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Locality Name:
Noasca, Orco Valley, Canavese District, Metropolitan City Of Turin, Piedmont, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 188070
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-188070.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Noasca, Orco Valley, Canavese District, Metropolitan City Of Turin, Piedmont, Italy": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
La Cuccagna Mine
Parete Delle Aquile

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: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumCovelliteMicaNone
PyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteStibniteTalcTetrahedriteZinkeniteZircon

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Freieslebenite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Hematite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Talc  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Zinkenite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2270676,706773092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1706769052
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11270676,70677843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS3270676,706771089
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1706765707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS217067627198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1706764165
Freieslebenite  (*)NoneAgPbSbS3170676105
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS270676,7067724243
Gold  (*)CopperAu17067630554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O317067614640
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14170676784
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)217067617380
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31706761425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217067639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2270676,7067761156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21706765614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)270676,706776417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS270676,7067721482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31706763418
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21706763337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131706765317
Zinkenite  (*)ZinkenitePb9Sb22S42270676,70677228
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1706765251



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