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Locality Name:
Santa Lucia Mine, Fluminimaggiore, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy

Oldest recorded age at locality: 300
Youngest recorded age at locality: 300

mindat Locality ID: 2125
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2125.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Santa Lucia Mine, Fluminimaggiore, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 39°26'33"N
Longitude: 8°27'47"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.4425,8.4630555555556

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 Ba C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K O P Pb S Sb Si W Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg O P Pb S Sb Si W Y Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteClay
CopperCorundumCovelliteDevillineDiasporeDigeniteFluoriteKaoliniteLepidocrociteLinarite
MalachiteMixiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyrochloreQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteTetrahedrite

45 IMA Minerals at location:
Adamite  (*)Agardite-(Ce)  (*)Agardite-(Y)  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)
Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Digenite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)
Hydrokenoelsmoreite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Langite  (*)
Lepidocrocite  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Olivenite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rosasite  (*)Serpierite  (*)
Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Wroewolfeite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)3003000254
Agardite-(Ce)  (*)MixiteCeCu2+6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O300300043
Agardite-(Y)  (*)MixiteYCu2+6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O300300090
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)30030002734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)230030003092
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)63003000919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)230030005509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)300300011547
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O73003000450
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS430030005516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)630030001633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)300300027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)30030004979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S30030005707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2300300027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O30030003531
Copper  (*)CopperCu30030003846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS30030004165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O30030002970
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S30030001027
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF230030009617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS300300024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)30030007437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3300300014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O30030001689
Hydrokenoelsmoreite  (*)Pyrochlore   2W2O6(H2O)300300057
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)630030001066
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)630030002228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)430030005591
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O3003000593
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)3003000581
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)23003000987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2300300012537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl30030001107
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)3003000492
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2300300039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl30030001725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2300300061156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)23003000454
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O3003000292
Silver  (*)CopperAg30030005186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)30030002473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS300300021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1330030005317
Wroewolfeite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O300300095



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
sedznpb-00274300300300     Yes  55889Su Zurfuru Mine, Fluminimaggiore, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, ItalySu ZurfuruSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 


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