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Locality Name:
Perda Majori Mine, Villaputzu, Quirra (Salto Di Quirra), South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 54900
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-54900.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Perda Majori Mine, Villaputzu, Quirra (Salto Di Quirra), South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 39°34'17"N
Longitude: 9°36'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.571388888889,9.6
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 Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mo O Pb S Sb Si Sn W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mo O Pb S Sb Si Sn W Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteArsenicCalciteChalcopyriteClayCovelliteFeldsparFluoriteMarcasiteMica
MolybdeniteNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteStannite
StibniteTetrahedriteTopaz

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Andalusite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Molybdite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Orthoclase  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Topaz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO501310
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi01966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S301935
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO205171
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O0345
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Molybdite  (*)NoneMoO30140
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)02349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)04894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS40668
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F201476


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