Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Montaldo Mine (Montaldo Di Mondovì Mine), Borgata Oberti, Montaldo Di Mondovì, Corsaglia Valley, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 5767
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-5767.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Montaldo Mine (Montaldo Di Mondovì Mine), Borgata Oberti, Montaldo Di Mondovì, Corsaglia Valley, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 44°19'8"N
Longitude: 7°51'8"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.318888888889,7.8522222222222

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.

Alunite	Apatite	Braunite	Calcite	Carminite	Clay	Coronadite	Corundum	Diaspore	Fairfieldite
Feldspar	Garnet	Mica	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Pottsite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile
Smectite-vermiculite	Titanite	Zircon

Aegirine ()*	Anatase ()*	Armellinoite-(Ce) ()*	Arsenogoyazite ()*	Berzeliite ()*
Braunite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chernovite-(Y) ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Cryptomelane ()*
Dolomite ()*	Gasparite-(La) ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hollandite ()*
Manganberzeliite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Piccoliite ()*
Quartz ()*	Romanèchite ()*	Rutile ()*	Spessartine ()*	Svabite ()*
Talmessite ()*	Tilasite ()*	Titanite ()*	Todorokite ()*	Wakefieldite-(Y) ()*
Wallkilldellite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Ce F Fe H Hg K La Mg Mn Na O S Si Sr Ti V Y

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba C Ca Ce F Fe H Hg K La Mg Mn Na O S Si Sr Ti V Y

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Apatite Braunite Calcite Carminite Clay Coronadite Corundum Diaspore Fairfieldite
Feldspar Garnet Mica Monazite None Not in a structural group Pottsite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile
Smectite-vermiculite Titanite Zircon

31 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1022
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2162
Armellinoite-(Ce) ()*	Pottsite	Ca₄Ce⁴⁺(AsO₄)₄·H₂O	1
Arsenogoyazite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(AsO₄)(AsO₃OH)(OH)₆	21
Berzeliite ()*	Garnet	(NaCa₂)Mg₂(AsO₄)₃	6
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	483
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chernovite-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(AsO₄)	46
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	2600
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	599
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Gasparite-(La) ()*	Monazite	La(AsO₄)	5
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Hollandite ()*	Coronadite	Ba(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	243
Manganberzeliite ()*	Garnet	(NaCa₂)Mn²⁺₂(AsO₄)₃	24
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2349
Piccoliite ()*	Carminite	NaCaMn³⁺₂(AsO₄)₂O(OH)	2
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀	312
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1214
Svabite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(AsO₄)₃F	16
Talmessite ()*	Fairfieldite	Ca₂Mg(AsO₄)₂·2H₂O	46
Tilasite ()*	Titanite	CaMg(AsO₄)F	34
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	433
Wakefieldite-(Y) ()*	Zircon	YVO₄	7
Wallkilldellite ()*	None	Ca₂Mn²⁺₃(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄·9H₂O	20

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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