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Locality Name:
Poggio San Vittore Asbestos Mine, Balangero, Lanzo Valleys, Metropolitan City Of Turin, Piedmont, Italy

Oldest recorded age at locality: 38
Youngest recorded age at locality: 15

mindat Locality ID: 2110
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2110.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Poggio San Vittore Asbestos Mine, Balangero, Lanzo Valleys, Metropolitan City Of Turin, Piedmont, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 45°17'32"N
Longitude: 7°30'49"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.292222222222,7.5136111111111

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 As Ba C Ca Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti V Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba C Ca Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti V Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleApatiteAragoniteAuricuprideBaryteBruciteCalcite
ChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopperCorundumCovelliteCubaniteDiaspore
EpidoteFeldsparGarnetGypsumHumiteIlvaiteIronMalachiteMicaMillerite
MonaziteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPentlanditePerovskitePrehnitePumpellyitePyritePyroxene
QuartzRhodoniteRocksaltRutileSerpentineSphaleriteSpinelSulphurTalcValleriite
VesuvianiteVivianiteWurtziteZircon

90 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Andradite  (*)Anglesite  (*)
Antigorite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Awaruite  (*)Azurite  (*)Balangeroite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Breithauptite  (*)Brucite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Chrysotile  (*)
Clinochlore  (*)Clinohumite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Cobaltpentlandite  (*)
Copper  (*)Corkite  (*)Covellite  (*)Crocoite  (*)Cubanite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Djurleite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Enstatite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Erythrite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Graphite  (*)Greigite  (*)
Grossular  (*)Gypsum  (*)Heazlewoodite  (*)Hedyphane  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Ilvaite  (*)Iron  (*)Langite  (*)Lizardite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)
Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Manganite  (*)Maucherite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Millerite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nickeline  (*)
Opal  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Perovskite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)
Prehnite  (*)Pumpellyite-(Al)  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)
Pyrope  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)
Smythite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Sulphur  (*)Taenite  (*)
Talc  (*)Todorokite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Troilite  (*)Valleriite  (*)
Vanadinite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Violarite  (*)Wairauite  (*)Zircon  (*)
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)2381503419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)381508803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)3381502353
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3381501534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)381502734
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)438150708
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)381503250
Awaruite  (*)Auricupride PerovskiteNi3Fe38150166
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2381505509
Balangeroite  (*)NoneMg21Si8O27(OH)20381503
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4381505516
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb38150175
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)238150462
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3815027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)381504979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S381505707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23815027198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O4381503902
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O381503531
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)438150951
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8381501756
Clinohumite  (*)HumiteMg9(SiO4)4F238150236
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)381501025
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS38150966
Cobaltpentlandite  (*)PentlanditeCo9S83815082
Copper  (*)CopperCu381503846
Corkite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)638150151
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS381504165
Crocoite  (*)Monazite BarytePb(CrO4)3815081
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S338150802
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6381504135
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S1638150300
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2381509895
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O638150944
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)381508173
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O38150814
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3815024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)381507437
Graphite  (*)NoneC381502812
Greigite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2S43815062
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)3381501544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O381506890
Heazlewoodite  (*)NoneNi3S238150205
Hedyphane  (*)ApatiteCa2Pb3(AsO4)3Cl3815048
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3381505433
Ilvaite  (*)IlvaiteCaFe3+Fe2+2O(Si2O7)(OH)38150197
Iron  (*)IronFe381501089
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O38150593
Lizardite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)438150359
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)38150451
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)381501487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O43815014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)23815012537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)38150770
Maucherite  (*)NoneNi11As838150161
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)381504924
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS381501066
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl381501107
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)23815017380
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs38150633
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O381502994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)381502349
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S8381501512
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO338150495
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2381502273
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)2381501898
Pumpellyite-(Al)  (*)PumpellyiteCa2Al3(Si2O7)(SiO4)(OH,O)2·H2O3815019
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23815039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2381503106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl381501725
Pyrope  (*)GarnetMg3Al2(SiO4)338150341
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8381509056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23815061156
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)38150969
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO5381501516
Smythite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3+xS4 (x ≈ 0-0.3)3815077
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3815021482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O4381501934
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS381502045
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)38150703
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2381503337
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O38150433
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2381502562
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS381501044
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]38150237
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl38150605
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)10381501395
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S438150380
Wairauite  (*)IronCoFe3815016
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)381505251



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
Kristen0024273815Late-Alpine age mineralization    Chalcopyrite, Cobaltite, Galena, Maucherite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, SphaleriteS, As2110Poggio San Vittore Asbestos Mine, Balangero, Lanzo Valleys, Metropolitan City Of Turin, Piedmont, ItalyBalangero Asbestos MineCastelli and Rossetti (1994) T12_103age from Dumont et al. (2011), T30_5


SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060244Poggio San Vittore Asbestos Mine, Balangero, Lanzo Valleys, Metropolitan City Of Turin, Piedmont, Italyhttps://rruff.info/R060244


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