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Locality Name:
Passiria Valley (Passeier 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: 29175
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29175.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Passiria Valley (Passeier Valley), Bolzano-Alto Adige Autonomous Province, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy": 20
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Casateia (Gasteig)
Cima Del Tempo (Wetterspitze)
Cima Di Stilves (Zinseler Spitze)
Fleres Valley (Pfleresch Valley)
La Clava (Kolbenspitze)
Monteneve Mine (Schneeberg Mine)
Moso In Passiria (Moos In Passeier)
Racines Valley (Ratsching Valley)
Rio Di Plan Valley (Pfelderer Bach Valley)
Rio Masul (Masul Ravine)

Latitude: 46°52'1"N
Longitude: 11°7'56"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.866944444444,11.132222222222
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 Au B Be C Ca Cd Co Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllargentumAllophaneAmphiboleAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteBerylBournoniteBrochantite
CalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayCobaltiteCopperCorundumCovelliteCubaniteCyanotrichite
DiasporeEpsomiteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetGypsumLinariteMalachiteMarcasiteMelanterite
MicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPentlanditePerovskitePrehnitePyritePyroxeneQuartz
RocksaltRutileSepioliteSkutteruditeSphaleriteSpinelStauroliteStibniteSulphurTalc
TetrahedriteTitaniteTourmalineUllmanniteValleriiteWollastoniteWurtzite

84 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Albite  (*)Allophane  (*)Almandine  (*)Andradite  (*)
Anglesite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Anthophyllite  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Beryl  (*)Bornite  (*)
Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carbonatecyanotrichite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Clinochlore  (*)
Cobaltite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dyscrasite  (*)
Epsomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Gahnite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Gudmundite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Kyanite  (*)
Langite  (*)Linarite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Monteneveite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)
Pitticite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrope  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Schorl  (*)Sepiolite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Silver  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Spodumene  (*)Staurolite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Talc  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Ullmannite  (*)Valleriite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S2602601721042793
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)260260572101,72102,72104,72105,721168803
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O260260172104470
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)3260260672104,72106,72107,72108,72109,721162353
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)32602601721041534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)2602601721042734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)2602601721041588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)22602601721043092
Anthophyllite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2260260172104718
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)2602601721043250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS260260372100,72102,721049052
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6260260172104919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22602601721045509
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O182602601721174286
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS42602601721045516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11260260272102,72104843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS32602601721041089
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)62602601721041633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)260260572101,72104,72105,72113,7211627770
Carbonatecyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(CO3)(OH)12·2H2O26026017210488
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)2602601721044979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2602601721045707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2260260472100,72102,72103,7210427198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O2602601721043531
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)82602601721041756
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS260260172104966
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS2602601721044165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3260260172104802
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22602601721049895
Dyscrasite  (*)AllargentumAg3+xSb1-x (x ≈ 0.2)260260172104180
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O260260172104484
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22602601721049617
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O4260260172104445
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS260260372102,72103,7210424243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2602601721047437
Gold  (*)CopperAu26026017210430554
Graphite  (*)NoneC2602601721002812
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS260260172104717
Gudmundite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeSbS260260172104170
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O2602601721046890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3260260472104,72105,72107,7211614640
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)62602601721041066
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3260260372100,72104,721055433
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14260260172104784
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO4260260372103,72107,721101507
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O260260172104593
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2260260172104987
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)2602601721041487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4260260372102,72104,7211014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)226026017210412537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2260260272102,721045674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O260260172104915
Monteneveite  (*)GarnetCa3Sb5+2(Fe3+2Fe2+)O122602601721041
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2260260372104,72107,7211717380
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S82602601721041512
Pitticite  (*)None[Fe,AsO4,SO4,H2O] (?)260260172104140
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)22602601721101898
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3260260172102733
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2260260472102,72103,72104,7211639462
Pyrope  (*)GarnetMg3Al2(SiO4)3260260172104341
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8260260472100,72102,72103,721049056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2260260972100,72101,72102,72104,72105,72107,72110,72116,7211761156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2260260572100,72104,72105,72107,721165614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)260260472104,72105,72110,721172705
Sepiolite  (*)Sepiolite ClayMg4Si6O15(OH)2·6H2O260260172104241
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)2602601721046417
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO5260260272104,721071516
Silver  (*)CopperAg2602601721045186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs3260260172104531
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)2602601721042473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS260260372102,72103,7210421482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O42602601721041934
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O6260260172110688
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)260260172110978
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3260260272100,721043418
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS2602601721162045
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)22602601720993337
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S132602601721021803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S132602601721045317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O260260272105,721164899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2260260272104,721162562
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS260260172102293
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]260260172104237
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO32602601721101247


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
sedcu-00462260260M. Permian     Yes Cu21408Bolzano-Alto Adige Autonomous Province, Trentino-Alto Adige, ItalySouth TyrolCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 

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