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


mindat Locality ID: 2096
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2096.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Basso Valley, Santa Maria Maggiore, Vigezzo Valley, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Cedo Alp
Pizzo Nona
Pizzo Ragno (Eastern Slope)
Pizzo Ragno (Southern Slope)

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 F Fe H K Mg Mo O P Pb S Si U W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAragoniteAutuniteBerylClayLillianiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNone
PyriteQuartzRocksaltScapoliteScheeliteSpinelTalc

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Aschamalmite  (*)Autunite  (*)Beryl  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Fluorophlogopite  (*)Galena  (*)Heyrovskýite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Meionite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Stolzite  (*)Talc  (*)
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)21711783419
Aschamalmite  (*)LillianitePb6-3xBi2+xS917117316
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O1711761272
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181711764286
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1711734979
Fluorophlogopite  (*)MicaKMg3(Si3Al)O10F217117347
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


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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