Mineral Evolution Database
Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.
Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

Important Update News

The RRUFF Project has been migrated to RRUFF.net. Please update your bookmarks immediately, if you have not done so.

The data on this website is already three years out of date, and the entire website will be taken offline before the end of the year.

We are grateful to NASA for the funding of this effort.




The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Lasa (Laas), Venosta 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: 256415
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-256415.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lasa (Laas), Venosta Valley, Bolzano-Alto Adige Autonomous Province, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Nesselwand Quarry
Oris (Eyrs)
Tarnellerbrückl Quarry
Weißwasser Quarry

Latitude: 46°37'41"N
Longitude: 10°38'45"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.628055555556,10.645833333333

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: Al As Ba Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Mn Ni O S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmphiboleAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCovelliteEpsomiteGypsumMalachite
NoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedriteVivianite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Allophane  (*)Aragonite  (*)Asbolane  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Epsomite  (*)
Erythrite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O260260172171470
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)2602601721713250
Asbolane  (*)Not in a structural groupMn4+(O,OH)2·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)x(OH)2x·nH2O260260172171143
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22602601721715509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)26026017217111547
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S32602601721711935
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)260260272171,7217327770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS226026017217127198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS2602601721714165
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O260260172171484
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O260260172171814
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O2602601721716890
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)226026017217112537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS226026017217139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2260260272171,7217361156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)2602601721716417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS26026017217121482
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO2602601721711101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S132602601721715317
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)22602601721732562



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
sedcu-00462260260M. Permian     Yes Cu21408Bolzano-Alto Adige Autonomous Province, Trentino-Alto Adige, ItalySouth TyrolCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 


SampleSource LocalityReference URL


All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...

Other copyright data...