Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Taro Valley, Parma Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Oldest recorded age at locality: 27
Youngest recorded age at locality: 8

mindat Locality ID: 192696
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-192696.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Taro Valley, Parma Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy": 35
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 23

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Albareto
Borgo Val Di Taro
Ceno Valley
Fornovo Val Di Taro
Solignano
Valmozzola

Latitude: 44°32'5"N
Longitude: 9°45'54"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.534722222222,9.765

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	Aragonite	Artinite	Baryte	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Coronadite
Corrensite	Corundum	Diaspore	Gadolinite	Garnet	Gypsum	Hydrotalcite	Kaolinite	Lepidocrocite	Marcasite
Millerite	None	Not in a structural group	Palygorskite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Serpentine
Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Titanite	Vesuvianite

Aliettite ()*	Anatase ()*	Andradite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Artinite ()*
Baryte ()*	Brookite ()*	Brugnatellite ()*	Calcite ()*	Calomel ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Copper ()*	Datolite ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Hollandite ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*
Lizardite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Mercury ()*	Millerite ()*
Palygorskite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*	Titanite ()*	Todorokite ()*	Vaesite ()*
Vesuvianite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Na Ni O P S Si Sr Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Artinite Baryte Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Coronadite
Corrensite Corundum Diaspore Gadolinite Garnet Gypsum Hydrotalcite Kaolinite Lepidocrocite Marcasite
Millerite None Not in a structural group Palygorskite Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Serpentine
Sphalerite Spinel Talc Titanite Vesuvianite

41 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
Aliettite ()*	Corrensite Clay	Ca_0.2Mg₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·4H₂O			1	68969	7
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂			5	68967,68973,68984,68993,68996	2162
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃			1	68968	1534
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			6	68968,68970,68971,68978,68980,68985	3250
Artinite ()*	Artinite	Mg₂(CO₃)(OH)₂·3H₂O			3	68968,68969,68971	75
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			10	68975,68976,68979,68980,68981,68984,68987,68990,68991,68996	11547
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂			1	68996	700
Brugnatellite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Fe³⁺(CO₃)(OH)₁₃·4H₂O			1	68971	32
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			19	68964,68965,68968,68975,68976,68978,68979,68980,68981,68983,68984,68985,68987,68988,68990,68991,68993,68995,68996	27770
Calomel ()*	None	HgCl	27	8	1	68966	91
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			4	68983,68985,68993,68996	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	27	8	1	68966	2600
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	68987	3846
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)			1	68993	498
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			2	68968,68970	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			5	68968,68980,68984,68990,68996	9895
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F			3	68978,68980,68981	2740
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			4	68978,68979,68980,68985	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			4	68978,68980,68985,68988	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			6	68978,68980,68981,68984,68985,68990	14640
Hollandite ()*	Coronadite	Ba(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆			1	68985	243
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O			1	68971	341
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			3	68983,68984,68985	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			2	68978,68980	5591
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)			1	68980	581
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			3	68968,68983,68985	359
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			2	68968,68985	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			2	68965,68990	5674
Mercury ()*	None	Hg	27	8	1	68966	397
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS			3	68967,68985,68996	1066
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O			1	68979	306
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	68993	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			4	68964,68985,68990,68996	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			4	68973,68984,68993,68996	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	68985	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			2	68985,68996	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			2	68985,68995	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			3	68983,68984,68985	4899
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O			2	68980,68985	433
Vaesite ()*	Pyrite	NiS₂			1	68985	106
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀			1	68968	1395

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-00105	27	8										Calomel, Cinnabar, Mercury	Hg	55834	San Quirico, Gotra Valley, Albareto, Taro Valley, Parma Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy		Dini et al. (1995)		EJM7_417

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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