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:
Wind Valley (Windtal), 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: 224840
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-224840.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wind Valley (Windtal), 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.

Alunite	Apatite	Baryte	Brackebuschite	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote
Lazulite	Meta-autunite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	Staurolite
Zircon

Anatase ()*	Bearthite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Lazulite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Meta-autunite ()*	Metatorbernite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Staurolite ()*	Svanbergite ()*
Torbernite ()*	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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg O P S Si Sr Ti U Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg O P S Si Sr Ti U Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Apatite Baryte Brackebuschite Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Diaspore Epidote
Lazulite Meta-autunite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rutile Spinel Staurolite
Zircon

22 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
Bearthite ()*	Brackebuschite	Ca₂Al(PO₄)₂(OH)	260	260	9
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	260	260	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	260	260	1252
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	260	260	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	260	260	2740
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	260	260	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	260	260	14640
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	260	260	1507
Lazulite ()*	Lazulite	MgAl₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂	260	260	232
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	260	260	14899
Meta-autunite ()*	Meta-autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·6H₂O	260	260	388
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	260	260	443
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
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	260	260	978
Svanbergite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	260	260	105
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	260	260	1059
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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