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Locality Name:
Ortles-Cevedale Group, Bolzano-Alto Adige Autonomous Province, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy

Oldest recorded age at locality: 260
Youngest recorded age at locality: 260

mindat Locality ID: 130817
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-130817.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ortles-Cevedale Group, Bolzano-Alto Adige Autonomous Province, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Capanna Dello Scudo (Schildhütte)
Cima Di Miniera
Croda Bianca (Weißwand)
Croda Del Sole (Sonnenwand)
Madriccio Valley (Madritsch Valley)
Martello Valley
Mutspitze
Ortles-Gran Zebrù (Ortler-Königspitze)
Rosim Valley
Stelvio (Stilfs)
Sumpignolo (Zumpanell)
Vedretta Di Solda (Suldenferner)

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	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Gismondine	Malachite	Mica	None
Not in a structural group	Olivine	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetradymite
Tetrahedrite	Tourmaline	Ullmannite	Vesuvianite	Vivianite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Ankerite ()*
Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bismuth ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Clintonite ()*	Covellite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*
Erythrite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*	Gismondine ()*	Gold ()*
Grossular ()*	Hedleyite ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*	Monticellite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Prehnite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Ullmannite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*
Zoisite ()*

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 Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite
Copper Corundum Covellite Epidote Feldspar Garnet Gismondine Malachite Mica None
Not in a structural group Olivine Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Tetradymite
Tetrahedrite Tourmaline Ullmannite Vesuvianite Vivianite

46 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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	260	260	2	72084,72087	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	260	260	1	72084	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	260	260	1	72091	2353
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	260	260	1	72088	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	260	260	1	72095	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	260	260	3	72086,72095,72097	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	260	260	1	72095	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	260	260	3	72085,72093,72097	2060
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	260	260	1	72095	919
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	260	260	1	72095	11547
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	260	260	1	72089	1966
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	260	260	1	72095	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	260	260	1	72095	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	260	260	7	72084,72085,72086,72088,72093,72095,72097	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	260	260	9	72088,72089,72090,72092,72093,72094,72095,72096,72097	27198
Clintonite ()*	Mica Clay	CaAlMg₂(SiAl₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	260	260	3	72085,72093,72097	86
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	260	260	1	72095	4165
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	260	260	2	72085,72093	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	260	260	1	72085	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	260	260	1	72097	8173
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	260	260	1	72095	814
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	260	260	1	72085	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	260	260	4	72089,72090,72094,72095	24243
Gismondine ()*	Gismondine	Ca₂(Si₄Al₄)O₁₆·8H₂O	260	260	1	72085	128
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	260	260	1	72092	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	260	260	1	72085	1544
Hedleyite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₇Te₃	260	260	1	72089	104
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	260	260	1	72092	14640
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	260	260	1	72096	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	260	260	1	72093	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	260	260	2	72088,72095	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	260	260	1	72091	4924
Monticellite ()*	Olivine	CaMg(SiO₄)	260	260	1	72085	153
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	260	260	1	72093	2273
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	260	260	1	72085	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	260	260	6	72088,72090,72092,72093,72094,72095	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	260	260	6	72084,72088,72090,72091,72092,72095	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	260	260	1	72091	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	260	260	3	72093,72094,72095	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	260	260	1	72089	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	260	260	3	72090,72094,72095	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	260	260	3	72085,72093,72097	1934
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	260	260	3	72088,72092,72096	5317
Ullmannite ()*	Ullmannite	NiSbS	260	260	1	72089	293
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	260	260	3	72085,72093,72097	1395
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	260	260	1	72085	1025

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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