Mineral Evolution Database

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

Oldest recorded age at locality: 30
Youngest recorded age at locality: 30

mindat Locality ID: 185591
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-185591.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Carbonia, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Barbusi
Copper Occurrence

Latitude: 39°10'13"N
Longitude: 8°29'46"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.170277777778,8.4961111111111

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.

Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arseniosiderite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper
Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Gypsum	Leucophosphite	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Taranakite

Alunite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cinnabar ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Felsőbányaite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*
Lizardite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Natroalunite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Robertsite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spheniscidite ()*
Strengite ()*	Taranakite ()*	Todorokite ()*	Vashegyite ()*	Walthierite ()*

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 Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo N Na O P Pb S Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Apatite Aragonite Arseniosiderite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper
Corundum Diaspore Epidote Gypsum Leucophosphite Molybdenite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Taranakite

30 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
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	71288	966
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			1	71288	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	30	30	2	71288,71289	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	71288	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	30	30	1	71289	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			1	71288	2600
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	71288	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	30	30	1	71289	8173
Felsőbányaite ()*	None	Al₄(SO₄)(OH)₁₀·4H₂O			1	71288	66
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	30	30	1	71289	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	71288	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30	30	1	71289	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	71288	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	71288	14640
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH			1	71288	367
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	71288	359
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	30	30	1	71289	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	30	30	1	71289	5800
Natroalunite ()*	Alunite	NaAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	71288	128
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	30	30	1	71289	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	71288	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			1	71288	61156
Robertsite ()*	Arseniosiderite	Ca₂Mn³⁺₃O₂(PO₄)₃·3H₂O			1	71288	36
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	30	30	1	71289	21482
Spheniscidite ()*	Leucophosphite	(NH₄)Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)·2H₂O			1	71288	4
Strengite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(PO₄)·2H₂O			1	71288	263
Taranakite ()*	Taranakite	K₃Al₅(PO₃OH)₆(PO₄)₂·18H₂O			1	71288	57
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O			1	71288	433
Vashegyite ()*	None	Al₁₁(PO₄)₉(OH)₆·38H₂O			1	71288	28
Walthierite ()*	Alunite	Ba_0.5Al₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	71288	4

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
	PorphCu-00379	30	30	30									Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Galena, Gold, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite	Cu	206174	Copper Occurrence, Carbonia, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy	Carbonia	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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