Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Orco Valley, Canavese District, Metropolitan City Of Turin, Piedmont, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 130805
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-130805.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Orco Valley, Canavese District, Metropolitan City Of Turin, Piedmont, Italy": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Alpette
Ceresole Reale
Locana
Noasca
Sparone

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Amphibole	Ardennite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Bournonite	Braunite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite
Chlorite	Clay	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet
Lawsonite	Mica	None	Olivine	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sartorite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Stibnite	Sulphur	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Vesuvianite	Zinkenite	Zircon

Ankerite ()*	Ardennite-(V) ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Braunite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcostibite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Chromite ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Cordierite ()*	Corundum ()*	Covellite ()*	Emplectite ()*	Euxenite-(Y) ()*
Fluorite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Freieslebenite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Lawsonite ()*	Magnesio-riebeckite ()*	Microcline ()*
Muscovite ()*	Piemontite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Sulphur ()*	Talc ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Twinnite ()*
Vesuvianite ()*	Zinkenite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Ce Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Nb O Pb S Sb Si Ta Th Ti U V Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Ardennite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Beryl Bournonite Braunite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite
Chlorite Clay Columbite Copper Corundum Covellite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet
Lawsonite Mica None Olivine Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sartorite Sphalerite
Spinel Stibnite Sulphur Talc Tetrahedrite Titanite Vesuvianite Zinkenite Zircon

48 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	3	70669,70676,70677	3092
Ardennite-(V) ()*	Ardennite	Mn²⁺₄Al₄(AlMg)(VO₄)(SiO₄)₂(Si₃O₁₀)(OH)₆	3	70672,70678,70681	11
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	3	70669,70670,70676	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	70670	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	2	70669,70670	1935
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	3	70670,70676,70677	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	5	70669,70670,70675,70676,70677	1089
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	2	70678,70681	483
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	70669	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	70676	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	70669,70676	27198
Chalcostibite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuSbS₂	2	70669,70670	162
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	1	70672	577
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	70672	3902
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	70672	1756
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	2	70672,70674	1008
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	2	70672,70674	1797
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2	70669,70676	4165
Emplectite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuBiS₂	2	70669,70670	246
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆	1	70672	414
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	70671	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	70672	1188
Freieslebenite ()*	None	AgPbSbS₃	1	70676	105
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	70669,70670,70676,70677	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	70669,70670,70676	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	70676,70679	14640
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	3	70669,70675,70676	784
Lawsonite ()*	Lawsonite	CaAl₂(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	70667	121
Magnesio-riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	70679	93
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	70669	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	70669,70676	17380
Piemontite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂(Al₂Mn³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	4	70678,70679,70680,70681	260
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	70676	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	70669,70670,70676	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	12	70669,70670,70671,70672,70674,70675,70676,70677,70678,70679,70680,70681	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	70675,70676	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	4	70669,70670,70676,70677	6417
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	70679	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	70676,70677	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	70676	3418
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	70671	2045
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	70676	3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	3	70669,70670,70676	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	70669	4899
Twinnite ()*	Sartorite	PbSbAsS₄	1	70670	16
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	70672	1395
Zinkenite ()*	Zinkenite	Pb₉Sb₂₂S₄₂	2	70676,70677	228
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	70676	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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