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Locality Name:
Vizze Valley (Pfitsch 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: 56881
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-56881.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vizze Valley (Pfitsch Valley), Bolzano-Alto Adige Autonomous Province, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy": 33
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 27

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Avenes (Afens)
Burgum Alp
Caminata (Kematen)
Dossaspro (Rauher Nock)
Grossbergtal
Plechwald
San Giacomo (Sankt Jakob)

Latitude: 46°58'55"N
Longitude: 11°36'8"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.981944444444,11.602222222222
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 Au B Be C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Si Sr Ta Th Ti U Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AeschyniteAllaniteAllophaneAluniteAmphiboleAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteBaddeleyiteBaryte
BastnäsiteBerylBrackebuschiteBrookiteCalciteCancrinite-sodaliteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisite
ColumbiteCopperCorundumCovelliteCrichtoniteDiasporeDigeniteEpidoteFeldsparFluorite
GadoliniteGarnetLazuliteMalachiteMeta-autuniteMicaMilariteMolybdeniteMonaziteNone
Not in a structural groupPerovskitePhenakitePrehnitePyritePyrophyllitePyroxeneQuartzRutileScheelite
SerpentineSodaliteSpinelStauroliteSulphurTalcTitaniteTourmalineVesuvianiteZircon
Zirconolite

91 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Aeschynite-(Y)  (*)Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Almandine  (*)
Anatase  (*)Andalusite  (*)Andradite  (*)Anilite  (*)Ankerite  (*)
Anthophyllite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Baddeleyite  (*)Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)Bavenite  (*)
Bearthite  (*)Bertrandite  (*)Beryl  (*)Bornite  (*)Brookite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Chrysotile  (*)Cleusonite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Covellite  (*)Crandallite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)Djurleite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Euclase  (*)Euxenite-(Y)  (*)Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)Gahnite  (*)Genthelvite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Goyazite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hercynite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Kyanite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Lazulite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Margarite  (*)Meta-autunite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)Milarite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Perovskite  (*)
Phenakite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Schorl  (*)Siderite  (*)Spinel  (*)
Spionkopite  (*)Staurolite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Svanbergite  (*)Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)
Talc  (*)Thorite  (*)Titanite  (*)Torbernite  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Uraninite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)Zirconolite  (*)
Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2260260472187,72206,72214,722153419
Aeschynite-(Y)  (*)Aeschynite(Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)6260260272214,72217141
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)2602601472187,72192,72196,72199,72202,72204,72206,72208,72209,72211,72214,72215,72216,722178803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)260260272187,72216706
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)3260260472202,72204,72214,722172353
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO22602601272187,72199,72202,72203,72204,72205,72208,72209,72213,72215,72217,722182162
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO5260260272214,722151310
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)32602601721871534
Anilite  (*)DigeniteCu7S426026017221688
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2260260472187,72209,72214,722163092
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2260260172187718
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4260260172187708
Baddeleyite  (*)BaddeleyiteZrO2260260172188238
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)BastnäsiteCe(CO3)F260260172216304
Bavenite  (*)NoneCa4Be2+xAl2-xSi9O26-x(OH)2+x (x = 0 to 1)260260172217255
Bearthite  (*)BrackebuschiteCa2Al(PO4)2(OH)260260272212,722189
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)2260260372213,72214,72216606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18260260472202,72203,72214,722164286
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS42602601722165516
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2260260772202,72203,72204,72209,72213,72215,72217700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2602601772187,72192,72195,72196,72199,72202,72203,72204,72206,72208,72209,72211,72212,72214,72215,72217,7221827770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)260260272212,722181252
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)2602601722174979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2260260672186,72187,72192,72197,72202,7221627198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O2602601722163531
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4260260172187951
Cleusonite  (*)CrichtonitePb(U4+,U6+)Fe2+2(Ti,Fe2+,Fe3+)18(O,OH)3826026017221614
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8260260272187,722041756
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS2602601722164165
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6260260172212310
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O2602601722162970
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S2602601722161027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O62602601721874135
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S16260260172216300
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22602601721879895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)260260672187,72209,72215,72216,72217,722188173
Euclase  (*)NoneBeAlSiO4(OH)260260172187120
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(NbTi)O6260260272213,72214414
Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)ScheeliteYNbO4260260172217196
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F260260472203,72213,72216,722182740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2260260272214,722179617
Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)GadoliniteY2Fe2+Be2O2(SiO4)2260260272212,72216163
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O4260260272215,72216445
Genthelvite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteBe3Zn4(SiO4)3S260260272212,7221660
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)260260272213,722187437
Gold  (*)CopperAu26026017221630554
Goyazite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6260260172212173
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32602601172187,72202,72203,72209,72211,72213,72214,72215,72216,72217,7221814640
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O4260260172215407
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3260260572187,72209,72211,72214,722155433
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO4260260472190,72191,72214,722181507
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O260260472195,72199,72209,722111271
Lazulite  (*)LazuliteMgAl2(PO4)2(OH)2260260272212,72218232
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)260260372187,72192,722151487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4260260772187,72192,72211,72215,72216,72217,7221814899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2260260372202,72203,7221612537
Margarite  (*)Mica ClayCaAl2Si2Al2O10(OH)2260260172187168
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O260260172218388
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O260260172218443
Milarite  (*)MilariteKCa2(Be2AlSi12)O30·H2O260260172217156
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2260260272192,722165800
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)260260572187,72213,72214,72216,72217945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2260260572202,72212,72213,72217,7221817380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)2602601722172349
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO3260260272187,72209495
Phenakite  (*)PhenakiteBe2(SiO4)260260172217326
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O260260172216309
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)2260260472195,72199,72211,722151898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22602601672186,72187,72192,72196,72197,72199,72202,72203,72206,72209,72211,72213,72214,72215,72217,7221839462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2260260272191,72194771
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22602602272187,72191,72192,72193,72194,72195,72196,72199,72202,72203,72204,72206,72208,72209,72210,72211,72213,72214,72215,72216,72217,7221861156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO22602601672187,72192,72193,72194,72196,72202,72203,72204,72206,72209,72211,72213,72215,72216,72217,722185614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)2602601722152705
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)260260572209,72213,72214,72216,722186417
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O42602601722151934
Spionkopite  (*)NoneCu39S2826026017221673
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)260260272212,72218978
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS2602601722132045
Svanbergite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6260260272212,72218105
Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)NoneCaCe(CO3)2F260260572202,72203,72213,72216,72217232
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2260260272187,722153337
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)2602601722161006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O2602601372187,72192,72196,72199,72202,72203,72204,72206,72209,72211,72214,72215,722174899
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O2602601722181059
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)22602601721872562
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO22602601722162718
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)102602601721871395
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)260260472187,72213,72216,72217939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)260260472187,72213,72217,722185251
Zirconolite  (*)Zirconolite(Ca,Y)Zr(Ti,Mg,Al)2O7260260172187140
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)260260372202,72209,722151025


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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