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Locality Name:
San Vito, Sarrabus, Sarrabus-Gerrei, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 59394
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-59394.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "San Vito, Sarrabus, Sarrabus-Gerrei, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy": 28
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 26

Number of Child Localities: 26
Child Localities:
Arcu De Cannas (Arcu De Sa Canna; Gutturu Is Follas Mine; Cannas Mine)
Arcu Ruggeri (Punta Frarianas; Punta Massenzias; Bruncu Argioledda)
Arcu Sa Tuppa Prospect (Is Crabus Prospect)
Brecca-Genna Flumini Mine (Brecca Mine)
Bruncu Molentinu Mine
Bruncu Sciolas Skarnoid Outcrops
Cannevrau Prospect
Gavianus Prospect
Genn'Argiolas Prospect
Giovanni Bonu Mine
Idda Mt.
Masaloni Mine
Monte De Is Crabus Prospect (Monte Is Crabus Prospect; S'Occiada Prospect; Bacu Sulis Prospect; Bruncu Toppeddu Prospect; Bruncu Spinniau Prospect)
Monte Lora Mine
Monte Narba Mine
Peddiattu Mine (Peddeatu Mine)
Perd'Arba Mine (S'Omini Mortu; Sa Fraigada)
Perdalonga Prospect (Bruncu Crabus Prospect)
Rio Di Istrias
San Vincenzo Prospect
Sant'Antioco Prospect (Jorgi Contu Prospect)
State Road SS 125
Su Casteddu Mine (Su Casteddu Prospect; Su Casteddu Vein; Sa Scala S'Acca Mine)
Su Leonargiu Mine
Su Zerbuzzu Prospect (Su Trebuzzu Prospect)
Tacconis Mine

Latitude: 39°25'57"N
Longitude: 9°30'2"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.4325,9.5005555555556

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 Al As B Ba Be C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Th Ti W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenolite
ArsenopyriteBaryteBerthieriteBerylBournoniteBrochantiteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteChlorite
ClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDevillineDiasporeEpidoteFeldspar
FluoriteGadoliniteGarnetGypsumHarmotomeLöllingiteLinariteMalachiteMarcasiteMica
MilleriteMiniumMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePolybasitePrehnitePumpellyite
PyritePyrochlorePyroxeneQuartzRhodoniteRocksaltRutileScheeliteSkutteruditeSphalerite
StibniteSulphurTalcTitaniteTourmalineTurquoiseUllmanniteVesuvianiteVivianiteWollastonite
XanthoconiteZircon

107 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Albite  (*)Andalusite  (*)Andradite  (*)Anglesite  (*)
Annabergite  (*)Antimony  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenic  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Babingtonite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bavenite  (*)
Berthierite  (*)Beryl  (*)Bornite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Breithauptite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chlorargyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Cobaltite  (*)
Cordierite  (*)Covellite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Erythrite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Grossular  (*)Gypsum  (*)Harmotome  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Kainosite-(Y)  (*)Kermesite  (*)
Laumontite  (*)Leadhillite  (*)Linarite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Mercury  (*)Millerite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Minium  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Opal  (*)Orthoclase  (*)
Planerite  (*)Plumbogummite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Proustite  (*)
Pumpellyite-(Fe2+)  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrostilpnite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rammelsbergite  (*)Rosasite  (*)Rutile  (*)
Safflorite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Scorodite  (*)Senarmontite  (*)
Serpierite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Sinnerite  (*)Skutterudite  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Talc  (*)Thorite  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Ullmannite  (*)Valentinite  (*)Variscite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S671619,71622,71628,71631,71634,716462793
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)271630,716318803
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO5371619,71631,716341310
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3371619,71624,716281534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)871621,71622,71623,71625,71635,71636,71637,716402734
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O271628,71634445
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb471628,71631,71634,71644363
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1716213250
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs371628,71631,71634379
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS771620,71622,71627,71628,71631,71634,716449052
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6371635,71636,71639919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2571623,71627,71635,71639,716455509
Babingtonite  (*)RhodoniteCa2Fe2+Fe3+Si5O14(OH)171630161
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)1571619,71621,71622,71623,71625,71628,71631,71634,71635,71636,71639,71640,71644,71645,7164611547
Bavenite  (*)NoneCa4Be2+xAl2-xSi9O26-x(OH)2+x (x = 0 to 1)171630255
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S4371628,71631,71634343
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181716304286
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4371628,71631,716345516
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS3271628,716341089
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb371628,71631,71634175
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6271628,716351633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1371619,71620,71624,71628,71630,71631,71634,71635,71636,71639,71644,71645,7164627770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1571619,71621,71622,71623,71625,71628,71633,71634,71635,71636,71637,71640,71644,71645,716464979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O171621925
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21371619,71620,71621,71623,71625,71628,71631,71634,71635,71636,71644,71645,7164627198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl471622,71628,71634,716461382
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O271627,716353531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS1716312600
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8271624,716271756
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS371628,71631,71634966
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O181716201008
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS371623,71628,716344165
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61716244135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2371620,71623,716289895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)371624,71630,716318173
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O271628,71634814
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1716302740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22071619,71620,71622,71623,71624,71625,71628,71630,71631,71632,71633,71634,71635,71636,71637,71642,71643,71644,71645,716469617
Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)GadoliniteY2Fe2+Be2O2(SiO4)2171630163
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS1871619,71620,71621,71622,71625,71628,71630,71631,71633,71634,71635,71636,71637,71639,71640,71644,71645,7164624243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)371626,71627,716397437
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31716241544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O371628,71631,716346890
Harmotome  (*)HarmotomeBa2(Si12Al4)O32·12H2O171628290
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6171624741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3271626,7163014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O771619,71625,71631,71635,71636,71644,716451689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)61716191066
Kainosite-(Y)  (*)NoneCa2Y2(SiO3)4(CO3)·H2O17163099
Kermesite  (*)NoneSb2OS2271622,71644230
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O271628,716301271
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2171628265
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2571623,71635,71636,71644,71645987
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2271628,71634762
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)21071620,71623,71627,71631,71633,71635,71636,71639,71644,7164512537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2571628,71631,71634,71644,716465674
Mercury  (*)NoneHg171634397
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS271628,716311066
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl471623,71635,71636,716371107
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O4171634247
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2471628,71630,71631,716345800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2371620,71630,7163117380
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs371628,71631,71634633
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O271624,716302994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)271630,716312349
Planerite  (*)TurquoiseAl6(PO4)2(PO3OH)2(OH)8·4H2O17163143
Plumbogummite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6171621170
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]171631716
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)2271624,716301898
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3371628,71631,71634733
Pumpellyite-(Fe2+)  (*)PumpellyiteCa2Fe2+Al2(Si2O7)(SiO4)(OH,O)2·H2O17163030
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3371628,71631,716341425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21471620,71622,71623,71625,71627,71628,71630,71631,71634,71635,71636,71644,71645,7164639462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl871621,71623,71625,71628,71631,71634,71636,716371725
Pyrostilpnite  (*)XanthoconiteAg3SbS3271628,7163484
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8471627,71628,71631,716349056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22071619,71620,71621,71622,71623,71624,71625,71628,71630,71631,71634,71635,71636,71637,71638,71639,71640,71644,71645,7164661156
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs2371628,71631,71634233
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)2171636454
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21716305614
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs2371628,71631,71634317
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)271622,716304894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1716312705
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O271620,716271153
Senarmontite  (*)ArsenoliteSb2O3171644179
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O271620,71623292
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1716286417
Silver  (*)CopperAg671619,71622,71628,71631,71634,716465186
Sinnerite  (*)NoneCu6As4S91716246
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs3171634531
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1716362473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1271619,71620,71623,71625,71628,71631,71634,71635,71636,71644,71645,7164621482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS4371628,71631,71634586
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)171644446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3471619,71622,71634,716443418
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS371628,71631,716342045
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2271628,716343337
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)1716301006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O271624,716304899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21716242562
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS371628,71631,71634293
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O3171644369
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O171638301
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101716241395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO3271619,716281247
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO4971619,71621,71623,71625,71628,71630,71634,71635,716361655
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1716305251



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