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Locality Name:
San Giovanni Mine, Punta Della Torre, Iglesias, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy

Oldest recorded age at locality: 520
Youngest recorded age at locality: 270

mindat Locality ID: 20899
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-20899.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "San Giovanni Mine, Punta Della Torre, Iglesias, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 39°17'16"N
Longitude: 8°30'1"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.287777777778,8.5002777777778
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 Al As Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe Ge H Hg Mg O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe Ge H Hg Mg O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteApatiteAragoniteArsenicBaryteBournoniteCalciteCaledoniteChalcopyriteCopper
CovelliteDundasiteGermaniteGypsumJalpaiteLinariteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPolybasite
PyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedrite

46 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenic  (*)Azurite  (*)
Balkanite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Caledonite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dundasite  (*)Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Imiterite  (*)Jalpaite  (*)Leadhillite  (*)
Linarite  (*)Luanheite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mercury  (*)Metacinnabar  (*)
Pearceite  (*)Phosgenite  (*)Plattnerite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Renierite  (*)Seligmannite  (*)
Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S52027002793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)52027002734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)52027003250
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs5202700379
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)252027005509
Balkanite  (*)NoneAg5Cu9HgS827027009
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)520270011547
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S352027001935
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS352027001089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)520270027770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)65202700359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)52027004979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2520270027198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS27027002600
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS52027004165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O52027002970
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)252027009895
Dundasite  (*)DundasitePbAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·H2O520270097
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS520270024243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O52027006890
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O52027001689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)652027001066
Imiterite  (*)NoneAg2HgS2270270017
Jalpaite  (*)JalpaiteAg3CuS25202700116
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)25202700265
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)25202700987
Luanheite  (*)NoneAg3Hg270270017
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2520270012537
Mercury  (*)NoneHg2702700397
Metacinnabar  (*)SphaleriteHgS2702700255
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]5202700249
Phosgenite  (*)NonePb2(CO3)Cl25202700142
Plattnerite  (*)RutilePbO25202700158
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]5202700716
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS352027001425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2520270039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl52027001725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2520270061156
Renierite  (*)Sphalerite Germanite(Cu1+,Zn)11Fe4(Ge4+,As5+)2S16520270037
Seligmannite  (*)BournoniteCuPbAsS3520270064
Silver  (*)CopperAg52027005186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)52027002473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS520270021482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS45202700586
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS5202700332
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1352027005317


2 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
Hg-00071270270   high    BalkaniteHg20899San Giovanni Mine, Punta Della Torre, Iglesias, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy Boni et al. (2000)10.1016/S0037-0738(99)00131-1SG131_181 
Hg-00072520465       BalkaniteHg20899San Giovanni Mine, Punta Della Torre, Iglesias, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy Caron et al. (1997) EJM9_1005 

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