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Locality Name:
Usseglio, Viù Valley, Lanzo Valleys, Metropolitan City Of Turin, Piedmont, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 133764
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-133764.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Usseglio, Viù Valley, Lanzo Valleys, Metropolitan City Of Turin, Piedmont, Italy": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Crestas Mt.
Falin Lake
Lunella Mt.
Margone
Nero Lake
Piazzette
Punta Corna - Torre Di Ovarda Mines

Latitude: 45°15'16"N
Longitude: 7°13'56"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.254444444444,7.2322222222222

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 F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O S Sb Si Sr Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAmphiboleAndalusiteArsenicArseniosideriteCalciteChalcopyriteChenevixiteChloriteClay
ClinozoisiteCobaltiteCorundumCovelliteDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparGarnetLöllingiteMalachite
MixiteNatroliteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskitePharmacosideritePrehnitePyritePyroxene
QuartzRoseliteRutileSerpentineSkutteruditeSpinelTetrahedriteThomsoniteTitaniteTyrolite
VesuvianiteVivianite

59 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Andradite  (*)Annabergite  (*)
Antimony  (*)Arsenic  (*)Arseniosiderite  (*)Azurite  (*)Brandtite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chenevixite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)
Clinochlore  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Conichalcite  (*)Cornwallite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Delafossite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)
Erythrite  (*)Goethite  (*)Grossular  (*)Hematite  (*)Köttigite  (*)
Löllingite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mixite  (*)Nickeline  (*)
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Parasymplesite  (*)Perovskite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)
Pitticite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rammelsbergite  (*)
Rutile  (*)Safflorite  (*)Scolecite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Skutterudite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Thomsonite-Ca  (*)Titanite  (*)
Todorokite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Tyrolite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
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)21708523419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)270853,708558803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2270855,708572162
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31708561534
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O170858445
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb170858363
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs170858379
Arseniosiderite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(AsO4)3·3H2O170858194
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21708585509
Brandtite  (*)RoseliteCa2Mn2+(AsO4)2·2H2O17085818
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)470852,70853,70855,7085827770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1708585707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2270853,7085827198
Chenevixite  (*)ChenevixiteCuFe3+(AsO4)(OH)217085890
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4170854951
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8370852,70853,708561756
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1708531025
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS170858966
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)170858363
Cornwallite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)4170858175
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1708584165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1708582970
Delafossite  (*)NoneCu1+Fe3+O2170858144
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6370852,70853,708564135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)470852,70853,70855,708568173
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O170858814
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1708587437
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)3370852,70853,708561544
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3370855,70856,7085814640
Köttigite  (*)VivianiteZn3(AsO4)2·8H2O17085860
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2170858762
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4270853,7085414899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)217085812537
Mixite  (*)MixiteCu6Bi(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O170858168
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs170858633
Nickelskutterudite  (*)Skutterudite Perovskite(Ni,Co,Fe)As3170858176
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)170858492
Parasymplesite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O170858124
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO3170854495
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O170858428
Pitticite  (*)None[Fe,AsO4,SO4,H2O] (?)170858140
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)2370853,70855,708581898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2270855,7085839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2470854,70855,70857,7085861156
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs2170858233
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2270855,708575614
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs2170858317
Scolecite  (*)NatroliteCa(Si3Al2)O10·3H2O170858390
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O1708581153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1708586417
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs3170858531
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131708581803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131708585317
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O170858452
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O470852,70853,70854,708554899
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O170858433
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21708582562
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O170858245
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)10270852,708531395



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