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Locality Name:
Canale Della Radice Mines, Calcaferro, Mulina, Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy

Oldest recorded age at locality: 27
Youngest recorded age at locality: 8

mindat Locality ID: 66275
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-66275.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Canale Della Radice Mines, Calcaferro, Mulina, Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, 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 As Ba Be C Ca Ce Co Cu Fe H Mg Na Ni O S Sb Si Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba Be C Ca Ce Co Cu Fe H Mg Na Ni O S Sb Si Ti W Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteBerylCalciteChalcopyriteCopiapiteCorundumDiaspore
EpidoteFeldsparGypsumMalachiteMelanteriteNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRutile
ScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelUllmanniteVivianite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Beryl  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copiapite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Erythrite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Ullmannite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)27808803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2780706
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)27803250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS27809052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)278011547
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1827804286
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)278027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2278027198
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O2780382
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)227809895
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O2780814
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)27807437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O27806890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3278014640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4278014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2278012537
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O2780915
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2278039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S827809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2278061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO227805614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)27804894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS278021482
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS2780293



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-00019278 ?-?    YesCinnabar, Coloradoite, Metacinnabar, Tiemannite, Rouxelite, MarrucciiteHg2165Buca Della Vena Mine, Ponte Stazzemese, Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy Dini et al. (1995) EJM7_417 


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