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Locality Name:
Masaloni Mine, San Vito, Sarrabus, Sarrabus-Gerrei, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 19906
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-19906.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Masaloni Mine, San Vito, Sarrabus, Sarrabus-Gerrei, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 39°24'21"N
Longitude: 9°29'33"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.405833333333,9.4925
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 B Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H Hg K Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As B Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H Hg K Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAndalusiteApatiteArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteBerthieriteCalciteChalcopyriteClay
ClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopperEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGypsumLöllingiteMalachiteMarcasite
MicaMilleriteMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPolybasitePyriteQuartzRocksalt
SphaleriteSulphurTourmalineTurquoiseUllmannite

42 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Albite  (*)Andalusite  (*)Antimony  (*)Arsenic  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Berthierite  (*)Bornite  (*)Breithauptite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Millerite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nickeline  (*)
Orthoclase  (*)Planerite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rammelsbergite  (*)
Safflorite  (*)Schorl  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Ullmannite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S02793
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO501310
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb0363
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs0379
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S40343
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb0175
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS02600
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS0966
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O01689
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS01066
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs0633
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)02349
Planerite  (*)TurquoiseAl6(PO4)2(PO3OH)2(OH)8·4H2O043
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]0716
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS30733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS301425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl01725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs20233
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs20317
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)02705
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS40586
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS02045
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS0293


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