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Locality Name:
San Lorenzo, Valdieri, Gesso Valley, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 290019
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-290019.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "San Lorenzo, Valdieri, Gesso Valley, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Lausetto Mine
Rocca Speron ("Desertetto")

Latitude: 44°13'45"N
Longitude: 7°21'43"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.229166666667,7.3619444444444
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: Al Ba C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Mn O P Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteBaryteBastnäsiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCoronaditeCorundumDiaspore
FluoriteGypsumKaoliniteLepidocrociteMalachiteNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutile
SerpentineSphaleriteSpinel

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)Berthierine  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Cesàrolite  (*)Chalcophanite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Coronadite  (*)
Cryptomelane  (*)Dickite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hausmannite  (*)Hematite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Manganosite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Romanèchite  (*)Rutile  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1704472734
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)17044711547
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)BastnäsiteCe(CO3)F170447304
Berthierine  (*)Clay Serpentine(Fe2+,Fe3+,Al)3(Si,Al)2O5(OH)417044759
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)17044727770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1704474979
Cesàrolite  (*)NonePbMn4+3O6(OH)217044727
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O170447197
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS217044727198
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16170447227
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16170447599
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4170447651
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21704479617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS17044724243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)270447,704487437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1704476890
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O4170447350
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O317044714640
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)170447581
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O417044714899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)217044712537
Manganosite  (*)RocksaltMnO17044773
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2270447,7044839462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1704471725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO217044761156
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10170447312
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21704475614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1704476417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS17044721482


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