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Locality Name:
Cosasca, Trontano, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 277735
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-277735.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cosasca, Trontano, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Grignaschi Quarry

Latitude: 46°6'29"N
Longitude: 8°18'54"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.108055555556,8.315
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 B Be Ca Ce Cu Fe H K Mg Na Nb O P S Si Ta Th Ti U W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousArsenopyriteAutuniteBerylClayColumbiteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetMica
NoneNot in a structural groupQuartzScheeliteSpinelTapioliteTourmalineVivianiteZircon

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Autunite  (*)Bavenite  (*)
Bertrandite  (*)Beryl  (*)Euxenite-(Y)  (*)Gahnite  (*)Laumontite  (*)
Metatorbernite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Schorl  (*)Spinel  (*)Tantalite-(Fe)  (*)Tapiolite-(Fe)  (*)Torbernite  (*)
Uraninite  (*)Vivianite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1711498803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)31711492353
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1711499052
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O1711491272
Bavenite  (*)NoneCa4Be2+xAl2-xSi9O26-x(OH)2+x (x = 0 to 1)171149255
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)2171149606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181711494286
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(NbTi)O6171149414
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O4171149445
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O1711491271
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O171149443
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)217114917380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1711492994
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO217114961156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1711494894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1711492705
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41711491934
Tantalite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Ta2O617114999
Tapiolite-(Fe)  (*)TapioliteFe2+Ta2O617114988
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O1711491059
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21711492718
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O171149636
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)171149939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1711495251


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