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Locality Name:
Tavagnasco Mines (Tavagnasco Mine; Liva And Tavagnasco Mines; Tavagnasco Mining District), Tavagnasco, Canavese District, Metropolitan City Of Turin, Piedmont, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 264688
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-264688.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tavagnasco Mines (Tavagnasco Mine; Liva And Tavagnasco Mines; Tavagnasco Mining District), Tavagnasco, Canavese District, Metropolitan City Of Turin, Piedmont, Italy": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Aquila Lode (Aquila Mine; Getti & Vallereis Mine)
Briasse Lode
Espérance Tunnel
Parella Tunnel
Piaunetto Lode (Piaunetto Mine)
Rosa Tunnel

Latitude: 45°32'22"N
Longitude: 7°48'50"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.539444444444,7.8138888888889

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 Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmphiboleApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteCalciteCarminite
ChalcopyriteCopperCyanotrichiteKlebelsbergiteKobelliteMadociteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
QuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedrite

36 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Arsenic  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Beudantite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Carbonatecyanotrichite  (*)Carminite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Ciriottiite  (*)
Copper  (*)Cosalite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)
Giessenite  (*)Glaucophane  (*)Gold  (*)Izoklakeite  (*)Langite  (*)
Mimetite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tavagnascoite  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1707052734
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs270703,70704379
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS470704,70705,70706,707089052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)270706,7070811547
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6170705413
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi270703,707051966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31707051935
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS301089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)17070727770
Carbonatecyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(CO3)(OH)12·2H2O088
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2170706178
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1707034979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2570703,70704,70705,70706,7070827198
Ciriottiite  (*)MadociteCu4Pb19(Sb,As,Bi)22(As2)S561707051
Copper  (*)CopperCu1707053846
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S5170705344
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1707052970
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS670703,70704,70705,70706,70707,7070824243
Giessenite  (*)Kobellite(Cu,Fe)2Pb26.4(Bi,Sb)19.6S5717070518
Glaucophane  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Mg3Al2)Si8O22(OH)2170703286
Gold  (*)CopperAu270703,7070530554
Izoklakeite  (*)KobellitePb26.4(Cu,Fe)2(Sb,Bi)19.6S5717070525
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O170705593
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl1707061107
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2570704,70705,70706,70707,7070839462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2570704,70705,70706,70707,7070861156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21707035614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1707034894
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O270703,707061153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1707046417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS270703,7070721482
Tavagnascoite  (*)KlebelsbergiteBi4O4(SO4)(OH)21707052
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1301803



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