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Locality Name:
Monterenzio, Sillaro Valley, Bologna Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 300037
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-300037.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Monterenzio, Sillaro Valley, Bologna Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Rio Delle Pozzere
Rio Stancalasse
San Clemente
Villa Di Sassonero

Latitude: 44°17'29"N
Longitude: 11°26'38"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.291388888889,11.443888888889

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 C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Ni O S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleBrochantiteBrookiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumDiasporeHydrotalcite
MalachiteMarcasiteMilleriteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzSerpentineTalcZircon

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Ankerite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Brookite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Copper  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Gedrite  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Jamborite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Millerite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Talc  (*)Vaesite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2368831,68836,688382162
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21688363092
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4268840,688415516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61688411633
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2268836,68837700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)368831,68832,6883627770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S268840,688415707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2268831,6884027198
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4168836951
Copper  (*)CopperCu1688413846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1688412970
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2268831,688369895
Gedrite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2(Mg3Al2)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2168841178
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1688387437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O316883614640
Jamborite  (*)HydrotalciteNi2+1-xCo3+x(OH)2-x(SO4)x·nH2O [x ≤ 1/3 n; ≤ (1-x)]468831,68834,68836,6883832
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2268831,6884112537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21688335674
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS468831,68834,68836,688381066
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2468831,68833,68836,6884139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2468831,68833,68836,6883861156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1688366417
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2268835,688383337
Vaesite  (*)PyriteNiS2468831,68834,68836,68838106
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1688305251



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