Mineral Evolution Database
Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.
Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org



The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.


Locality Name:
Sovazza, Armeno, Novara Province, Piedmont, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 277821
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-277821.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sovazza, Armeno, Novara Province, Piedmont, Italy": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Rio Solgher (Crotto Del Mottaccio; Cerrovecchio)

Latitude: 45°48'51"N
Longitude: 8°28'33"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.814166666667,8.4758333333333

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 C Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteArsenopyriteClayDiasporeKaňkiteMicaNonePyriteQuartzRocksalt
RutileSphalerite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)
Jamesonite  (*)Kaňkite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Scorodite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1709669052
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1709664979
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS17096624243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1709667437
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)61709661066
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14170966784
Kaňkite  (*)KaňkiteFe3+(AsO4)·3.5H2O17096638
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)217096617380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS217096639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO217096661156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21709665614
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O1709661153
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS17096621482



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL


All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...

Other copyright data...