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Locality Name:
San Giovanneddu Mine (S'Ega Porceddu), Gonnesa, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy

Oldest recorded age at locality: 520
Youngest recorded age at locality: 465

mindat Locality ID: 23425
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23425.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "San Giovanneddu Mine (S'Ega Porceddu), Gonnesa, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 39°17'0"N
Longitude: 8°27'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.283333333333,8.45

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 Bi C Ca Cd Cl Co Cu F Fe Ge H Hg Mg Mn O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba Bi C Ca Cd Cl Co Cu F Fe Ge H Hg Mg Mn O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteCalciteCaledoniteChalcopyrite
ChloriteClayCopperCorundumCovelliteDevillineDundasiteEnargiteFluoriteGeocronite
GermaniteGypsumKaoliniteLinariteMalachiteMarcasiteMiniumNoneNot in a structural groupPhosphosiderite
PyriteQuartzReddingiteRocksaltRutileSphaleriteStibniteSulphurTalcTetrahedrite
VivianiteWurtzite

62 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenic  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Bournonite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Clinochlore  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Devilline  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Dundasite  (*)Enargite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Geocronite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)
Hydrozincite  (*)Jordanite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Leadhillite  (*)Linarite  (*)
Luanheite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Mercury  (*)Metacinnabar  (*)
Minium  (*)Phosgenite  (*)Phosphoferrite  (*)Phosphosiderite  (*)Proustite  (*)
Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Ranciéite  (*)
Renierite  (*)Romanèchite  (*)Rutile  (*)Serpierite  (*)Silver  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Talc  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S52046502793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)52046502734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)52046503250
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs5204650379
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS52046509052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)252046505509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)520465011547
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S352046501935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS452046505516
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS352046501089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)520465027770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)65204650359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)52046504979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2520465027198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS52046502600
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)852046501756
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS52046504165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O52046502970
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O5204650366
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)252046509895
Dundasite  (*)DundasitePbAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·H2O520465097
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS45204650910
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O5204650814
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF252046509617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS520465024243
Geocronite  (*)GeocronitePb14Sb6S235204650133
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS5204650717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O52046506890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3520465014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O52046501689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)652046501066
Jordanite  (*)GeocronitePb14As6S235204650105
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)452046505591
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)25204650265
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)25204650987
Luanheite  (*)NoneAg3Hg520465017
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2520465012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS252046505674
Mercury  (*)NoneHg5204650397
Metacinnabar  (*)SphaleriteHgS5204650255
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O45204650247
Phosgenite  (*)NonePb2(CO3)Cl25204650142
Phosphoferrite  (*)ReddingiteFe2+3(PO4)2·3H2O520465031
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O5204650182
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS35204650733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS352046501425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2520465039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl52046501725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2520465061156
Ranciéite  (*)None(Ca,Mn2+)0.2(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2·0.6H2O5204650177
Renierite  (*)Sphalerite Germanite(Cu1+,Zn)11Fe4(Ge4+,As5+)2S16520465037
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O105204650312
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO252046505614
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O5204650292
Silver  (*)CopperAg52046505186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)52046502473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS520465021482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS45204650586
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS52046502045
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)252046503337
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1352046501803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1352046505317



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-00079520465 Pb-Pb     Balkanite, Cinnabar, Imiterite, Luanheite, Mercury, MetacinnabarHg23425San Giovanneddu Mine (S'Ega Porceddu), Gonnesa, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy Caron et al. (1997) EJM9_1005 


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