Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Venasca, Varaita Valley, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy

Oldest recorded age at locality: 36.4
Youngest recorded age at locality: 34.4

mindat Locality ID: 289130
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-289130.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Venasca, Varaita Valley, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Isasca Valley

Latitude: 44°34'19"N
Longitude: 7°13'1"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.571944444444,7.2169444444444

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.

Clay	Ellenbergerite	Garnet	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Rutile	Staurolite

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 C H K Li Mg O P Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Ellenbergerite Garnet Mica None Not in a structural group Rutile Staurolite

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Kyanite ()*	Magnesiostaurolite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phosphoellenbergerite ()*	Pyrope ()*
Rutile ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	36.4	34.4	1	70603	1507
Magnesiostaurolite ()*	Staurolite	Mg(Mg,Li)₃(Al,Mg)₁₈Si₈O₄₄(OH)₄	36.4	34.4	1	70603	7
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	36.4	34.4	1	70603	17380
Phosphoellenbergerite ()*	Ellenbergerite	(Mg, )₂Mg₁₂(PO₄,PO₃OH)₆(PO₃OH,CO₃)₂(OH)₆	36.4	34.4	1	70603	6
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	36.4	34.4	1	70603	341
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	36.4	34.4	1	70603	5614

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Alexandra-0163	36.4	34.4	35.4 ± 1.0	U-Pb	Age of metamorphism		zircon	17540		Yes	Zircon	Magnesiostaurolite		195949	Masueria, Gilba Valley, Brossasco, Varaita Valley, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy	Dora Maira Massif	Gebauer et al. (1997)	10.1016/S0024-4937(97)82002-6	L41_5

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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