Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Corvara Mine (Rabenstein Mine), Pénnes Valley (Pensertal), Sarentino Valley (Sarn 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: 55907
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-55907.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Corvara Mine (Rabenstein Mine), Pénnes Valley (Pensertal), Sarentino Valley (Sarn Valley), Bolzano-Alto Adige Autonomous Province, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Fluorite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group
Pectolite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Wurtzite

Ankerite ()*	Baryte ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Greenockite ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pectolite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Wulfenite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Fluorite Mica None Not in a structural group
Pectolite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Wurtzite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	260	260	3092
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	260	260	11547
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	260	260	843
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	260	260	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	260	260	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	260	260	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	260	260	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	260	260	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	260	260	24243
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	260	260	717
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	260	260	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	260	260	1066
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	260	260	784
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	260	260	17380
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	260	260	363
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	260	260	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	260	260	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	260	260	61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	260	260	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	260	260	21482
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	260	260	1655

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

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