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Locality Name:
Macugnaga, Anzasca Valley, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 272143
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-272143.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Macugnaga, Anzasca Valley, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Alpe Fillar
Alpe Pedriola
Belvedere Glacier
Pestarena Gold Mine (Pestarena Mines)
Val Quarazza Gold Mines (Guia Mine)

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: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteClayCopperHalotrichiteMalachite
MicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphalerite
Tetrahedrite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Emplectite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Graphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pickeringite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21710603092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1710603250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS271060,710619052
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1710601966
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)17106027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2271060,7106127198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21710609895
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS2171060246
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS17106024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu371059,71060,7106130554
Graphite  (*)NoneC1710602812
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)61710601066
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO41710581507
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)1710601487
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)217106112537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2271058,7106017380
Pickeringite  (*)HalotrichiteMgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O171060265
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31710601425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2271060,7106139462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81710609056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2471057,71058,71060,7106161156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21710605614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1710604894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1710606417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS17106021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131710605317


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