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Locality Name:
Punta Corna - Torre Di Ovarda Mines, Usseglio, Viù Valley, Lanzo Valleys, Metropolitan City Of Turin, Piedmont, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 31111
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31111.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Punta Corna - Torre Di Ovarda Mines, Usseglio, Viù Valley, Lanzo Valleys, Metropolitan City Of Turin, Piedmont, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 45°15'16"N
Longitude: 7°13'57"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.254444444444,7.2325

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 Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O S Sb Si Sr Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O S Sb Si Sr Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAmphiboleAndalusiteArsenicArseniosideriteCalciteChalcopyriteChenevixiteCobaltiteCorundum
CovelliteDiasporeLöllingiteMalachiteMixiteNatroliteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskite
PharmacosideritePrehnitePyriteQuartzRoseliteSkutteruditeTetrahedriteThomsoniteTyroliteVivianite

44 IMA Minerals at location:
Annabergite  (*)Antimony  (*)Arsenic  (*)Arseniosiderite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Brandtite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chenevixite  (*)
Cobaltite  (*)Conichalcite  (*)Cornwallite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Delafossite  (*)Erythrite  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Köttigite  (*)
Löllingite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mixite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Nickelskutterudite  (*)
Olivenite  (*)Parasymplesite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Pitticite  (*)Prehnite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rammelsbergite  (*)Safflorite  (*)Scolecite  (*)
Scorodite  (*)Siderite  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)Todorokite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Tyrolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O0445
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb0363
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs0379
Arseniosiderite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(AsO4)3·3H2O0194
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Brandtite  (*)RoseliteCa2Mn2+(AsO4)2·2H2O018
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chenevixite  (*)ChenevixiteCuFe3+(AsO4)(OH)2090
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS0966
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)0363
Cornwallite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)40175
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O02970
Delafossite  (*)NoneCu1+Fe3+O20144
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O0814
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Köttigite  (*)VivianiteZn3(AsO4)2·8H2O060
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs20762
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Mixite  (*)MixiteCu6Bi(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O0168
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs0633
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Skutterudite Perovskite(Ni,Co,Fe)As30176
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)0492
Parasymplesite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O0124
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O0428
Pitticite  (*)None[Fe,AsO4,SO4,H2O] (?)0140
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)201898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs20233
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs20317
Scolecite  (*)NatroliteCa(Si3Al2)O10·3H2O0390
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O01153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs30531
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1301803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O0452
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O0433
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)202562
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O0245



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