Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Monte Bianco Copper Mine, Ne, Graveglia Valley, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy

Oldest recorded age at locality: 100
Youngest recorded age at locality: 100

mindat Locality ID: 7023
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-7023.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Monte Bianco Copper Mine, Ne, Graveglia Valley, Genova Province, Liguria, 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

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.

Chalcopyrite	Connellite	Copper	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite

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: Cl Cu Fe H O S

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cl Cu Fe H O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Connellite Copper None Not in a structural group Pyrite

5 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcopyrite ()*	Connellite ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Pyrite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	100	100	27198
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	100	100	295
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	100	100	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	100	100	2970
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	100	100	39462

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_558	Manganese ore deposits formed in association with black smokers.

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Michelle_558	100	100	100		Age of ore deposits					Yes				7029	Ne, Graveglia Valley, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy	Val Graveglia Manganese District	Marchesini and Pagano (2001)		MR32_349	Age of ore deposits

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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