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Locality Name:
Poggio Mortaio (Poggio Mortaio Mine; Monte Argentario Mine; Poggio Delle Polveriere; Terra Rossa; Il Passo), Monte Argentario, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 29669
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29669.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Poggio Mortaio (Poggio Mortaio Mine; Monte Argentario Mine; Poggio Delle Polveriere; Terra Rossa; Il Passo), Monte Argentario, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mn Na O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mn Na O Pb S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcanthiteCoronaditeCorundumDiasporeLepidocrociteNone
PyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinel

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Aragonite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beudantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)
Chalcophanite  (*)Coronadite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hetaerolite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Natrojarosite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Ranciéite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)60413
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O0925
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O0197
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O160227
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O160599
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Hetaerolite  (*)SpinelZnMn3+2O4073
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)0581
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Natrojarosite  (*)AluniteNaFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)60254
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO203106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Ranciéite  (*)None(Ca,Mn2+)0.2(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2·0.6H2O0177
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482


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