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Locality Name:
Gardena Valley (Gröden Valley), Bolzano-Alto Adige Autonomous Province, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy

Oldest recorded age at locality: 260
Youngest recorded age at locality: 260

mindat Locality ID: 54230
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-54230.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gardena Valley (Gröden Valley), Bolzano-Alto Adige Autonomous Province, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy": 26
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 19

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Laion (Lajen)
Selva Di Val Gardena (Wolkenstein In Gröden)
Selva Di Val Gardena (Wolkenstein In Grödner Tal)
Siusi Alp (Seis Alp)

Latitude: 46°30'33"N
Longitude: 11°41'51"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.509166666667,11.6975

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Analcime	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Corundum	Covellite	Dachiardite	Diaspore
Feldspar	Fluorite	Gadolinite	Gypsum	Heulandite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Mordenite	Natrolite
None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pumpellyite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Stilbite	Thomsonite

Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Anatase ()*	Augite ()*	Baryte ()*
Calcite ()*	Celadonite ()*	Celestine ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*
Covellite ()*	Dachiardite-Na ()*	Datolite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Heulandite-Ca ()*	Laumontite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Mesolite ()*	Mordenite ()*	Natrolite ()*
Prehnite ()*	Pumpellyite-(Fe³⁺) ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scolecite ()*
Stilbite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*

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 B Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Sr Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Corundum Covellite Dachiardite Diaspore
Feldspar Fluorite Gadolinite Gypsum Heulandite Malachite Marcasite Mica Mordenite Natrolite
None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pumpellyite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Stilbite Thomsonite

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	260	260	1	72022	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	260	260	8	72013,72017,72018,72019,72021,72022,72023,72024	1627
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	260	260	1	72016	2162
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	260	260	3	72019,72023,72028	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	260	260	2	72021,72028	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	260	260	14	72013,72018,72019,72021,72022,72023,72024,72026,72028,72030,72031,72033,72034,72035	27770
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	260	260	5	72018,72019,72022,72023,72028	309
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	260	260	5	72019,72021,72022,72030,72033	1252
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	260	260	1	72034	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	260	260	1	72026	577
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	260	260	1	72034	4165
Dachiardite-Na ()*	Dachiardite	Na₄(Si₂₀Al₄)O₄₈·13H₂O	260	260	1	72026	22
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	260	260	4	72019,72021,72022,72031	498
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	260	260	1	72028	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	260	260	1	72017	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	260	260	1	72028	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	260	260	1	72026	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	260	260	1	72022	14640
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Heulandite	(Ca,Na,K)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·26H₂O	260	260	1	72022	246
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	260	260	1	72022	1271
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	260	260	1	72034	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	260	260	2	72018,72033	5674
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	260	260	1	72021	425
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O	260	260	1	72017	405
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	260	260	7	72013,72018,72019,72021,72022,72023,72024	1236
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	260	260	5	72019,72022,72026,72029,72031	1898
Pumpellyite-(Fe³⁺) ()*	Pumpellyite	Ca₂Fe³⁺Al₂(Si₂O₇)(SiO₄)(OH,O)₂·H₂O	260	260	1	72022	5
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	260	260	2	72018,72034	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	260	260	8	72010,72021,72023,72026,72028,72030,72034,72035	61156
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	260	260	1	72022	390
Stilbite-Ca ()*	Stilbite	NaCa₄(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·28H₂O	260	260	1	72022	268
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	260	260	1	72022	452

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	sedcu-00462	260	260	M. Permian							Yes			Cu	21408	Bolzano-Alto Adige Autonomous Province, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy	South Tyrol	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R061116	Siusi Alp (Seis Alp), Gardena Valley (Gröden Valley), Bolzano-Alto Adige Autonomous Province, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy	https://rruff.info/R061116

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