Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Fortezza (Franzensfeste), Sarentine Alps (Sarntal Alps), Bolzano-Alto Adige Autonomous Province, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy

Oldest recorded age at locality: 260
Youngest recorded age at locality: 260

mindat Locality ID: 244521
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-244521.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fortezza (Franzensfeste), Sarentine Alps (Sarntal Alps), Bolzano-Alto Adige Autonomous Province, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Grasstein

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Covellite	Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite
Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Prehnite	Pumpellyite	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Tourmaline	Zircon

Albite ()*	Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*
Digenite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fayalite ()*	Fluor-schorl ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Kainosite-(Y) ()*	Laumontite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Prehnite ()*
Pumpellyite-(Mg) ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 B C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Covellite Digenite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite
Malachite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Prehnite Pumpellyite Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Talc Tourmaline Zircon

30 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	260	260	1	72144	8803
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	260	260	1	72144	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	260	260	1	72144	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	260	260	1	72144	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	260	260	1	72144	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	260	260	1	72144	1027
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	260	260	1	72144	8173
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	260	260	1	72144	371
Fluor-schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃F	260	260	1	72144	25
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	260	260	1	72144	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	260	260	1	72144	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	260	260	1	72144	14640
Kainosite-(Y) ()*	None	Ca₂Y₂(SiO₃)₄(CO₃)·H₂O	260	260	1	72144	99
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	260	260	1	72144	1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	260	260	1	72144	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	260	260	1	72144	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	260	260	1	72144	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	260	260	1	72144	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	260	260	1	72144	2349
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	260	260	1	72144	1898
Pumpellyite-(Mg) ()*	Pumpellyite	Ca₂MgAl₂(Si₂O₇)(SiO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O	260	260	1	72144	106
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	260	260	1	72144	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	260	260	1	72144	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	260	260	1	72144	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	260	260	1	72144	2705
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	260	260	1	72144	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	260	260	1	72144	3337
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	260	260	1	72144	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	260	260	1	72144	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	260	260	1	72144	1025

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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