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Locality Name:
Burgum Alp, 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: 60198
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-60198.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Burgum Alp, Vizze Valley (Pfitsch Valley), Bolzano-Alto Adige Autonomous Province, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Sterzinger Hütte (Wildkreuzjoch)

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 Be C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H Mg Na O P S Si Ti Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H Mg Na O P S Si Ti Y Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteAmphiboleBaddeleyiteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidote
FeldsparGarnetMicaMonaziteNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePyritePyroxeneQuartz
RutileSerpentineSpinelTalcTitaniteVesuvianiteZirconZirconolite

34 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Anatase  (*)Andradite  (*)
Ankerite  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Baddeleyite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Euclase  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnesite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Margarite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Perovskite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Talc  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Vesuvianite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)Zirconolite  (*)
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)226026003419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)26026008803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2602600706
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO226026002162
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)326026001534
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)226026003092
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)22602600718
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)42602600708
Baddeleyite  (*)BaddeleyiteZrO2260260172188238
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)260260027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2260260027198
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)42602600951
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)826026001756
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O626026004135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)226026009895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)26026008173
Euclase  (*)NoneBeAlSiO4(OH)2602600120
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3260260014640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O326026005433
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)26026001487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4260260014899
Margarite  (*)Mica ClayCaAl2Si2Al2O10(OH)22602600168
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)2602600945
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO32602600495
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2260260039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2260260061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO226026005614
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)226026003337
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O26026004899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)226026002562
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1026026001395
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)2602600939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)26026005251
Zirconolite  (*)Zirconolite(Ca,Y)Zr(Ti,Mg,Al)2O72602600140



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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