Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Seefeld Lake, Seefeld Alp, Auerberg Valley, Ultimo Valley (Ulten 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: 290299
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-290299.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Seefeld Lake, Seefeld Alp, Auerberg Valley, Ultimo Valley (Ulten Valley), Bolzano-Alto Adige Autonomous Province, Trentino-Alto Adige, 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

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Garnet	Nickeline	None	Pyroxene	Spinel

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 Ca Fe Mg O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe Mg O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Garnet Nickeline None Pyroxene Spinel

5 IMA Minerals at location:

Diopside ()*	Enstatite ()*	Hercynite ()*	Pyrope ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	260	260	4135
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	260	260	944
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	260	260	407
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	260	260	341
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	260	260	9056

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	sedcu-00462	260	260	M. Permian							Yes			Cu	21408	Bolzano-Alto Adige Autonomous Province, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy	South Tyrol	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

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