Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Different Municipalities, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy

Oldest recorded age at locality: 238
Youngest recorded age at locality: 212

mindat Locality ID: 276340
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-276340.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Different Municipalities, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Finero Ultramafic Complex (incl. Rio Creves)

Latitude: 46°6'30"N
Longitude: 8°33'12"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.108333333333,8.5533333333333

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Amphibole	Baddeleyite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Fluorite	Melonite	Mica	Millerite
Molybdenite	Monazite	None	Olivine	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Rutile	Spinel	Zircon	Zirconolite

Baddeleyite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Copper ()*
Corundum ()*	Cuproiridsite ()*	Cuprorhodsite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Enstatite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Geikielite ()*	Graphite ()*	Hercynite ()*
Huttonite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Laurite ()*	Merenskyite ()*	Millerite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Pargasite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Platinum ()*	Potassic-richterite ()*
Rutile ()*	Spinel ()*	Thorianite ()*	Thorite ()*	Uraninite ()*
Zircon ()*	Zirconolite ()*

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 C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Ir K Mg Mo Na Ni O Pd Pt Rh Ru S Si Te Th Ti U Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Baddeleyite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Fluorite Melonite Mica Millerite
Molybdenite Monazite None Olivine Pyrite Pyroxene Rutile Spinel Zircon Zirconolite

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baddeleyite ()*	Baddeleyite	ZrO₂	238	212	1	70988	238
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	238	212	1	70988	5516
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	238	212	1	70988	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	238	212	1	70988	3902
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	238	212	1	70988	3846
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	238	212	1	70988	1797
Cuproiridsite ()*	Spinel	Cu(Ir³⁺Ir⁴⁺)S₄	238	212	1	70988	31
Cuprorhodsite ()*	Spinel	(Cu¹⁺_0.5Fe³⁺_0.5)Rh³⁺₂S₄	238	212	1	70988	34
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	238	212	1	70988	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	238	212	1	70988	9895
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	238	212	1	70988	944
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	238	212	1	70988	1188
Geikielite ()*	Corundum	MgTiO₃	238	212	1	70988	70
Graphite ()*	None	C	238	212	1	70988	2812
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	238	212	1	70988	407
Huttonite ()*	Monazite	Th(SiO₄)	238	212	1	70988	37
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	238	212	1	70988	5433
Laurite ()*	Pyrite	RuS₂	238	212	1	70988	226
Merenskyite ()*	Melonite	PdTe₂	238	212	1	70988	155
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	238	212	1	70988	1066
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	238	212	1	70988	5800
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	238	212	1	70988	313
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	238	212	1	70988	2273
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	238	212	1	70988	485
Potassic-richterite ()*	Amphibole	K(NaCa)Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	238	212	1	70988	21
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	238	212	1	70988	5614
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	238	212	1	70988	1934
Thorianite ()*	Fluorite	ThO₂	238	212	1	70988	236
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	238	212	1	70988	1006
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	238	212	1	70988	2718
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	238	212	1	70988	5251
Zirconolite ()*	Zirconolite	(Ca,Y)Zr(Ti,Mg,Al)₂O₇	238	212	1	70988	140

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Bradley_2012_042	238	212	225±13	U/Pb			zircon				Zircon			55754	Finero Ultramafic Complex (incl. Rio Creves), Different Municipalities, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy	[Finero Peridotite]	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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