Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Montorsi Iron Ore Prospects (Monte Spinosa-North; Monte Spinosa Iron Deposit), Campiglia Marittima, Campigliese (Campiglia Mountains; Campiglia Ridge), Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy

Oldest recorded age at locality: 7
Youngest recorded age at locality: 5

mindat Locality ID: 268535
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-268535.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Montorsi Iron Ore Prospects (Monte Spinosa-North; Monte Spinosa Iron Deposit), Campiglia Marittima, Campigliese (Campiglia Mountains; Campiglia Ridge), Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Buca Grande Di Montorsi

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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: As C Ca Cu Fe H Mn O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Ca Cu Fe H Mn O S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteDiasporeGarnetIlvaiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
PyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileSphalerite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Andradite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Ilvaite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)37501534
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS7509052
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)675172691919
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)7517269127770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS275027198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS7517269124243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)7507437
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O675172691741
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O7501689
Ilvaite  (*)IlvaiteCaFe3+Fe2+2O(Si2O7)(OH)750197
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS27517269139462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO27503106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S87509056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO27517269161156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS7517269121482


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
sedznpb-00266757–5     Yes  268516Campiglia Marittima, Campigliese (Campiglia Mountains; Campiglia Ridge), Livorno Province, Tuscany, ItalyCampigliaSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

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