Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
La Thuile, Aosta Valley, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 4550
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4550.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La Thuile, Aosta Valley, Italy": 20
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 19

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Aiguilles De L'Hermite
Breuil Valley
Chaz Duraz Mt. (Chaz Dura Mt.)
Colle Della Croce
La Thuile Anthracite Mines (La Thuile Anthracitiferous Basin)
Parc Mt.
Pointe Rousse
Pointe Rousse Pass
Promise Mine (La Promise Mine; Biolley Mine)
Tormottaz Lake (Tormotta Lake)
Torvéraz Valley

Latitude: 45°42'4"N
Longitude: 6°53'17"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.701111111111,6.8880555555556

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Axinite	Brookite	Calcite	Carpholite	Chalcopyrite	Chloritoid	Clay	Corundum
Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Lawsonite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Stilpnomelane	Tetrahedrite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Axinite-(Fe) ()*
Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chloritoid ()*
Ferrocarpholite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Lawsonite ()*	Paragonite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Stilpnomelane ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*

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: Al As B C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Ca Cu Fe H O S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Arsenopyrite Axinite Brookite Calcite Carpholite Chalcopyrite Chloritoid Clay Corundum
Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Lawsonite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Stibnite Stilpnomelane Tetrahedrite Zircon

29 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	68409,68423	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	0		2162
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	68407	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	68422	9052
Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Fe²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂	0		260
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	0		700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	7	68405,68406,68420,68421,68422,68423,68424	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	0		5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	68422	27198
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	2	68406,68409	376
Ferrocarpholite ()*	Carpholite	Fe²⁺Al₂Si₂O₆(OH)₄	1	68406	25
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	68422	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	5	68405,68420,68421,68423,68424	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	68409	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	68421,68423,68424	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	68409	5433
Lawsonite ()*	Lawsonite	CaAl₂(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	68406	121
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	68406	247
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	6	68405,68420,68421,68422,68423,68424	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	68409	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	68422	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	7	68405,68406,68407,68408,68409,68420,68422	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	68409	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	68422	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	68422	3418
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	1	68419	456
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	68422	5317
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	68409	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	68406	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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