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Locality Name:
Pizzo Marcio, Trontano, Vigezzo Valley, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy

Oldest recorded age at locality: 36
Youngest recorded age at locality: 30

mindat Locality ID: 25849
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25849.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pizzo Marcio, Trontano, Vigezzo Valley, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Pizzo Marcio North Dyke
Pizzo Marcio South Dyke
Pizzo Marcio South-East Dyke

Latitude: 46°6'8"N
Longitude: 8°23'33"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.102222222222,8.3925
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 B Be C Ca Ce Cl F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Si Sn Ta Th Ti U V W Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca H O Si U 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AeschyniteAllaniteAmphiboleAnalcimeApatiteAragoniteBaryteBerylCalciteChabazite
ChloriteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetGismondineHarmotome
MicaMilariteMolybdeniteMonaziteNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePrehnitePumpellyitePyrite
PyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSmectite-vermiculiteStilbiteTalcTapioliteThomsonite
TitaniteTourmalineZircon

60 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Analcime  (*)Anglesite  (*)
Aragonite  (*)Bavenite  (*)Bertrandite  (*)Beryl  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cassiterite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chabazite-Ca  (*)Cheralite  (*)Chrysoberyl  (*)
Clinochlore  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Columbite-(Mn)  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Dravite  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferrowodginite  (*)Fersmite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gismondine  (*)Margarite  (*)Meliphanite  (*)Microcline  (*)
Milarite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Oxy-dravite  (*)Phillipsite-Ca  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pumpellyite-(Mg)  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Roggianite  (*)Saponite  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Schorl  (*)Spessartine  (*)Stilbite-Ca  (*)Talc  (*)Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)
Tapiolite-(Fe)  (*)Thomsonite-Ca  (*)Thorite  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Uranophane-α  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Vigezzite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)
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)23630371188,71189,711903419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)3630371188,71189,711908803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)3630371188,71189,71190706
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O36301711881627
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)36301711882734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)36301711883250
Bavenite  (*)NoneCa4Be2+xAl2-xSi9O26-x(OH)2+x (x = 0 to 1)3630271188,71190255
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)23630271188,71189606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O183630371188,71189,711904286
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3630271188,7119027770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO236301711885171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)36301711884979
Chabazite-Ca  (*)ChabaziteCa2[Al4Si8O24]·13H2O3630171188310
Cheralite  (*)MonaziteCaTh(PO4)2363017118950
Chrysoberyl  (*)OlivineBeAl2O43630171188321
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)83630371188,71189,711901756
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)3630271188,711901025
Columbite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Nb2O63630271188,71189289
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O636301711904135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)236301711889895
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)3630171188648
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)3630271188,711908173
Ferrowodginite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Sn4+Ta2O8363017118816
Fersmite  (*)ColumbiteCaNb2O63630271188,7119083
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF236301711909617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3630271188,7119024243
Gismondine  (*)GismondineCa2(Si4Al4)O16·8H2O3630171188128
Margarite  (*)Mica ClayCaAl2Si2Al2O10(OH)23630271188,71190168
Meliphanite  (*)NoneCa4(Na,Ca)4Be4AlSi7O24(F,O)4363017118844
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)3630271188,711904924
Milarite  (*)MilariteKCa2(Be2AlSi12)O30·H2O3630171188156
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS236301711885800
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)3630171189945
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O3630271188,711901508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)23630371188,71189,7119017380
Oxy-dravite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al2Mg)(Al5Mg)(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3O363017118824
Phillipsite-Ca  (*)HarmotomeCa3(Si10Al6)O32·12H2O363017118875
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)23630371188,71189,711902273
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)23630271188,711901898
Pumpellyite-(Mg)  (*)PumpellyiteCa2MgAl2(Si2O7)(SiO4)(OH)2·H2O3630271188,71190106
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23630271188,7119039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23630371188,71189,7119061156
Roggianite  (*)NoneCa2BeAl2Si4O13(OH)2·nH2O (n < 2.5)3630271188,711905
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O3630171188301
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)36301711884894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)3630271188,711902705
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)33630271188,711891214
Stilbite-Ca  (*)StilbiteNaCa4(Si27Al9)O72·28H2O3630171188268
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)23630371188,71189,711903337
Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Ta2O63630171188211
Tapiolite-(Fe)  (*)TapioliteFe2+Ta2O6363017118888
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O3630271188,71190452
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)36301711881006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O3630371188,71189,711904899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)23630371188,71189,711902562
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O36300890
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl3630271188,71190605
Vigezzite  (*)Aeschynite(Ca,Ce)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O6363017118812
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)3630171188939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)3630371188,71189,711905251


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Bradley_2012_026363033±3U/Th/Pb chlorite     25849Pizzo Marcio, Trontano, Vigezzo Valley, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, ItalyPizzo MarcioMcCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 

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