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Locality Name:
Rio Mine (Rio Marina Mine), Rio Marina, Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 49549
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-49549.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rio Mine (Rio Marina Mine), Rio Marina, Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Antenna Stope
Bacino Stope
Falcacci Stope (Le Cavacce)
La Cavina
Rosseto Stope
Valle Giove Stope
Vigneria Stope

Latitude: 42°49'16"N
Longitude: 10°25'46"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.821111111111,10.429444444444

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn N O P Pb S Si Sn W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Fe H K Mn O S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AlumAluniteAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteBerauniteBismutiteBrochantiteCalcite
ChalcopyriteClinozoisiteColumbiteCopiapiteCopperCorundumDiasporeDundasiteEpidoteEpsomite
FeldsparFluoriteGypsumHalotrichiteMalachiteMatlockiteMelanteriteNoneNot in a structural groupPharmacosiderite
PyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStibniteSulphur

54 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunogen  (*)Anglesite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Beraunite  (*)Bismoclite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cannonite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Copiapite  (*)Copper  (*)Cosalite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Daubréeite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dundasite  (*)Epidote  (*)Epsomite  (*)
Ferberite  (*)Fibroferrite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Halotrichite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hydroniumjarosite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)
Pharmacosiderite  (*)Pickeringite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Riomarinaite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tschermigite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunogen  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2(SO4)3(H2O)12·5H2O172801272
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)372795,72797,727992734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21727975509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)17280011547
Beraunite  (*)BerauniteFe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O172799136
Bismoclite  (*)MatlockiteBiOCl17279771
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1727971966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3272797,728001935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)172797716
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61727971633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)472795,72797,72799,7280027770
Cannonite  (*)NoneBi2O(SO4)(OH)217279726
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21727965171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)372795,72797,727994979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2472795,72797,72800,7280127198
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O372796,72800,72801382
Copper  (*)CopperCu1727973846
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S5172797344
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1727972970
Daubréeite  (*)MatlockiteBiO(OH)17279713
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21728009895
Dundasite  (*)DundasitePbAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·H2O17279797
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)272797,728008173
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O172801484
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)272796,72801551
Fibroferrite  (*)Not in a structural groupFe3+(SO4)(OH)·5H2O172801107
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2272798,728009617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS472795,72797,72799,7280024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)272796,727977437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O472797,72798,72800,728016890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O0409
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3672795,72796,72797,72798,72800,7280114640
Hydroniumjarosite  (*)Alunite(H3O)Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)617279765
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)61727971066
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6372795,72797,727992228
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4672795,72796,72797,72798,72800,7280114899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2372795,72797,7280012537
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O272795,72801915
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1728012349
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O0428
Pickeringite  (*)HalotrichiteMgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O372795,72800,72801265
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6172797477
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2772795,72796,72797,72798,72799,72800,7280139462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO203106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2672795,72796,72797,72799,72800,7280161156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1727991711
Riomarinaite  (*)NoneBi(SO4)(OH)·H2O1727972
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)272796,728014894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)272795,727976417
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1727972473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS572795,72796,72797,72800,7280121482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS372795,72800,728012045
Tschermigite  (*)Alum(NH4)Al(SO4)2·12H2O17279581



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