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Locality Name:
Gorno, Riso Valley, Seriana Valley, Bergamo Province, Lombardy, Italy

Oldest recorded age at locality: 237
Youngest recorded age at locality: 201

mindat Locality ID: 55978
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-55978.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gorno, Riso Valley, Seriana Valley, Bergamo Province, Lombardy, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 45°52'1"N
Longitude: 9°49'8"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.866944444444,9.8188888888889
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 As Ba C Ca Cd Cl Cu Fe H Mo O Pb S Sb Si Sr Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Ba C Ca Cd Cl Cu Fe H Mo O Pb S Sb Si Sr Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteApatiteAragoniteBaryteBournoniteCalciteGypsumMeneghiniteNoneNot in a structural group
PolybasitePyritePyrochloreQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelWurtzite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bindheimite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Galena  (*)Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Meneghinite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Pearceite  (*)Plattnerite  (*)
Polybasite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Strontianite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S23720102793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)23720102734
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)62372010919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)223720105509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)237201011547
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O72372010450
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS323720101089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)237201027770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)23720101252
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)23720104979
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS237201024243
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS2372010717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O23720106890
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O23720101689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)623720101066
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4237201014899
Meneghinite  (*)MeneghinitePb13CuSb7S242372010158
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl23720101107
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]2372010249
Plattnerite  (*)RutilePbO22372010158
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]2372010716
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS323720101425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2237201039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2237201061156
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)23720102473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS237201021482
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)2372010589
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO423720101655


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
sedexmvt-00182237201Late Triassic host rock age      55978Gorno, Riso Valley, Seriana Valley, Bergamo Province, Lombardy, ItalyGornoTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 

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