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

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

mindat Locality ID: 130592
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-130592.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Valsugana, Trento Province (Trentino), Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy": 21
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Calceranica Al Lago
Castello Tesino
Levico Terme
Novaledo
Pergine Valsugana
Roncegno
Vignola-Falesina

Latitude: 46°2'9"N
Longitude: 11°17'11"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.035833333333,11.286388888889
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 B 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 Sr W Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAdeliteAllophaneAluminiteAluniteAmorphousAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenic
ArsenopyriteBaryteBastnäsiteBournoniteBrochantiteCalciteCaledoniteCarminiteChalcophylliteChalcopyrite
ClayCobaltiteColumbiteCopperCorundumCovelliteCubaniteCyanotrichiteDevillineDiaspore
EpsomiteFeldsparFluoriteGypsumHalotrichiteHumboldtineHydrotalciteKaoliniteLöllingiteLinarite
MalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMicaMixiteMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOxalate
PentlanditePharmacosideritePolybasitePyritePyrochloreQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSmectite-vermiculite
SphaleriteSpinelStibniteSulphurTalcTetrahedriteTourmalineValleriiteVivianiteWoodwardite
WurtziteZinkenite

126 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Adamite  (*)Agardite-(Ce)  (*)Agardite-(La)  (*)Agardite-(Y)  (*)
Albite  (*)Aluminite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Antimony  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Asbolane  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)Beudantite  (*)Bieberite  (*)Bindheimite  (*)
Bismite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Boothite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)
Bournonite  (*)Brianyoungite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)
Carbonatecyanotrichite  (*)Carminite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcophanite  (*)
Chalcophyllite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Conichalcite  (*)
Copper  (*)Corkite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Cyanotrichite  (*)Devilline  (*)Dickite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dravite  (*)
Duftite  (*)Epsomite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Ferberite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Goslarite  (*)Greenockite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Halotrichite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hidalgoite  (*)
Humboldtine  (*)Hydrocerussite  (*)Hydrowoodwardite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Langite  (*)Leadhillite  (*)Linarite  (*)
Linnaeite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Mallardite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Montmorillonite  (*)Morenosite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nacrite  (*)Olivenite  (*)
Opal  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rammelsbergite  (*)Ranciéite  (*)Rosasite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)
Scorodite  (*)Segnitite  (*)Siderite  (*)Siegenite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Stolzite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)Talc  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Todorokite  (*)Valleriite  (*)
Woodwardite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)Zincolivenite  (*)Zincrosasite  (*)
Zinkenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S281252272520,725242793
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)281252272524,72525254
Agardite-(Ce)  (*)MixiteCeCu2+6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O28125217252443
Agardite-(La)  (*)MixiteLaCu2+6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O28125217251533
Agardite-(Y)  (*)MixiteYCu2+6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O281252372519,72523,7252490
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)2812521725238803
Aluminite  (*)AluminiteAl2(SO4)(OH)4·7H2O28125217251078
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)281252572511,72515,72519,72523,725252734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2281252272506,725193092
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb281252172519363
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS281252972506,72511,72515,72517,72519,72520,72521,72524,725259052
Asbolane  (*)Not in a structural groupMn4+(O,OH)2·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)x(OH)2x·nH2O281252172519143
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6281252572511,72515,72519,72523,72524919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2281252572506,72511,72519,72524,725255509
Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteBa0.5Fe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·5H2O281252172519150
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)281252672511,72519,72520,72523,72524,7252511547
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)BastnäsiteCe(CO3)F281252172519304
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6281252472511,72515,72519,72524413
Bieberite  (*)MelanteriteCo(SO4)·7H2O28125217251050
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O7281252172523450
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O3281252172519214
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi2812521725191966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3281252272519,725211935
Boothite  (*)MelanteriteCu(SO4)·7H2O28125217251018
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11281252272506,72519843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS3281252372506,72517,725191089
Brianyoungite  (*)NoneZn3(CO3)(OH)428125217251979
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6281252372519,72523,725241633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2812521072506,72511,72515,72517,72519,72520,72521,72523,72524,7252527770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6281252172515359
Carbonatecyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(CO3)(OH)12·2H2O28125217251988
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2281252172519178
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)281252772511,72515,72517,72519,72523,72524,725254979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S281252272519,725205707
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O281252172523197
Chalcophyllite  (*)ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24·36H2O281252272510,72524194
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2281252972506,72511,72515,72517,72519,72521,72523,72524,7252527198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O2812521725233531
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS281252472517,72519,72521,72525966
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)281252172524363
Copper  (*)CopperCu2812521725063846
Corkite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6281252272515,72523151
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS281252672511,72515,72519,72521,72523,725254165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3281252272506,72519802
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O281252572511,72515,72517,72519,725242970
Cyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)2281252172519179
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O281252272519,72524366
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4281252472511,72515,72519,72523651
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2281252272506,725199895
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)281252172524648
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)281252272523,72524220
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O281252172510484
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O281252372511,72524,72525814
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)281252272519,72525551
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2281252772511,72515,72519,72520,72523,72524,725259617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS281252972506,72511,72515,72517,72519,72520,72523,72524,7252524243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)281252672515,72519,72521,72523,72524,725257437
Gold  (*)CopperAu28125217251730554
Goslarite  (*)EpsomiteZn(SO4)·7H2O281252172510188
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS281252172525717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O281252472506,72511,72519,725246890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O281252172510409
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3281252372521,72523,7252414640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O281252572515,72519,72523,72524,725251689
Hidalgoite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(SO4)(AsO4)(OH)628125217251957
Humboldtine  (*)Humboldtine OxalateFe2+(C2O4)·2H2O28125217252527
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)2281252172515201
Hydrowoodwardite  (*)Woodwardite Hydrotalcite(Cu1-xAlx)(SO4)x/2(OH)2·nH2O (x < 0.5, n > 3x/2)28125217251916
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)6281252472511,72515,72519,725241066
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14281252272506,72519784
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)62812521725192228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4281252272511,725195591
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O281252472519,72523,72524,72525593
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2281252272519,72524265
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2281252572511,72515,72519,72523,72525987
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S4281252272519,72521249
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)281252172521451
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)2812521725191487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4281252272506,7252114899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2281252872506,72511,72515,72517,72519,72523,72524,7252512537
Mallardite  (*)MelanteriteMn(SO4)·7H2O28125217251014
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2281252472506,72519,72520,725255674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O281252172525915
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl281252672511,72515,72519,72523,72524,725251107
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2281252272519,725215800
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O2812521725191508
Morenosite  (*)EpsomiteNi(SO4)·7H2O28125217251084
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2281252572511,72515,72519,72523,7252417380
Nacrite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4281252172511112
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)281252172524492
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O2812521725192994
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S82812521725211512
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O281252172524428
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]281252172519716
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O281252172519309
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22812521172506,72508,72511,72515,72517,72519,72520,72521,72523,72524,7252539462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2281252272523,725253106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl281252572515,72519,72523,72524,725251725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8281252372506,72519,725259056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2281252972511,72515,72517,72519,72520,72521,72523,72524,7252561156
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs2281252172519233
Ranciéite  (*)None(Ca,Mn2+)0.2(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2·0.6H2O281252172519177
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)2281252272511,72519454
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)2812521725194894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)2812521725192705
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O281252272519,725241153
Segnitite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)6281252272515,72519134
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)281252872515,72517,72519,72520,72521,72523,72524,725256417
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S4281252172519249
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)281252572511,72515,72519,72524,725252473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2812521072506,72511,72515,72517,72519,72520,72521,72523,72524,7252521482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS4281252172519586
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S32812521725193418
Stolzite  (*)ScheelitePb(WO4)281252172519156
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS281252472511,72515,72523,725242045
Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)NoneCaCe(CO3)2F281252172519232
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)22812521725063337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13281252572506,72517,72519,72520,725255317
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O281252172519433
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]281252172519237
Woodwardite  (*)Woodwardite Hydrotalcite(Cu1-xAlx)(SO4)x/2(OH)2·nH2O (x < 0.5, n < 3x/2)28125217251957
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO4281252572511,72515,72519,72523,725241655
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS281252172519372
Zincolivenite  (*)AndalusiteCuZn(AsO4)(OH)28125217252460
Zincrosasite  (*)Malachite(Zn,Cu)2(CO3)(OH)228125217251128
Zinkenite  (*)ZinkenitePb9Sb22S42281252172519228


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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