Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Anzasca Valley, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 188897
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-188897.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Anzasca Valley, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Bannio Anzino
Calasca-Castiglione
Macugnaga
Vanzone Con San Carlo

Latitude: 46°0'18"N
Longitude: 8°7'8"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.005,8.1188888888889

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.

Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Clay	Copper	Cristobalite	Feldspar
Halotrichite	Malachite	Marcasite	Meneghinite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stilbite	Tetrahedrite

Ankerite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuth ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Emplectite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*
Hydrozincite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Linnaeite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Meneghinite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pickeringite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*
Scorodite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stellerite ()*	Stilbite-Na ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al H Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Clay Copper Cristobalite Feldspar
Halotrichite Malachite Marcasite Meneghinite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stilbite Tetrahedrite

36 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	71060	3092
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	71063	1036
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	71060	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	4	71053,71060,71061,71063	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	2	71060,71063	1966
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	71060	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	71060,71061,71063	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	71063	2600
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	1	71063	453
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	71060	9895
Emplectite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuBiS₂	1	71060	246
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	1	71063	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	71060,71063	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	4	71059,71060,71061,71063	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	71060	2812
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	71060	1066
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	71058	1507
Linnaeite ()*	Spinel	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂S₄	1	71063	249
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	71060	1487
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	71061	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	71063	5674
Meneghinite ()*	Meneghinite	Pb₁₃CuSb₇S₂₄	1	71063	158
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	71058,71060	17380
Pickeringite ()*	Halotrichite	MgAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	1	71060	265
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	71060	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	71060,71061	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	71060,71063	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	71057,71058,71060,71061	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	71060	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	71060	4894
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	71063	1153
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	71060	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	71060,71063	21482
Stellerite ()*	Stilbite	Ca₄(Si₂₈Al₈)O₇₂·28H₂O	1	71055	189
Stilbite-Na ()*	Stilbite	Na₉(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·28H₂O	0		15
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	71060,71063	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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