis et al. (2008) IJG127_519Age of the Treviogo is described as lower to middle Permian, mostly Kungarian. The age is derived from palynological evidence as well as other paleontological sources compiled and given an estimated age. See fig. 11
Giersdorf_00000653281277281-277Biostratigraphy    Yes  24815Trento Province (Trentino), Trentino-Alto Adige, ItalyTrento RegionCassinis et al. (2008) IJG127_519Age of the Collio Formation is described as lower Permian, mostly Artinskian. The numbers do not agree with the GSA's Arinskian age as the paper uses a different Time Scale. The age is derived from palynological evidence as well as other paleontological sources compiled and given an estimated age. See fig. 11
Giersdorf_00000654266252266-252Biostratigraphy    Yes  24815Trento Province (Trentino), Trentino-Alto Adige, ItalyTrento RegionCassinis et al. (2008) IJG127_519Age of the Verrucano formation is described as Upper Permian and Upper Tatarian. The age is derived from palynological evidence as well as other paleontological sources compiled and given an estimated age. See fig. 11

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