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Locality Name:
Bletterbach Gorge, Redagno (Radein), Aldino (Aldein), Adige Valley (Etsch 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: 156943
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156943.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bletterbach Gorge, Redagno (Radein), Aldino (Aldein), Adige Valley (Etsch Valley), Bolzano-Alto Adige Autonomous Province, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°21'56"N
Longitude: 11°24'12"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.365555555556,11.403333333333

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.

Apatite	Baryte	Calcite	Covellite	Gypsum	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Anhydrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Covellite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*
Magnesite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*

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: As Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Sr Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Baryte Calcite Covellite Gypsum Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	260	260	1588
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	260	260	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	260	260	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	260	260	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	260	260	1252
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	260	260	5707
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	260	260	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	260	260	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	260	260	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	260	260	6890
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	260	260	1487
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	260	260	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	260	260	1107
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	260	260	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	260	260	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	260	260	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	260	260	1803

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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