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Locality Name:
Quirra (Salto Di Quirra), South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 299311
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-299311.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Quirra (Salto Di Quirra), South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Villaputzu

Latitude: 39°34'17"N
Longitude: 9°35'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.571388888889,9.5997222222222
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 As Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mo O Pb S Sb Si Sn W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteArsenicArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCovelliteFeldsparFluoriteMarcasite
MicaMolybdeniteNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphalerite
StanniteStibniteTetrahedriteTopaz

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Andalusite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cassiterite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Molybdite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Topaz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO51715831310
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1715819052
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1715831966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31715831935
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)271582,7158327770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21715835171
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1715835707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2271581,7158327198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1715834165
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O171583345
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21715839617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS371581,71582,7158324243
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21715835674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21715835800
Molybdite  (*)NoneMoO3171583140
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)217158317380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1715832349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2371581,71582,7158339462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8271581,715839056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2371581,71582,7158361156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1715834894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS271581,7158321482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4171583668
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131715835317
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F21715831476


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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