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Locality Name:
Oberbergtal, San Giacomo (Sankt Jakob), Vizze Valley (Pfitsch 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: 292144
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-292144.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Oberbergtal, San Giacomo (Sankt Jakob), Vizze Valley (Pfitsch Valley), Bolzano-Alto Adige Autonomous Province, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Griesferner Glacier (Griesferner; Grießferner)
Grießscharte (Griesscharte)
Haupentalscharte (Forcella Lavizza; Haupenscharte)
Hochfernerspitze (Hochferner)
Oberberg (Sopramonte)

Latitude: 46°59'20"N
Longitude: 11°42'13"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.988888888889,11.703611111111

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 Be C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApatiteBerylBrookiteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayCorundumEpidote
FeldsparGarnetMalachiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRutileTitanite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Anatase  (*)Beryl  (*)
Brookite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)Titanite  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)22602601722063419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)260260372202,72204,722068803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)3260260272202,722042353
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2260260472202,72203,72204,722052162
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18260260272202,722034286
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2260260372202,72203,72204700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)260260472202,72203,72204,7220627770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS226026017220227198
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)82602601722041756
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F2602601722032740
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3260260272202,7220314640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2260260272202,7220312537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)226026017220217380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2260260372202,72203,7220639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2260260472202,72203,72204,7220661156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2260260472202,72203,72204,722065614
Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)NoneCaCe(CO3)2F260260272202,72203232
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O260260472202,72203,72204,722064899
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2602601722021025



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 


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