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Locality Name:
Novazza Mine, Valgoglio, Seriana Valley, Bergamo Province, Lombardy, Italy

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2000
Youngest recorded age at locality: 100

mindat Locality ID: 29926
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29926.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Novazza Mine, Valgoglio, Seriana Valley, Bergamo Province, Lombardy, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 45°58'6"N
Longitude: 9°54'5"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.968333333333,9.9013888888889
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 C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O P Pb S Sb Si U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O P Pb S Sb Si U Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicArsenopyriteAutuniteBournoniteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteFluoriteGypsumMalachite
MarcasiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSchoepiteSphaleriteTetrahedriteZippeite

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenic  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Autunite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bournonite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Curite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Metalodèvite  (*)
Metatorbernite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)Schoepite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Studtite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Torbernite  (*)
Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)Uranopilite  (*)Vandendriesscheite  (*)Zinczippeite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs20001000379
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS200010009052
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O200010001272
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2200010005509
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS3200010001089
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6200010001633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2000100027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22000100027198
Curite  (*)NonePb3+x[(UO2)4O4+x(OH)3-x]2·2H2O2000100051
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2200010009895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2000100024243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O200010006890
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22000100012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2200010005674
Metalodèvite  (*)NoneZn(UO2)2(AsO4)2·10H2O200010007
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O20001000443
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22000100039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22000100061156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS20001000712
Schoepite  (*)Schoepite(UO2)4O(OH)6(H2O)62000100094
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)200010006417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2000100021482
Studtite  (*)None(UO2)(O2)(H2O)2·2H2O2000100025
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13200010005317
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O200010001059
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2200010002718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O20001000890
Uranopilite  (*)None(UO2)6(SO4)O2(OH)6·14H2O2000100094
Vandendriesscheite  (*)NonePb1.6(UO2)10O6(OH)11·11H2O2000100052
Zinczippeite  (*)ZippeiteZn(UO2)2(SO4)O2·3.5H2O200010006


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Giersdorf_00000856Uranium mineralization at the Novazza and Val Vedello mines are assocated with the post-Variscan volcanics of the Collio formation.
Giersdorf_00000857Uranium mineralization at the Novazza and Val Vedello mines are assocated with the post-Variscan volcanics of the Collio formation.
Giersdorf_00000858Uranium mineralization at the Novazza and Val Vedello mines are assocated with the post-Variscan volcanics of the Collio formation.


3 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
Giersdorf_00000856200018002000-1800U-Pb       29926Novazza Mine, Valgoglio, Seriana Valley, Bergamo Province, Lombardy, ItalyNovazza U Ore DepositPhilippe et al. (1987) BM110_283Age of the basement at the two localities
Giersdorf_00000857280280280U-Pb       29926Novazza Mine, Valgoglio, Seriana Valley, Bergamo Province, Lombardy, ItalyNovazza U Ore DepositPhilippe et al. (1987) BM110_283Age of primary uranium mineralization
Giersdorf_00000858100100100U-Pb       29926Novazza Mine, Valgoglio, Seriana Valley, Bergamo Province, Lombardy, ItalyNovazza U Ore DepositPhilippe et al. (1987) BM110_283Age of uranium remobilization event

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