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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

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 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: 
AragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteDundasiteGypsumMarcasiteMiniumNoneNot in a structural group
PyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Dundasite  (*)Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Minium  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)270270011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)270270027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)27027004979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2270270027198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)227027009895
Dundasite  (*)DundasitePbAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·H2O270270097
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS270270024243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O27027006890
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O27027001689
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS227027005674
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O42702700247
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2270270039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2270270061156
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)27027002473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS270270021482



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
Hg-00071270270   high   YesBalkaniteHg20899San Giovanni Mine, Punta Della Torre, Iglesias, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy Boni et al. (2000)10.1016/S0037-0738(99)00131-1SG131_181 


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