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Locality Name:
Sa Menga Mine, Fluminimaggiore, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 131105
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-131105.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sa Menga Mine, Fluminimaggiore, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 39°27'8"N
Longitude: 8°32'20"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.452222222222,8.5388888888889
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 As C Ca Cd Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteCobaltiteCovelliteDiaspore
EnargiteGypsumHureauliteKoritnigiteLöllingiteLinariteMalachiteMarcasiteNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupPerovskitePharmacosideritePyritePyrochloreQuartzRocksaltSkutteruditeSphaleriteSymplesite
TetrahedriteVivianiteWurtzite

45 IMA Minerals at location:
Adamite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Breithauptite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Covellite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Enargite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Greenockite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Koritnigite  (*)Lavendulan  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Nyholmite  (*)Olivenite  (*)
Pharmacosiderite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rammelsbergite  (*)Safflorite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Siderite  (*)Skutterudite  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spherocobaltite  (*)Symplesite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)0254
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)02734
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O0445
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O70450
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb0175
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl01382
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS0966
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS40910
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O0814
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS0717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Koritnigite  (*)KoritnigiteZn(AsO3OH)·H2O08
Lavendulan  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5H2O0149
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)20987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl01107
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs0633
Nyholmite  (*)HureauliteCd3Zn2(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2·4H2O02
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)0492
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O0428
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O0309
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs20233
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs20317
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O01153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs30531
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)02473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Spherocobaltite  (*)NoneCo(CO3)052
Symplesite  (*)SymplesiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O092
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317


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