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Locality Name:
Monte Naro - Mercanti Valley Side, Monte Naro, Torrebelvicino, Vicenza Province, Veneto, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 246468
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-246468.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Monte Naro - Mercanti Valley Side, Monte Naro, Torrebelvicino, Vicenza Province, Veneto, Italy": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Buso Di Naro
Contrada Tenaglia Mines

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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: C Cu Fe H Mn O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteCalciteChalcopyriteLinariteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteRocksaltSphalerite

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Aurichalcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)
Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Rosasite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Woodruffite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6273628,73629919
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1736294979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS217362927198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS273628,7362924243
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1736291689
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2173629987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)217362912537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2273628,7362939462
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)2173629454
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)273628,736292473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS17362821482
Woodruffite  (*)NoneZn2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10·4H2O17362925



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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