Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Arzwände, 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: 224837
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-224837.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Arzwände, 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: 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.

Apatite	Brookite	Calcite	Clay	Columbite	Corundum	Diaspore	Mica	Monazite	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Sulphur	Zircon

Anatase ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Brookite ()*	Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Synchysite-(Ce) ()*
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Nb O P S Si Ta Th Ti U Y Zr

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Brookite Calcite Clay Columbite Corundum Diaspore Mica Monazite None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rutile Sulphur Zircon

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	260	260	2162
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	260	260	606
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	260	260	700
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆	260	260	414
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	260	260	2740
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	260	260	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	260	260	14640
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	260	260	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	260	260	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	260	260	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	260	260	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	260	260	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	260	260	6417
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	260	260	2045
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	None	CaCe(CO₃)₂F	260	260	232
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	260	260	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	260	260	5251

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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