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


mindat Locality ID: 193210
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-193210.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Druogno, Vigezzo Valley, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Albogno
Antoliva Valley
Orcesco
Rio Ragno

Latitude: 46°7'43"N
Longitude: 8°24'50"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.128611111111,8.4138888888889

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 B Be Bi C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P Pb S Si Sn Ta Th Ti U V W Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Be Cu Fe H Li Na O P Si U Y 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AeschyniteAllaniteAluniteAmphiboleApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteAutuniteBaryteBeryl
CalciteChabaziteChloriteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparFluorite
GadoliniteGarnetGismondineKobelliteMicaMilariteNatroliteNoneNot in a structural groupOlivine
PhenakitePrehnitePumpellyitePyritePyrochloreQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSmectite-vermiculite
SpinelStauroliteTalcTapioliteThomsoniteTitaniteTourmalineWagneriteZircon

70 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Almandine  (*)Andradite  (*)
Anglesite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Autunite  (*)Bavenite  (*)Bertrandite  (*)
Beryl  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chabazite-Na  (*)
Chrysoberyl  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Columbite-(Mn)  (*)Elbaite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Euxenite-(Y)  (*)Ferrowodginite  (*)Fersmite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)Galena  (*)Galenobismutite  (*)Gismondine  (*)
Goethite  (*)Grossular  (*)Hydrokenoelsmoreite  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Malayaite  (*)Margarite  (*)Meliphanite  (*)Microcline  (*)Milarite  (*)
Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Phenakite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Prehnite  (*)
Pumpellyite-(Mg)  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Roggianite  (*)Rutile  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Scolecite  (*)Spinel  (*)Staurolite  (*)
Talc  (*)Tantalite-(Fe)  (*)Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)Tanteuxenite-(Y)  (*)Tapiolite-(Fe)  (*)
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)Thorite  (*)Titanite  (*)Torbernite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Uranophane-α  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Vigezzite  (*)Wagnerite  (*)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)21711653419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)271160,711658803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)171165706
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)31711592353
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31711651534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1711652734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1711659052
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O1711621272
Bavenite  (*)NoneCa4Be2+xAl2-xSi9O26-x(OH)2+x (x = 0 to 1)371161,71162,71165255
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)2471161,71162,71165,71166606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18371160,71161,711654286
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)17116527770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21711655171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1711654979
Chabazite-Na  (*)Chabazite(Na3K)[Al4Si8O24]·11H2O17116566
Chrysoberyl  (*)OlivineBeAl2O4171165321
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81711651756
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1711651025
Columbite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Nb2O6171165289
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)0520
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1711658173
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(NbTi)O6171165414
Ferrowodginite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Sn4+Ta2O817116516
Fersmite  (*)ColumbiteCaNb2O617116583
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1711652740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21711659617
Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)GadoliniteY2Fe2+Be2O2(SiO4)20163
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS271162,7116524243
Galenobismutite  (*)KobellitePbBi2S4171162192
Gismondine  (*)GismondineCa2(Si4Al4)O16·8H2O171165128
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1711657437
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31711651544
Hydrokenoelsmoreite  (*)Pyrochlore   2W2O6(H2O)17116257
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH171165367
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6271161,711622228
Malayaite  (*)TitaniteCaSnO(SiO4)17116540
Margarite  (*)Mica ClayCaAl2Si2Al2O10(OH)2171165168
Meliphanite  (*)NoneCa4(Na,Ca)4Be4AlSi7O24(F,O)417116544
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1711654924
Milarite  (*)MilariteKCa2(Be2AlSi12)O30·H2O171165156
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O1711651508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2271161,7116517380
Phenakite  (*)PhenakiteBe2(SiO4)171165326
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21711622273
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)2271163,711651898
Pumpellyite-(Mg)  (*)PumpellyiteCa2MgAl2(Si2O7)(SiO4)(OH)2·H2O171165106
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2271161,7116539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2571160,71161,71162,71165,7116661156
Roggianite  (*)NoneCa2BeAl2Si4O13(OH)2·nH2O (n < 2.5)1711655
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21711655614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1711624894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1711592705
Scolecite  (*)NatroliteCa(Si3Al2)O10·3H2O171165390
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41711601934
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)171159978
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21711653337
Tantalite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Ta2O617116599
Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Ta2O6171165211
Tanteuxenite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(TaTi)O617116216
Tapiolite-(Fe)  (*)TapioliteFe2+Ta2O617116588
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O171165452
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)1711651006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1711654899
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O01059
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO202718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O171165890
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl171165605
Vigezzite  (*)Aeschynite(Ca,Ce)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O617116512
Wagnerite  (*)WagneriteMg2(PO4)F17116261
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1711655251



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