Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cairo Montenotte, Bormida Valley, Savona Province, Liguria, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 280065
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-280065.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cairo Montenotte, Bormida Valley, Savona Province, Liguria, Italy": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Ponte Della Volta

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.

Arsenopyrite	Brookite	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Titanite

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Boulangerite ()*
Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Titanite ()*

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 Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Brookite Calcite Chlorite Clay Corundum Feldspar Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Titanite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	69633	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	69633	2162
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	69633	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	69633	9052
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	1	69633	843
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	1	69633	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	69633	27770
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	69633	1756
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	69633	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	69633	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	69633	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	69633	5433
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	69633	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	69633	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	69633	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	69633	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	69633	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	69633	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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