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Locality Name:
Martello Valley, Ortles-Cevedale Group, Bolzano-Alto Adige Autonomous Province, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy

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

mindat Locality ID: 55890
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-55890.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Martello Valley, Ortles-Cevedale Group, Bolzano-Alto Adige Autonomous Province, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Borromeo Refuge
Gioveretto Lake (Zufritt Reservoir)

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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 B Bi Cu Fe H K Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Bi Ni S Sb Te 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicChalcopyriteCopperFeldsparGarnetNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite
TetradymiteTourmalineUllmannite

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Almandine  (*)Bismuth  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)Hedleyite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Schorl  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Ullmannite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)32602601720912353
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi26026001966
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS226026017209027198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS26026017209024243
Hedleyite  (*)TetradymiteBi7Te32602600104
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)2602601720914924
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS226026017209039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2260260272090,7209161156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)2602601720912705
Silver  (*)CopperAg26026005186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS26026017209021482
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS2602600293



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
sedcu-00462260260M. Permian     Yes Cu21408Bolzano-Alto Adige Autonomous Province, Trentino-Alto Adige, ItalySouth TyrolCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 


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