Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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:
Zösen Valley (Cesa Valley), Lappago (Lappach), Selva Dei Molini Valley (Mühlwald Valley), Aurina Valley (Ahrnbach 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: 290190
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-290190.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zösen Valley (Cesa Valley), Lappago (Lappach), Selva Dei Molini Valley (Mühlwald Valley), Aurina Valley (Ahrnbach Valley), Bolzano-Alto Adige Autonomous Province, Trentino-Alto Adige, 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.

Calcite	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Titanite

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 C Ca Fe H Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Fe H Na O S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar None Pyrite Quartz Rutile Titanite

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Calcite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Titanite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	260	260	8803
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	260	260	27770
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	260	260	8173
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	260	260	5433
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	260	260	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	260	260	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	260	260	5614
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	260	260	4899

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
	sedcu-00462	260	260	M. Permian							Yes			Cu	21408	Bolzano-Alto Adige Autonomous Province, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy	South Tyrol	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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