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Locality Name:
Argentiera Della Nurra Mine, Sassari, Sassari Province, Sardinia, Italy

Oldest recorded age at locality: 444
Youngest recorded age at locality: 419

mindat Locality ID: 8472
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-8472.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Argentiera Della Nurra Mine, Sassari, Sassari Province, Sardinia, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 40°44'30"N
Longitude: 8°8'51"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.741666666667,8.1475
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 Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteAtacamiteBaryteBerthieriteBournoniteCalcite
CaledoniteChalcopyriteClayCobaltiteCopiapiteCoronaditeCorundumCovelliteCyanotrichiteDiaspore
EpsomiteGarnetGypsumHalotrichiteLepidocrociteLinariteMalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMetavoltine
MicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyrochloreQuartzRocksaltRutileSerpentine
SphaleriteStibniteSulphurTetrahedriteUllmannite

69 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Akaganeite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Berthierite  (*)Bindheimite  (*)
Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Cervantite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copiapite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cronstedtite  (*)
Cyanotrichite  (*)Dypingite  (*)Epsomite  (*)Fraipontite  (*)Galena  (*)
Giorgiosite  (*)Goethite  (*)Goslarite  (*)Grossular  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hydromagnesite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Leadhillite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Linarite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Massicot  (*)Melanterite  (*)Metavoltine  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Paratacamite  (*)Phosgenite  (*)Pickeringite  (*)Pseudoboleite  (*)
Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Ramsbeckite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sideronatrite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Todorokite  (*)Ullmannite  (*)Valentinite  (*)Willyamite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S44441902793
Akaganeite  (*)Coronadite(Fe3+,Ni2+)8(OH,O)16Cl1.25·nH2O444419063
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)44441902734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)44441903250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS44441909052
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)64444190919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)244441905509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)444419011547
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S44444190343
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O74444190450
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S114444190843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS344441901089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)444419027770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)64444190359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)44441904979
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O44444190352
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2444419027198
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O4444190382
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS44441904165
Cronstedtite  (*)Clay Serpentine(Fe2+,Fe3+)3(Si,Fe3+)2O5(OH)4444419054
Cyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)24444190179
Dypingite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·5H2O444419050
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O4444190484
Fraipontite  (*)Clay Serpentine(Zn,Al)3(Si,Al)2O5(OH)4444419049
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS444419024243
Giorgiosite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·5H2O444419013
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)44441907437
Goslarite  (*)EpsomiteZn(SO4)·7H2O4444190188
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)344441901544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O44441906890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3444419014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O44441901689
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O4444190341
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)644441901066
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S144444190784
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)644441902228
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)24444190265
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)4444190581
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)24444190987
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)4444190451
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2444419012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS244441905674
Massicot  (*)NonePbO4444190202
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O4444190915
Metavoltine  (*)MetavoltineK2Na6Fe2+Fe3+6O2(SO4)12·18H2O444419078
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2444419017380
Paratacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu3(Cu,Zn)Cl2(OH)64444190158
Phosgenite  (*)NonePb2(CO3)Cl24444190142
Pickeringite  (*)HalotrichiteMgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O4444190265
Pseudoboleite  (*)NonePb31Cu24Cl62(OH)48444419033
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS344441901425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2444419039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO244441903106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl44441901725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S844441909056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2444419061156
Ramsbeckite  (*)NoneCu15(SO4)4(OH)22·6H2O444419068
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)44441906417
Sideronatrite  (*)NoneNa2Fe3+(SO4)2(OH)·3H2O444419073
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)44441902473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS444419021482
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)4444190446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S344441903418
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS44441902045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1344441905317
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O4444190433
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS4444190293
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O34444190369
Willyamite  (*)CobaltiteCoSbS444419025


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Kristen002444The economic mineralization is hosted within late-Hercynian veins cutting the Palaeozoic basement. An uneconomic stratiform sub-paragenesis exists in the basement.


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
Kristen002444444419Silurian      Galena, Jamesonite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Ullmannite, WillyamiteNi, Co, As, Sb, Fe, Pb8472Argentiera Della Nurra Mine, Sassari, Sassari Province, Sardinia, ItalyArgentiera DepositVenerandi (1992) EJM4_395 

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