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Locality Name:
Pizzo Marcio South Dyke, Pizzo Marcio, Trontano, Vigezzo Valley, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy

Oldest recorded age at locality: 36
Youngest recorded age at locality: 30

mindat Locality ID: 292609
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-292609.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pizzo Marcio South Dyke, Pizzo Marcio, Trontano, Vigezzo Valley, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°6'4"N
Longitude: 8°23'25"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.101111111111,8.3902777777778

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 Be Ca Ce Fe H K Mg Mn Na Nb O P Si Th Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be Ca Ce Fe H K Mg Mn Na Nb O P Si Th Ti Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteAmphiboleBerylChloriteClayColumbiteEpidoteFeldsparGarnetMica
MonaziteNoneNot in a structural groupQuartzTalcTitaniteZircon

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Bertrandite  (*)Beryl  (*)
Cheralite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Columbite-(Mn)  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Quartz  (*)Spessartine  (*)Talc  (*)Titanite  (*)
Tremolite  (*)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)2363003419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)363008803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)36300706
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)236300606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18363004286
Cheralite  (*)MonaziteCaTh(PO4)23630050
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8363001756
Columbite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Nb2O636300289
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)36300945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)23630017380
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2363002273
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23630061156
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)3363001214
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2363003337
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O363004899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2363002562
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)363005251



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
Bradley_2012_026363033±3U/Th/Pb chlorite  Yes  25849Pizzo Marcio, Trontano, Vigezzo Valley, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, ItalyPizzo MarcioMcCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 


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