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Locality Name:
Genna Ruxitta (Rosita) Mine, Iglesias, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy

Oldest recorded age at locality: 270
Youngest recorded age at locality: 270

mindat Locality ID: 259757
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-259757.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Genna Ruxitta (Rosita) Mine, Iglesias, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Diaspore	Fluorite	Gypsum	Malachite
Minium	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite

Anglesite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*
Leadhillite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Minium ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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: As Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mg O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Mg O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Diaspore Fluorite Gypsum Malachite
Minium None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Sulphur Tetrahedrite

26 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	270	270	2734
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	270	270	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	270	270	11547
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	270	270	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	270	270	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	270	270	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	270	270	27198
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	270	270	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	270	270	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	270	270	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	270	270	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	270	270	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	270	270	6890
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	270	270	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	270	270	1066
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	270	270	265
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	270	270	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	270	270	1107
Minium ()*	Minium	Pb²⁺₂Pb⁴⁺O₄	270	270	247
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	270	270	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	270	270	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	270	270	61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	270	270	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	270	270	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	270	270	2045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	270	270	5317

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
	Hg-00071	270	270				high				Yes		Balkanite	Hg	20899	San Giovanni Mine, Punta Della Torre, Iglesias, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy		Boni et al. (2000)	10.1016/S0037-0738(99)00131-1	SG131_181

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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