Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Senales Valley (Schnals Valley), 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: 155664
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-155664.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Senales Valley (Schnals Valley), Venosta Valley, Bolzano-Alto Adige Autonomous Province, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Avigna Valley
Cima Termine (Endkopf)
Col Di Tarces (Tartscher Bühel)
Goldrano (Goldrain)
Lunga Valley (Langtaufer Valley)
Rio Di Lagundo (Aschbach)
Rio Lagaun
Sant' Anna (Annaberg)
Sluder Valley (Schluder Valley)

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.

Baryte	Beryl	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Covellite	Fluorite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Starkeyite	Staurolite	Tetrahedrite	Tourmaline

Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Kyanite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Rozenite ()*	Schorl ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Staurolite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	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 B Ba Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Na O Pb S Sb Si U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Beryl Chalcopyrite Clay Covellite Fluorite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite Starkeyite Staurolite Tetrahedrite Tourmaline

17 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
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	260	260	2	72178,72182	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	260	260	1	72176	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	260	260	1	72183	4286
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	260	260	3	72178,72181,72182	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	260	260	2	72178,72182	4165
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	260	260	2	72178,72182	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	260	260	3	72175,72178,72182	24243
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	260	260	1	72179	1507
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	260	260	1	72183	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	260	260	4	72175,72178,72180,72182	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	260	260	1	72180	9056
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
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	260	260	2	72178,72182	21482
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	260	260	1	72179	978
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	260	260	2	72178,72182	5317
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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