Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Seddas Moddizzis Mine, Iglesias, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy

Oldest recorded age at locality: 270
Youngest recorded age at locality: 270

mindat Locality ID: 55910
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-55910.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Seddas Moddizzis Mine, Iglesias, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, 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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Dundasite	Gypsum	Marcasite	Minium	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Dundasite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Minium ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Dundasite Gypsum Marcasite Minium None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	270	270	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	270	270	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	270	270	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	270	270	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	270	270	9895
Dundasite ()*	Dundasite	PbAl₂(CO₃)₂(OH)₄·H₂O	270	270	97
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	270	270	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	270	270	6890
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	270	270	1689
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	270	270	5674
Minium ()*	Minium	Pb²⁺₂Pb⁴⁺O₄	270	270	247
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	270	270	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	270	270	61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	270	270	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	270	270	21482

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
	Hg-00071	270	270				high				Yes		Balkanite	Hg	20899	San Giovanni Mine, Punta Della Torre, Iglesias, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy		Boni et al. (2000)	10.1016/S0037-0738(99)00131-1	SG131_181

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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