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Locality Name:
Santa Maria Maggiore, Vigezzo Valley, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 203175
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-203175.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Santa Maria Maggiore, Vigezzo Valley, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Basso Valley
Costa Di Fracchia
Monte Bassetta

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 Be Bi C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Ti U W Y 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteAmphiboleAragoniteAutuniteBerylClayClinozoisiteEpidoteFeldsparGadolinite
LillianiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNonePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltScapolite
ScheeliteSpinelTalcTitanite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Aschamalmite  (*)Autunite  (*)
Bavenite  (*)Beryl  (*)Cerussite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)
Fluorophlogopite  (*)Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)Galena  (*)Heyrovskýite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Meionite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Stolzite  (*)Talc  (*)Titanite  (*)Torbernite  (*)
Zoisite  (*)
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)2271178,711793419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1711808803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)171180706
Aschamalmite  (*)LillianitePb6-3xBi2+xS917117316
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O271176,711801272
Bavenite  (*)NoneCa4Be2+xAl2-xSi9O26-x(OH)2+x (x = 0 to 1)171180255
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181711764286
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1711734979
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61711794135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1711798173
Fluorophlogopite  (*)MicaKMg3(Si3Al)O10F217117347
Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)GadoliniteY2Fe2+Be2O2(SiO4)2171180163
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS17117324243
Heyrovskýite  (*)LillianitePb6Bi2S917117366
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O417117814899
Meionite  (*)ScapoliteCa4Al6Si6O24(CO3)171173176
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21711735800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217117339462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81711739056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO217117561156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)271173,711754894
Stolzite  (*)ScheelitePb(WO4)171173156
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21711783337
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1711804899
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O1711801059
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1711791025


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