Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Cascine Machetto, Quittengo, Cervo Valley, Biella Province, Piedmont, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 278256
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-278256.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cascine Machetto, Quittengo, Cervo Valley, Biella Province, Piedmont, Italy": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Alpe Machetto Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Alunite	Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Columbite	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Malachite	Molybdenite	None
Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Sulphur

Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Ferberite ()*
Ferrimolybdite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydrokenoelsmoreite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Powellite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stolzite ()*
Sulphur ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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: Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Baryte Chalcopyrite Columbite Corundum Covellite Diaspore Malachite Molybdenite None
Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Sulphur

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	70387	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	70387	5516
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	70387	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	70387	4165
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	1	70387	551
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	1	70387	345
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	70387	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	70387	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	70387	14640
Hydrokenoelsmoreite ()*	Pyrochlore	₂W₂O₆(H₂O)	1	70387	57
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	70387	2228
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	70387	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	70387	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	70387	5800
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	1	70387	494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	70387	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	70387	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	70387	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	70387	21482
Stolzite ()*	Scheelite	Pb(WO₄)	1	70387	156
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	70387	2045
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	70387	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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