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Locality Name:
Calabona Mine, Alghero, Sassari Province, Sardinia, Italy

Oldest recorded age at locality: 34
Youngest recorded age at locality: 27

mindat Locality ID: 2120
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2120.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Calabona Mine, Alghero, Sassari Province, Sardinia, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 40°31'55"N
Longitude: 8°21'54"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.531944444444,8.365

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Covellite	Digenite	Enargite	Epidote
Feldspar	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Albite ()*	Allophane ()*	Alunite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Azurite ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*	Djurleite ()*
Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*	Famatinite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Luzonite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Manganite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Covellite Digenite Enargite Epidote
Feldspar Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

38 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	34	27	8803
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	34	27	470
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	34	27	966
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	34	27	1588
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	34	27	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	34	27	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	34	27	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	34	27	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	34	27	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	34	27	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	34	27	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	34	27	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	34	27	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	34	27	1027
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	34	27	300
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	34	27	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	34	27	8173
Famatinite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃SbS₄	34	27	163
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	34	27	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	34	27	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	34	27	6890
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	34	27	1689
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	34	27	5591
Luzonite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃AsS₄	34	27	198
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	34	27	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	34	27	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	34	27	770
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	34	27	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	34	27	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	34	27	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	34	27	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	34	27	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	34	27	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	34	27	61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	34	27	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	34	27	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	34	27	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	34	27	5317

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-00005	34	27	34–27									Albite, Bornite, Calcite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Digenite, Djurleite, Enargite, Epidote, Galena, Gold, Luzonite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Sphalerite	Cu	2120	Calabona Mine, Alghero, Sassari Province, Sardinia, Italy	Calabona	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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