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Locality Name:
Wasserfallköpfe, Vizze Pass (Pfitsch Pass; Pfitscher Joch), San Giacomo (Sankt Jakob), Vizze Valley (Pfitsch 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: 212676
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-212676.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wasserfallköpfe, Vizze Pass (Pfitsch Pass; Pfitscher Joch), San Giacomo (Sankt Jakob), Vizze Valley (Pfitsch Valley), Bolzano-Alto Adige Autonomous Province, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 47°0'1"N
Longitude: 11°37'48"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.000277777778,11.63
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 Be C Ca Ce F Fe H K Na Nb O P Pb S Si Th Ti Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be C Ca Ce F Fe H K Ln Na Nb O P Pb S Si Th Ti Y Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AeschyniteAragoniteBrookiteCalciteClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteFeldsparFluorite
GarnetMicaMilariteMonaziteNoneNot in a structural groupPhenakitePyriteQuartzRutile
ScheeliteSpinelTitaniteZircon

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Aeschynite-(Y)  (*)Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Anatase  (*)Bavenite  (*)
Brookite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Milarite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Phenakite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)Titanite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aeschynite-(Y)  (*)Aeschynite(Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)62602600141
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)26026008803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)326026002353
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO226026002162
Bavenite  (*)NoneCa4Be2+xAl2-xSi9O26-x(OH)2+x (x = 0 to 1)2602600255
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO22602600700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)260260027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)26026004979
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)26026008173
Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)ScheeliteYNbO42602600196
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF226026009617
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3260260014640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4260260014899
Milarite  (*)MilariteKCa2(Be2AlSi12)O30·H2O2602600156
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)2602600945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2260260017380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)26026002349
Phenakite  (*)PhenakiteBe2(SiO4)2602600326
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2260260039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2260260061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO226026005614
Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)NoneCaCe(CO3)2F2602600232
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O26026004899
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)2602600939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)26026005251


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
sedcu-00462260260M. Permian     Yes Cu21408Bolzano-Alto Adige Autonomous Province, Trentino-Alto Adige, ItalySouth TyrolCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 

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