Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Castellaccia Mine, Montoccoli-Castellaccia Area (Fosso Zanca-Filone Di Montoccoli Area; Zanca Valley Mines), Massa Marittima, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 269210
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-269210.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Castellaccia Mine, Montoccoli-Castellaccia Area (Fosso Zanca-Filone Di Montoccoli Area; Zanca Valley Mines), Massa Marittima, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 43°2'29"N
Longitude: 10°55'54"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.041388888889,10.931666666667

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.

Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Gypsum	Linarite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bindheimite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Hydrozincite ()*	Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rosasite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	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 C Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Si Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Gypsum Linarite Malachite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	450
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1066
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	454
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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