Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Saltaria Valley (Saltaria Gorge), Ortisei (St Ulrich), Siusi Alp (Seis Alp), Gardena Valley (Gröden 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: 123531
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-123531.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Saltaria Valley (Saltaria Gorge), Ortisei (St Ulrich), Siusi Alp (Seis Alp), Gardena Valley (Gröden Valley), Bolzano-Alto Adige Autonomous Province, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Rifugio Demetz
Zemmerloch

Latitude: 46°30'51"N
Longitude: 11°44'21"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.514166666667,11.739166666667

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Gadolinite	None	Prehnite	Quartz

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 B C Ca H O S Si Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Gadolinite None Prehnite Quartz

5 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Datolite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	260	260	2	72030,72031	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	260	260	1	72030	1252
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	260	260	1	72031	498
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	260	260	1	72031	1898
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	260	260	1	72030	61156

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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