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Locality Name:
Fluminimaggiore, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy

Oldest recorded age at locality: 300
Youngest recorded age at locality: 300

mindat Locality ID: 48949
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-48949.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fluminimaggiore, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 16
Child Localities:
Baueddu Mine
Genna Movexi-Santa Vittoria
Medau Ganoppi
Monte Aspu (Serra S'Aspu)
Oridda Valley
Pala Su Sciusciu
Perda S'Oliu Mine
Perdas De Fogu Mine (Perd'e Fogu Mine)
Perdu Cara Mine (Perdu Cara-Santa Vittoria Veins; Perdu Cara Deposit)
Roja Medau Matzei
S'Acqua Bona Mine
Sa Menga Mine
San Giorgio
Santa Lucia Mine
Su Zurfuru Mine
Zenneru (Zenneri)

Latitude: 39°26'22"N
Longitude: 8°31'37"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.439444444444,8.5269444444444

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 As Ba Bi C Ca Cd Ce Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn U W Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAluniteAmphiboleAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteBaryte
BastnäsiteBerylBournoniteBrochantiteCalciteCaledoniteCarminiteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteChlorite
ClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteConnelliteCopiapiteCopperCorundumCovelliteCyanotrichiteDevilline
DiasporeDigeniteDufréniteEnargiteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetGypsumHalotrichite
HarmotomeHureauliteKaoliniteKoritnigiteLöllingiteLepidocrociteLinariteMalachiteMarcasiteMelanterite
MilariteMixiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPentlanditePerovskitePharmacosideritePlancheitePyrite
PyrochlorePyrophyllitePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSerpentineSkutteruditeSpangolite
SphaleriteSpinelStibniteSulphurSymplesiteTetrahedriteVesuvianiteVivianiteWollastoniteWurtzite

136 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Adamite  (*)Agardite-(Ce)  (*)Agardite-(Y)  (*)
Albite  (*)Andradite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Annabergite  (*)
Antimony  (*)Aragonite  (*)Armenite  (*)Arsenic  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)Berthierine  (*)
Beudantite  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Bismite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Breithauptite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Caledonite  (*)Carbonatecyanotrichite  (*)Carminite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Celsian  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcophanite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chamosite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)
Cobaltite  (*)Connellite  (*)Copper  (*)Cordierite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Digenite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dufrénite  (*)Enargite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Erythrite  (*)Ferricopiapite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Grossular  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Harmotome  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hörnesite  (*)
Hydrokenoelsmoreite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Kasolite  (*)Koritnigite  (*)Köttigite  (*)Langite  (*)Lavendulan  (*)
Leadhillite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Linarite  (*)Litharge  (*)Mackinawite  (*)
Macphersonite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Manganite  (*)Mansfieldite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Massicot  (*)Melanterite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Nickeline  (*)
Nyholmite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)
Phosgenite  (*)Pickeringite  (*)Plancheite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)
Proustite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)
Pyrophyllite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rammelsbergite  (*)Romanèchite  (*)
Rosasite  (*)Safflorite  (*)Saléeite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Serpierite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Spangolite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Spherocobaltite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Symplesite  (*)
Synchysite-(Y)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Wroewolfeite  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S300300571533,71538,71539,71542,715462793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2300300271536,715463419
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)300300371537,71543,71545254
Agardite-(Ce)  (*)MixiteCeCu2+6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O300300271537,7154543
Agardite-(Y)  (*)MixiteYCu2+6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O30030017154590
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)3003001715468803
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3300300471532,71536,71537,715461534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)3003001071530,71535,71536,71537,71538,71539,71542,71543,71545,715462734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)23003001715453092
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O471538,71539,71542,71543445
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb171535363
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)271540,715433250
Armenite  (*)MilariteBaCa2(Al6Si9)O30·2H2O30030017154623
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs171535379
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS3003001071531,71532,71533,71535,71536,71539,71540,71542,71543,715469052
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6300300571535,71536,71537,71542,71545919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2300300871535,71536,71537,71539,71542,71543,71545,715465509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)3003001171530,71533,71535,71537,71538,71539,71541,71542,71545,71546,7154711547
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)BastnäsiteCe(CO3)F171538304
Berthierine  (*)Clay Serpentine(Fe2+,Fe3+,Al)3(Si,Al)2O5(OH)417153559
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6171535413
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O7300300671535,71536,71537,71542,71543,71545450
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O3171535214
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1715381966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31715381935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4300300371533,71545,715465516
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS31715351089
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb271542,71543175
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6300300571535,71536,71539,71542,715451633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)300300971530,71532,71536,71537,71538,71542,71543,71545,7154627770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6271535,71536359
Carbonatecyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(CO3)(OH)12·2H2O17153688
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2300300271540,71546178
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21715405171
Celsian  (*)FeldsparBa(Al2Si2O8)300300171546100
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)3003001271530,71533,71535,71536,71537,71538,71539,71541,71542,71543,71545,715464979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O571531,71535,71537,71540,71547925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S300300371535,71536,715455707
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O171537197
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23003001271531,71532,71533,71535,71537,71538,71539,71540,71542,71543,71545,7154627198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)8171540577
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl300300371538,71543,715461382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O300300571535,71536,71537,71542,715453531
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)83003001715461756
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1715321025
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS471538,71539,71542,71543966
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O171535295
Copper  (*)CopperCu300300271535,715453846
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O18271532,715381008
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS300300971532,71533,71535,71536,71537,71540,71543,71545,715464165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O300300371535,71539,715452970
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S3003001715451027
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2300300371530,71543,715469895
Dufrénite  (*)DufréniteCa0.5Fe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O171535139
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4271543,71544910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)300300671532,71535,71536,71537,71539,715468173
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O471538,71539,71542,71543814
Ferricopiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe3+0.67Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O30030017154641
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1715402740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2300300971533,71536,71537,71538,71539,71542,71545,71546,715479617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3003001771530,71531,71532,71533,71535,71536,71537,71538,71539,71540,71541,71542,71543,71544,71545,71546,7154724243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)3003001271530,71531,71536,71537,71538,71539,71540,71542,71543,71545,71546,715477437
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS571532,71538,71539,71542,71543717
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)3300300271536,715461544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O300300971530,71532,71535,71536,71537,71538,71540,71543,715466890
Harmotome  (*)HarmotomeBa2(Si12Al4)O32·12H2O300300171546290
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6300300271537,71546741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O33003001071530,71532,71535,71537,71538,71539,71542,71545,71546,7154714640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O300300971530,71535,71536,71537,71538,71539,71542,71545,715461689
Hörnesite  (*)VivianiteMg3(AsO4)2·8H2O300300171546103
Hydrokenoelsmoreite  (*)Pyrochlore   2W2O6(H2O)300300271537,7154557
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)6300300571535,71537,71538,71539,715451066
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14171535784
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6300300371531,71536,715452228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4300300371537,71545,715465591
Kasolite  (*)NonePb(UO2)(SiO4)·H2O171542198
Koritnigite  (*)KoritnigiteZn(AsO3OH)·H2O1715438
Köttigite  (*)VivianiteZn3(AsO4)2·8H2O30030017154660
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O300300271545,71546593
Lavendulan  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5H2O271539,71543149
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2271535,71536265
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)300300171545581
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2300300771535,71536,71537,71539,71542,71543,71545987
Litharge  (*)NonePbO171535139
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)300300271532,71546451
Macphersonite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)217153611
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4300300271532,7154614899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)23003001071535,71536,71537,71538,71539,71540,71542,71543,71545,7154612537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)171537770
Mansfieldite  (*)NoneAl(AsO4)·2H2O17154042
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2300300671532,71537,71538,71540,71543,715465674
Massicot  (*)NonePbO300300271535,71546202
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O371532,71537,71540915
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl300300971535,71536,71537,71539,71542,71543,71545,71546,715471107
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs671531,71533,71538,71539,71542,71543633
Nyholmite  (*)HureauliteCd3Zn2(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2·4H2O1715432
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)300300271543,71545492
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS171542767
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81715321512
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O300300471536,71540,71543,71546428
Phosgenite  (*)NonePb2(CO3)Cl2271535,71536142
Pickeringite  (*)HalotrichiteMgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O300300371531,71540,71546265
Plancheite  (*)PlancheiteCu8(Si4O11)2(OH)4·H2O17153574
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6300300271535,71546477
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O171543309
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3171542733
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)4171535369
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31715421425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23003001671530,71531,71532,71533,71535,71536,71537,71538,71539,71540,71542,71543,71544,71545,71546,7154739462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl300300771535,71537,71539,71540,71542,71545,715461725
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2171540771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8300300771532,71535,71538,71540,71542,71543,715469056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23003001771530,71531,71532,71533,71535,71536,71537,71538,71539,71540,71541,71542,71543,71544,71545,71546,7154761156
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs2371532,71538,71543233
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10300300271537,71546312
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)2300300271536,71545454
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs2271538,71543317
Saléeite  (*)NoneMg(UO2)2(PO4)2(H2O)1030030017154695
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O300300471531,71540,71543,715461153
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O300300271545,71546292
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)300300971531,71533,71536,71537,71538,71539,71542,71543,715466417
Silver  (*)CopperAg300300671535,71538,71539,71542,71545,715465186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs3471538,71539,71542,71543531
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)3003001171530,71531,71535,71536,71537,71538,71539,71542,71543,71545,715462473
Spangolite  (*)SpangoliteCu6Al(SO4)(OH)12Cl·3H2O171535105
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3003001471530,71532,71535,71536,71537,71538,71539,71540,71542,71543,71544,71545,71546,7154721482
Spherocobaltite  (*)NoneCo(CO3)17154352
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3471531,71535,71538,715393418
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS300300671530,71535,71536,71537,71542,715462045
Symplesite  (*)SymplesiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O17154392
Synchysite-(Y)  (*)NoneCaY(CO3)2F17153855
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13300300771535,71536,71537,71538,71542,71543,715455317
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101715351395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO3300300271535,715461247
Wroewolfeite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O30030017154595
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO43003001715461655



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
sedznpb-00274300300300        55889Su Zurfuru Mine, Fluminimaggiore, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, ItalySu ZurfuruSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 


SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060454Tiny-Arenas Mine, Oridda Valley, Fluminimaggiore, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italyhttps://rruff.info/R060454


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