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Locality Name:
Contrada Montagne, Fiumedinisi, Peloritani Mts, Messina Province, Sicily, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 278242
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-278242.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Contrada Montagne, Fiumedinisi, Peloritani Mts, Messina Province, Sicily, Italy": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
San Carlo Mine

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: Ag As Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn Ni O Pb S Sb Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteCovelliteDiasporeDigeniteMalachite
NoneNot in a structural groupPentlanditePyritePyrochloreQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphalerite
StibniteTetrahedrite

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Bindheimite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Cervantite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Digenite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1718262793
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21718263092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1718263250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1718269052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21718265509
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O7171826450
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31718261935
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11171826843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS31718261089
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O4171826352
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS217182627198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1718264165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1718261027
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21718269895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS17182624243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1718267437
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14171826784
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)217182612537
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81718261512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217182639462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21718263106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO217182661156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1718264894
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O1718261153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1718266417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS17182621482
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)171826446
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS171826332
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131718265317


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