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Locality Name:
Brosso Mine, Cálea, Léssolo, Canavese District, Metropolitan City Of Turin, Piedmont, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 2078
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2078.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Brosso Mine, Cálea, Léssolo, Canavese District, Metropolitan City Of Turin, Piedmont, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 45°29'58"N
Longitude: 7°49'2"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.499444444444,7.8172222222222
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: Ag Al As B Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti U W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As B Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti U W Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmphiboleApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenoliteArsenopyriteBaryteBerylBismutite
BournoniteBrookiteBruciteCalciteChabaziteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCopper
CorundumDevillineDiasporeEpidoteEpsomiteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetGypsumHalotrichite
HexahydriteHydrotalciteKaoliniteLinariteLudwigiteMalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMicaNickeline
NoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSepiolite
SerpentineSphaleriteSpinelStibniteSulphurTalcTetrahedriteTitaniteValleriite

100 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Amesite  (*)Anatase  (*)Andradite  (*)Anglesite  (*)
Anhydrite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Antimony  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Arsenic  (*)Arsenolite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Berthierine  (*)Beyerite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Bismutite  (*)Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Brianyoungite  (*)
Brookite  (*)Brucite  (*)Calcite  (*)Canavesite  (*)Celestine  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chabazite-Ca  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Cordierite  (*)
Cosalite  (*)Cronstedtite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Delafossite  (*)Devilline  (*)
Dickite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Enstatite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Epsomite  (*)Ferberite  (*)Ferro-hornblende  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Forsterite  (*)Galena  (*)Gedrite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hexahydrite  (*)Hydromagnesite  (*)Hydrotalcite  (*)Inderite  (*)
Kotoite  (*)Langite  (*)Linarite  (*)Lizardite  (*)Ludwigite  (*)
Magnesio-hastingsite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Melanophlogite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nesquehonite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)
Pharmacolite  (*)Pickeringite  (*)Picropharmacolite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyroaurite  (*)
Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Richterite  (*)Rutile  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Sepiolite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Strontianite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Svanbergite  (*)Szaibélyite  (*)Talc  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Valleriite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)203419
Amesite  (*)Clay SerpentineMg2Al(AlSiO5)(OH)4074
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO202162
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)301534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)02734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)01588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)203092
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)40708
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb0363
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs0379
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O30231
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O602060
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Berthierine  (*)Clay Serpentine(Fe2+,Fe3+,Al)3(Si,Al)2O5(OH)4059
Beyerite  (*)BismutiteCaBi2O2(CO3)2096
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi01966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S301935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)0716
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S110843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS301089
Brianyoungite  (*)NoneZn3(CO3)(OH)4079
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO20700
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)20462
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Canavesite  (*)NoneMg2(HBO3)(CO3)·5H2O0002
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)01252
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chabazite-Ca  (*)ChabaziteCa2[Al4Si8O24]·13H2O0310
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)40951
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O1801008
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S50344
Cronstedtite  (*)Clay Serpentine(Fe2+,Fe3+)3(Si,Fe3+)2O5(OH)4054
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O02970
Delafossite  (*)NoneCu1+Fe3+O20144
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O0366
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)40651
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O60944
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O0484
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)0551
Ferro-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Fe2+4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)20271
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)01188
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Gedrite  (*)Amphibole   Mg2(Mg3Al2)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)20178
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Hexahydrite  (*)HexahydriteMg(SO4)·6H2O0251
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O0341
Hydrotalcite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Al2CO3(OH)16(H2O)4087
Inderite  (*)NoneMgB3O3(OH)5·5H2O013
Kotoite  (*)NoneMg3(BO3)2020
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O0593
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)20987
Lizardite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)40359
Ludwigite  (*)LudwigiteMg2Fe3+O2(BO3)0134
Magnesio-hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2080
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)01487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Melanophlogite  (*)NoneC2H17O5·Si46O92038
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O0915
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Nesquehonite  (*)NoneMg(CO3)·3H2O080
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)02349
Pharmacolite  (*)GypsumCa(AsO3OH)·2H2O0105
Pickeringite  (*)HalotrichiteMgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O0265
Picropharmacolite  (*)NoneCa4Mg(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2·11H2O099
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyroaurite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Fe3+2(CO3)(OH)16·4H2O089
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl01725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Richterite  (*)AmphiboleNa(NaCa)Mg5Si8O22(OH)20148
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)04894
Sepiolite  (*)Sepiolite ClayMg4Si6O15(OH)2·6H2O0241
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)0589
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS02045
Svanbergite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)60105
Szaibélyite  (*)NoneMgBO2(OH)087
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)203337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)202562
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO202718
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]0237


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R080142Brosso Mine, Cálea, Léssolo, Canavese District, Metropolitan City Of Turin, Piedmont, Italyhttps://rruff.info/R080142

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