Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Gonnesa, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy

Oldest recorded age at locality: 520
Youngest recorded age at locality: 465

mindat Locality ID: 131580
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-131580.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gonnesa, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Barega Mine
Domus Nieddas
Gonnesa Quarry
Onixeddu Mt. Mine (Monte Onixeddu Mine)
San Giovanneddu Mine (S'Ega Porceddu)

Latitude: 39°16'59"N
Longitude: 8°26'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.283055555556,8.4497222222222

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.

Acanthite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Caledonite	Chalcopyrite
Chlorite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Devilline	Diaspore	Dundasite	Enargite	Fluorite
Geocronite	Germanite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Linarite	Malachite	Marcasite	Minium	None	Not in a structural group
Phosphosiderite	Pyrite	Quartz	Reddingite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Sulphur	Talc
Tetrahedrite	Vivianite	Wurtzite

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cd Cl Co Cu F Fe Ge H Hg Mg Mn O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Apatite Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Caledonite Chalcopyrite
Chlorite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Devilline Diaspore Dundasite Enargite Fluorite
Geocronite Germanite Gypsum Kaolinite Linarite Malachite Marcasite Minium None Not in a structural group
Phosphosiderite Pyrite Quartz Reddingite Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Stibnite Sulphur Talc
Tetrahedrite Vivianite Wurtzite

64 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenic ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Bournonite ()*
Calcite ()*	Caledonite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Devilline ()*	Dolomite ()*
Dundasite ()*	Enargite ()*	Erythrite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Geocronite ()*	Goethite ()*	Greenockite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Jordanite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Leadhillite ()*
Linarite ()*	Luanheite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Mercury ()*
Metacinnabar ()*	Minium ()*	Phosgenite ()*	Phosphoferrite ()*	Phosphosiderite ()*
Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*
Ranciéite ()*	Renierite ()*	Romanèchite ()*	Rutile ()*	Serpierite ()*
Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*
Sulphur ()*	Talc ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	520	465	1	71310	2793
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	520	465	2	71309,71310	2734
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	520	465	2	71306,71310	3250
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As	520	465	1	71310	379
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	520	465	1	71310	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	520	465	1	71310	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	520	465	5	71306,71307,71308,71309,71310	11547
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	520	465	1	71310	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	520	465	1	71310	5516
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	520	465	1	71310	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	520	465	4	71306,71308,71309,71310	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆	520	465	1	71310	359
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	520	465	4	71306,71308,71309,71310	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	520	465	3	71308,71309,71310	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	520	465	2	71309,71310	2600
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	520	465	1	71310	1756
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	520	465	1	71310	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	520	465	1	71310	2970
Devilline ()*	Devilline	CaCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	520	465	1	71310	366
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	520	465	3	71306,71309,71310	9895
Dundasite ()*	Dundasite	PbAl₂(CO₃)₂(OH)₄·H₂O	520	465	1	71310	97
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	520	465	1	71310	910
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	520	465	1	71310	814
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	520	465	1	71310	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	520	465	4	71306,71308,71309,71310	24243
Geocronite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄Sb₆S₂₃	520	465	1	71310	133
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	71306	7437
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	520	465	1	71310	717
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	520	465	2	71309,71310	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	520	465	1	71310	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	520	465	3	71306,71309,71310	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	520	465	2	71308,71310	1066
Jordanite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄As₆S₂₃	520	465	1	71310	105
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	520	465	1	71310	5591
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	520	465	1	71310	265
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	520	465	1	71310	987
Luanheite ()*	None	Ag₃Hg	520	465	1	71310	17
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	520	465	1	71310	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	520	465	1	71310	5674
Mercury ()*	None	Hg	520	465	1	71310	397
Metacinnabar ()*	Sphalerite	HgS	520	465	1	71310	255
Minium ()*	Minium	Pb²⁺₂Pb⁴⁺O₄	520	465	1	71310	247
Phosgenite ()*	None	Pb₂(CO₃)Cl₂	520	465	2	71309,71310	142
Phosphoferrite ()*	Reddingite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·3H₂O	520	465	1	71310	31
Phosphosiderite ()*	Phosphosiderite	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O	520	465	1	71310	182
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	520	465	1	71310	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	520	465	1	71310	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	520	465	3	71306,71309,71310	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	520	465	1	71310	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	520	465	4	71306,71308,71309,71310	61156
Ranciéite ()*	None	(Ca,Mn²⁺)_0.2(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂·0.6H₂O	520	465	1	71310	177
Renierite ()*	Sphalerite Germanite	(Cu¹⁺,Zn)₁₁Fe₄(Ge⁴⁺,As⁵⁺)₂S₁₆	520	465	1	71310	37
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀	520	465	1	71310	312
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	520	465	1	71310	5614
Serpierite ()*	Devilline	Ca(Cu,Zn)₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	520	465	1	71310	292
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	71309	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	520	465	1	71310	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	520	465	2	71309,71310	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	520	465	3	71306,71309,71310	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	520	465	1	71310	586
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	520	465	1	71310	2045
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	520	465	1	71310	3337
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	520	465	1	71310	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	520	465	1	71310	5317

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
	Hg-00079	520	465		Pb-Pb								Balkanite, Cinnabar, Imiterite, Luanheite, Mercury, Metacinnabar	Hg	23425	San Giovanneddu Mine (S'Ega Porceddu), Gonnesa, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy		Caron et al. (1997)		EJM9_1005

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060017	Gonnesa, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy	https://rruff.info/R060017

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