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Locality Name:
San Benedetto Mine, Iglesias, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy

Oldest recorded age at locality: 270
Youngest recorded age at locality: 270

mindat Locality ID: 30960
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30960.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "San Benedetto Mine, Iglesias, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 39°21'47"N
Longitude: 8°31'33"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.363055555556,8.5258333333333
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 Al Ba C Ca Cd Cl Cu Fe H Hg Mg Mn Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Ba C Ca Cd Cl Cu Fe H Hg Mg Mn Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperDiasporeDundasiteGypsumMarcasiteMillerite
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyrochloreQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSulphurWurtzite

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Breithauptite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dundasite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gaspéite  (*)Goethite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Leadhillite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Millerite  (*)
Phosgenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Romanèchite  (*)
Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Zincite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)27027002734
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)270270011547
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O72702700450
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb2702700175
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)270270027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)27027004979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2270270027198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS27027002600
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)227027009895
Dundasite  (*)DundasitePbAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·H2O270270097
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS270270024243
Gaspéite  (*)CalciteNi(CO3)270270022
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)27027007437
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS2702700717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O27027006890
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O27027001689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)627027001066
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)22702700265
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS227027005674
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS27027001066
Phosgenite  (*)NonePb2(CO3)Cl22702700142
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2270270039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S827027009056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2270270061156
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O102702700312
Silver  (*)CopperAg27027005186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)27027002473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS270270021482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS27027002045
Zincite  (*)WurtziteZnO270270098


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
Hg-00071270270   high   YesBalkaniteHg20899San Giovanni Mine, Punta Della Torre, Iglesias, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy Boni et al. (2000)10.1016/S0037-0738(99)00131-1SG131_181 

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