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Locality Name:
Casotto Valley, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 158518
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-158518.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Casotto Valley, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Pamparato

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

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 C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si Ti U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AutuniteCalciteClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteNoneNot in a structural groupQuartz
RutileTitanite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Autunite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Hematite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)Titanite  (*)Torbernite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1704188803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21704182162
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O270419,704201272
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11270419,70420843
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)17041827770
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1704188173
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O317041814640
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O170419443
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21704193106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO217041861156
Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)NoneCaCe(CO3)2F170418232
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1704184899
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O270419,704201059
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21704192718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O270419,70420890



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