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Locality Name:
Nascio, Ne, Graveglia Valley, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy

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

mindat Locality ID: 234958
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-234958.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nascio, Ne, Graveglia Valley, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Basalt Outcrops
Marble Quarry

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: Al C Ca Fe H O Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: H O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousCalciteClinozoisiteEpidoteNoneNot in a structural groupQuartzTitanite

6 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Calcite  (*)Epidote  (*)Opal  (*)Quartz  (*)
Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21001001694362162
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)10010016943627770
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1001001694358173
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O10010002994
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2100100269435,6943661156
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1001001694364899



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_558Manganese ore deposits formed in association with black smokers.


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
Michelle_558100100100 Age of ore deposits   Yes  7029Ne, Graveglia Valley, Genova Province, Liguria, ItalyVal Graveglia Manganese DistrictMarchesini and Pagano (2001) MR32_349Age of ore deposits


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