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Locality Name:
Monte Arsiccio Mine, Sant'Anna Di Stazzema, Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy

Oldest recorded age at locality: 27
Youngest recorded age at locality: 8

mindat Locality ID: 22997
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22997.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Monte Arsiccio Mine, Sant'Anna Di Stazzema, Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Sant'Olga Tunnel

Latitude: 43°58'0"N
Longitude: 10°16'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.966666666667,10.283055555556

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 Be C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H Hg Mg Mn Mo Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti Tl U V Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba Be C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg Mg Mn Mo Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti Tl U V Y Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteArsenoliteArsenopyriteBaryteBerylCalciteChabournéiteChalcopyriteCoronadite
CorundumCrichtoniteFerdowsiiteGarnetLillianiteMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupNowackiitePyrite
QuartzRocksaltRouthieriteSartoriteSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTetrahedriteVivianiteZinkenite

48 IMA Minerals at location:
Aktashite  (*)Anatase  (*)Andreadiniite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Arsiccioite  (*)Baryte  (*)Benstonite  (*)Beryl  (*)
Boscardinite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chabournéite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chovanite  (*)Cymrite  (*)Derbylite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Ferdowsiite  (*)
Galena  (*)Graeserite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hörnesite  (*)Laffittite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Mannardite  (*)Mapiquiroite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)Mimetite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Parapierrotite  (*)Protochabournéite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)Routhierite  (*)Rouxelite  (*)Senarmontite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibivanite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Valentinite  (*)Zinkenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aktashite  (*)NowackiiteCu6Hg3As4S12278022
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO227802162
Andreadiniite  (*)LillianiteCuHgAg7Pb7Sb24S482781729201
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O2780445
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)27803250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS27809052
Arsiccioite  (*)RouthieriteAgHg2TlAs2S627801
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)278011547
Benstonite  (*)NoneBa6Ca6Mg(CO3)13278017
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1827804286
Boscardinite  (*)SartoriteTlPb4(Sb7As2)Σ=9S1827802
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)278027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)27804979
Chabournéite  (*)ChabournéiteAgzTl8-x-zPb4+2xSb40-x-yAsyS68 (with 0.00 ≤ x ≤ 0.40, 16.15 ≤ y ≤ 19.11, 0.04 ≤ z ≤ 0.11)27804
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2278027198
Chovanite  (*)NonePb15-2xSb14+2xS36Ox (x~0.2)2781729205
Cymrite  (*)NoneBa(Si,Al)4(O,OH)8·H2O278046
Derbylite  (*)NoneFe3+4Ti4+3Sb3+O13(OH)27803
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)227809895
Ferdowsiite  (*)FerdowsiiteAg8(Sb5As3)S1627803
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS278024243
Graeserite  (*)NoneFe3+4Ti3As3+O13(OH)27803
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3278014640
Hörnesite  (*)VivianiteMg3(AsO4)2·8H2O2780103
Laffittite  (*)RocksaltAgHgAsS327805
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4278014899
Mannardite  (*)CoronaditeBa(Ti6V3+2)O16278012
Mapiquiroite  (*)Crichtonite(Sr,Pb)(U,Y)Fe2(Ti,Fe3+)18O3827802
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS22780300
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl27801107
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS227805800
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS2780767
Parapierrotite  (*)NoneTlSb5S8278010
Protochabournéite  (*)ChabournéiteTl4-xPb2+2xSb20-x-yAsyS34 (with 0.02 ≤ x ≤ 0.34, 5.71 ≤ y ≤ 6.69)2781729201
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2278039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2278061156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS2780712
Routhierite  (*)RouthieriteTlCuHg2As2S627808
Rouxelite  (*)NoneCu2HgPb22Sb28S64(O,S)227805
Senarmontite  (*)ArsenoliteSb2O32780179
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)27806417
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)327801214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS27817292021482
Stibivanite  (*)NoneSb3+2V4+O527803
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S32781729203418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1327805317
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O32780369
Zinkenite  (*)ZinkenitePb9Sb22S42278172920228



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
Hg-00019278 ?-?    YesCinnabar, Coloradoite, Metacinnabar, Tiemannite, Rouxelite, MarrucciiteHg2165Buca Della Vena Mine, Ponte Stazzemese, Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy Dini et al. (1995) EJM7_417 


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