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


mindat Locality ID: 190134
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-190134.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Soana Valley, Canavese District, Metropolitan City Of Turin, Piedmont, Italy": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Valprato Soana

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 Au Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O Pb S Sb Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BerthieriteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteCopperCovelliteFeldsparNickelineNonePyrochloreRhodonite
RocksaltRutileStibniteTetrahedriteValleriite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Berthierite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chalcostibite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Manganite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Valentinite  (*)Valleriite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S4170697343
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11270697,70699843
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS217069927198
Chalcostibite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuSbS2270697,70699162
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS270697,706994165
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS17069924243
Gold  (*)CopperAu270696,7069730554
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14270697,70699784
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)270699,70700770
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1706992349
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81706999056
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)170700969
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)170696446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3370696,70697,706993418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13270696,706975317
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O3370696,70697,70699369
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]270697,70699237



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