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Locality Name:
Aurina Valley (Ahrnbach 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: 20075
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-20075.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Aurina Valley (Ahrnbach Valley), Bolzano-Alto Adige Autonomous Province, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy": 38
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 28

Number of Child Localities: 19
Child Localities:
Cadipietra (Steinhaus)
Cornetto Di Confine (Markingele)
Costa Val Delle Frane (Schuttalschneide)
Dossi Valley (Knutten Valley)
Forcella Del Picco (Birnlücke)
Forcella Di Riotorbo (Trippach)
Malga Lana (Lahn Alp)
Picco Dei Tre Signori (Dreiherren Peak)
Predoi (Prettau)
Prettau Glacier
Punta Merbe (Merbspitze)
Rio Bianco (Weißenbach)
Rio Di Landro (Hollenzbach)
Riva Valley (Rein Valley)
Rossa Valley (Rot Valley)
San Pietro (St Peter)
Sasso Nero (Schwarzenstein)
Selva Dei Molini Valley (Mühlwald Valley)
Vento Valley (Wind 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.

Allophane	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Brookite	Brucite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite
Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite	Danburite	Epidote	Feldspar
Fluorite	Gadolinite	Garnet	Malachite	Melanterite	Mica	Milarite	Natrolite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel
Stannite	Titanite	Tourmaline	Valleriite	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite	Wurtzite

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 As B Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti U W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca F Pb S Sb

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Brookite Brucite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite
Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Cubanite Danburite Epidote Feldspar
Fluorite Gadolinite Garnet Malachite Melanterite Mica Milarite Natrolite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Phenakite Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel
Stannite Titanite Tourmaline Valleriite Vesuvianite Wollastonite Wurtzite

61 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Allophane ()*	Almandine ()*	Anatase ()*	Ankerite ()*
Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Bornite ()*	Boulangerite ()*
Brookite ()*	Brucite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*
Danburite ()*	Datolite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Euclase ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Idaite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Maghemite ()*	Magnesite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Milarite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Nesquehonite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Phenakite ()*	Pitticite ()*	Prehnite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*
Schorl ()*	Scolecite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Strontianite ()*
Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Valleriite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*
Wollastonite ()*

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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	260	260	13	71954,71955,71956,71960,71961,71962,71969,71973,71980,71981,71983,71984,71985	8803
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	260	260	1	71966	470
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	260	260	2	71961,71983	2353
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	260	260	2	71976,71983	2162
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	260	260	4	71956,71962,71973,71985	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	260	260	2	71962,71966	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	260	260	2	71958,71966	9052
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	260	260	1	71969	606
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	260	260	2	71966,71970	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	260	260	0		843
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	260	260	1	71976	700
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	260	260	1	71959	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	260	260	12	71955,71956,71962,71966,71971,71973,71976,71980,71981,71983,71984,71985	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	260	260	1	71966	925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	260	260	4	71965,71966,71974,71978	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	260	260	1	71966	3531
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	260	260	3	71954,71983,71985	1756
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	260	260	1	71966	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	260	260	1	71966	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	260	260	1	71966	802
Danburite ()*	Danburite	CaB₂Si₂O₈	260	260	2	71973,71985	148
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	260	260	2	71962,71985	498
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	260	260	2	71959,71985	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	260	260	7	71955,71961,71962,71978,71980,71984,71985	8173
Euclase ()*	None	BeAlSiO₄(OH)	260	260	3	71954,71962,71986	120
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	260	260	1	71983	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	260	260	0		9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	260	260	1	71966	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	260	260	5	71966,71976,71978,71983,71985	14640
Idaite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃FeS₄	260	260	1	71966	142
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	260	260	3	71966,71980,71984	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	260	260	1	71961	1507
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	260	260	1	71971	1271
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄	260	260	1	71966	229
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	260	260	3	71956,71966,71973	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	260	260	3	71961,71966,71985	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	260	260	2	71966,71970	12537
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	260	260	1	71966	915
Milarite ()*	Milarite	KCa₂(Be₂AlSi₁₂)O₃₀·H₂O	260	260	2	71985,71986	156
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	260	260	3	71954,71955,71986	17380
Nesquehonite ()*	None	Mg(CO₃)·3H₂O	260	260	1	71975	80
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	260	260	2	71961,71966	2349
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	260	260	1	71983	326
Pitticite ()*	None	[Fe,AsO₄,SO₄,H₂O] (?)	260	260	1	71966	140
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	260	260	2	71961,71983	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	260	260	8	71962,71965,71966,71978,71980,71983,71984,71985	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	260	260	1	71966	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	260	260	15	71954,71956,71959,71961,71962,71966,71971,71973,71976,71978,71980,71981,71983,71984,71985	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	260	260	12	71954,71956,71960,71961,71962,71973,71976,71978,71980,71981,71983,71984	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	260	260	1	71977	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	260	260	3	71962,71976,71985	2705
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	260	260	1	71961	390
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	260	260	1	71962	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	260	260	2	71965,71966	21482
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	260	260	1	71952	589
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	260	260	14	71955,71956,71961,71966,71971,71973,71974,71976,71978,71980,71981,71983,71984,71985	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	260	260	1	71959	2562
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	260	260	1	71963	2718
Valleriite ()*	Valleriite	2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)₂]	260	260	1	71966	237
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	260	260	1	71976	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	260	260	2	71959,71974	1247

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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