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Locality Name:
Piateda, Valtellina, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2000
Youngest recorded age at locality: 100

mindat Locality ID: 283092
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-283092.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Piateda, Valtellina, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Vedello Valley

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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: Ag Al As Au C Ca Ce Co Cu Fe H Hg Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Th Ti U Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteArsenopyriteAutuniteBranneriteCalciteChalcopyriteCobaltiteCopperCorundum
CovelliteFluoriteMalachiteMonaziteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPentlanditePyriteQuartz
RocksaltSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedriteZircon

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Autunite  (*)Azurite  (*)Brannerite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Cobaltite  (*)Covellite  (*)Florencite-(Ce)  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Hematite  (*)Huttonite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Linnaeite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Mercury  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Torbernite  (*)
Uraninite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)220001001701953092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS20001001701959052
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O20001001701951272
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)220001001701955509
Brannerite  (*)BranneriteUTi2O62000100170195248
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)200010017019527770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S20001001701955707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2200010017019527198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O20001001701953531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS20001001701952600
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS2000100170195966
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS20001001701954165
Florencite-(Ce)  (*)AluniteCeAl3(PO4)2(OH)6200010017019573
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS200010017019524243
Gold  (*)CopperAu200010017019530554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3200010017019514640
Huttonite  (*)MonaziteTh(SiO4)200010017019537
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O320001001701955433
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S42000100170195249
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2200010017019512537
Mercury  (*)NoneHg2000100170195397
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S820001001701951512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2200010017019539462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S820001001701959056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2200010017019561156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)20001001701956417
Silver  (*)CopperAg20001001701955186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS200010017019521482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1320001001701955317
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O20001001701951059
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO220001001701952718
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)20001001701955251


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Giersdorf_00000856Uranium mineralization at the Novazza and Val Vedello mines are assocated with the post-Variscan volcanics of the Collio formation.
Giersdorf_00000857Uranium mineralization at the Novazza and Val Vedello mines are assocated with the post-Variscan volcanics of the Collio formation.
Giersdorf_00000858Uranium mineralization at the Novazza and Val Vedello mines are assocated with the post-Variscan volcanics of the Collio formation.


3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Giersdorf_00000856200018002000-1800U-Pb    Yes  29926Novazza Mine, Valgoglio, Seriana Valley, Bergamo Province, Lombardy, ItalyNovazza U Ore DepositPhilippe et al. (1987) BM110_283Age of the basement at the two localities
Giersdorf_00000857280280280U-Pb    Yes  29926Novazza Mine, Valgoglio, Seriana Valley, Bergamo Province, Lombardy, ItalyNovazza U Ore DepositPhilippe et al. (1987) BM110_283Age of primary uranium mineralization
Giersdorf_00000858100100100U-Pb    Yes  29926Novazza Mine, Valgoglio, Seriana Valley, Bergamo Province, Lombardy, ItalyNovazza U Ore DepositPhilippe et al. (1987) BM110_283Age of uranium remobilization event

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