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Locality Name:
Riso Valley, Seriana Valley, Bergamo Province, Lombardy, Italy

Oldest recorded age at locality: 237
Youngest recorded age at locality: 201

mindat Locality ID: 155661
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-155661.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Riso Valley, Seriana Valley, Bergamo Province, Lombardy, Italy": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Gorno
Oneta

Latitude: 45°52'6"N
Longitude: 9°49'3"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.868333333333,9.8175
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 Ba C Ca Cd Cl Cu Fe H Mo O Pb S Sb Si Sr Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteApatiteAragoniteBaryteBournoniteCalciteGypsumMeneghiniteNoneNot in a structural group
PhenakitePolybasitePyritePyrochloreQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinel
Wurtzite

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bindheimite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Galena  (*)Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Meneghinite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Pearceite  (*)Plattnerite  (*)
Polybasite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Strontianite  (*)Willemite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S2372011698002793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)2372011698002734
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6237201269800,69801919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2237201269800,698015509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)23720116980011547
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O7237201269800,69801450
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS3237201269800,698011089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)237201269800,6980127770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)2372011698001252
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)237201269800,698014979
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS237201269800,6980124243
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS237201269800,69801717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O2372011698006890
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O237201269800,698011689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)6237201269800,698011066
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4237201269800,6980114899
Meneghinite  (*)MeneghinitePb13CuSb7S24237201169800158
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl2372011698001107
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]237201269800,69801249
Plattnerite  (*)RutilePbO2237201169800158
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]237201169800716
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS32372011698001425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS223720116980039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO223720116980061156
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)237201269800,698012473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS237201269800,6980121482
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)237201169800589
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO4237201169801303
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO4237201269800,698011655


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
sedexmvt-00182237201Late Triassic host rock age      55978Gorno, Riso Valley, Seriana Valley, Bergamo Province, Lombardy, ItalyGornoTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 

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