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Locality Name:
Montoccoli-Castellaccia Area (Fosso Zanca-Filone Di Montoccoli Area; Zanca Valley Mines), Massa Marittima, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 206340
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-206340.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Montoccoli-Castellaccia Area (Fosso Zanca-Filone Di Montoccoli Area; Zanca Valley Mines), Massa Marittima, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Campivecchi Mine (Puccioni Mine)
Castellaccia Mine
Fosso Castagnolo (Antimonite Prospect)
Martelli Tunnel
Poggio Al Montone
Poggio Al Tafone Prospect (Pozzo Martelli)
Prataccio Outcrop (Prataccio Vein)

Latitude: 43°2'10"N
Longitude: 10°55'52"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.036111111111,10.931111111111

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: Al As Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAragoniteArsenoliteArsenopyriteBaryteBerthieriteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisite
CovelliteDiasporeEnargiteEpidoteFluoriteGypsumLinariteMalachiteMarcasiteNickeline
NoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyrochlorePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinel
StibniteSulphurTetrahedriteTitaniteWurtzite

53 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Berthierite  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcophanite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Cinnabar  (*)Covellite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Enargite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hedenbergite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Linarite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Metastibnite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Ranciéite  (*)
Realgar  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rosasite  (*)Senarmontite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Titanite  (*)Tripuhyite  (*)Valentinite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)272611,726142734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1726143250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS372611,72613,726159052
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6272611,72614919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2272611,726145509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)472610,72612,72613,7261511547
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S4172613343
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O7172611450
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3272615,726161935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41726105516
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS3272610,726151089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)472610,72613,72614,7261527770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)272611,726144979
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O172614197
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2672610,72611,72613,72614,72615,7261627198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS272610,726132600
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1726144165
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61726144135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2272614,726159895
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4172615910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)272610,726148173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21726129617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS672610,72611,72613,72614,72615,7261624243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1726157437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1726116890
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6172614741
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1726111689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)6272611,726141066
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14272613,72615784
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61726142228
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2272611,72614987
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4272615,7261614899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2372611,72614,7261612537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21726135674
Metastibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3272612,7261387
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2772610,72611,72612,72613,72614,72615,7261639462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2272613,726153106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81726169056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2772610,72611,72612,72613,72614,72615,7261661156
Ranciéite  (*)None(Ca,Mn2+)0.2(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2·0.6H2O272613,72615177
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS172610712
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1726151711
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)2372611,72613,72614454
Senarmontite  (*)ArsenoliteSb2O3172612179
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)272611,726142473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS472611,72613,72614,7261521482
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)372610,72612,72613446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3372610,72612,726133418
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS272612,726142045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13372610,72611,726155317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1726144899
Tripuhyite  (*)RutileFe3+Sb5+O417261266
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O3272612,72613369



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