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


mindat Locality ID: 187938
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-187938.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tanaro Valley, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Garessio
Nucetto
Ormea
Priola

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 As B Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteArsenicArsenoliteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteCarpholiteChalcopyriteChloritoidClay
DanburiteMicaNickelineNoneOrpimentPalygorskitePyriteQuartzRocksaltSartorite
SphaleriteStibniteSulphurTetrahedrite

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenic  (*)Arsenolite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Boulangerite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chloritoid  (*)Danburite  (*)
Galena  (*)Guettardite  (*)Magnesiocarpholite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orpiment  (*)
Palygorskite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)
Rhodochrosite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Tainiolite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs170555379
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O3170555231
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1705619052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)17055811547
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11170561843
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)370555,70557,7056127770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1705614979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS217056127198
Chloritoid  (*)ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)2170561376
Danburite  (*)DanburiteCaB2Si2O8270555,70556148
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS270549,7056124243
Guettardite  (*)SartoritePbSbAsS417055513
Magnesiocarpholite  (*)CarpholiteMgAl2Si2O6(OH)417056123
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)217056117380
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S3370555,70557,70558511
Palygorskite  (*)Palygorskite Clay(Mg,Al)2Si4O10(OH)·4H2O170554306
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2470549,70552,70555,7056139462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81705619056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2770549,70550,70555,70556,70557,70558,7056161156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS370555,70557,70558712
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1705611711
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1705496417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS17056121482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31705573418
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS270555,705562045
Tainiolite  (*)MicaKLiMg2Si4O10F2270555,7055640
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131705615317


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