Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Casario, Priola, Tanaro Valley, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 278475
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-278475.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Casario, Priola, Tanaro Valley, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Casario - Bric Delle Piombere

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.

Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Carpholite	Chalcopyrite	Chloritoid	Clay	Mica	Nickeline	None
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chloritoid ()*	Galena ()*	Magnesiocarpholite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Arsenopyrite Calcite Carpholite Chalcopyrite Chloritoid Clay Mica Nickeline None
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	70561	9052
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	1	70561	843
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	70561	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	70561	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	70561	27198
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	1	70561	376
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	70561	24243
Magnesiocarpholite ()*	Carpholite	MgAl₂Si₂O₆(OH)₄	1	70561	23
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	70561	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	70561	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	70561	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	70561	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	70561	1711
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	70561	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	70561	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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