Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Pizzo Marcio North Dyke, Pizzo Marcio, Trontano, Vigezzo Valley, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy

Oldest recorded age at locality: 36
Youngest recorded age at locality: 30

mindat Locality ID: 292607
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-292607.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pizzo Marcio North Dyke, Pizzo Marcio, Trontano, Vigezzo Valley, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°6'14"N
Longitude: 8°23'32"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.103888888889,8.3922222222222

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.

Aeschynite	Allanite	Amphibole	Analcime	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Chabazite
Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Gismondine	Harmotome	Mica
Milarite	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Prehnite	Pumpellyite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Stilbite	Talc	Tapiolite	Thomsonite	Titanite	Tourmaline	Zircon

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 B Be C Ca Ce Cl F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Si Sn Ta Th Ti V W Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Be C Ca Ce Cl F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Si Sn Ta Th Ti V W Y Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aeschynite Allanite Amphibole Analcime Apatite Aragonite Baryte Beryl Calcite Chabazite
Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Epidote Feldspar Garnet Gismondine Harmotome Mica
Milarite Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Olivine Prehnite Pumpellyite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Stilbite Talc Tapiolite Thomsonite Titanite Tourmaline Zircon

55 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Analcime ()*	Anglesite ()*
Aragonite ()*	Bavenite ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chrysoberyl ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Clinozoisite ()*	Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dravite ()*	Epidote ()*
Ferrowodginite ()*	Fersmite ()*	Galena ()*	Gismondine ()*	Margarite ()*
Meliphanite ()*	Microcline ()*	Milarite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Oxy-dravite ()*	Phillipsite-Ca ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Prehnite ()*
Pumpellyite-(Mg) ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Roggianite ()*	Saponite ()*
Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Spessartine ()*	Stilbite-Ca ()*	Talc ()*
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Tapiolite-(Fe) ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*
Tremolite ()*	Vanadinite ()*	Vigezzite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	36	30	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	36	30	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	36	30	706
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	36	30	1627
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	36	30	2734
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	36	30	3250
Bavenite ()*	None	Ca₄Be_2+xAl_2-xSi₉O_26-x(OH)_2+x (x = 0 to 1)	36	30	255
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	36	30	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	36	30	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	36	30	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	36	30	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	36	30	4979
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O	36	30	310
Chrysoberyl ()*	Olivine	BeAl₂O₄	36	30	321
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	36	30	1756
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	36	30	1025
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Nb₂O₆	36	30	289
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	36	30	9895
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	36	30	648
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	36	30	8173
Ferrowodginite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Sn⁴⁺Ta₂O₈	36	30	16
Fersmite ()*	Columbite	CaNb₂O₆	36	30	83
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	36	30	24243
Gismondine ()*	Gismondine	Ca₂(Si₄Al₄)O₁₆·8H₂O	36	30	128
Margarite ()*	Mica Clay	CaAl₂Si₂Al₂O₁₀(OH)₂	36	30	168
Meliphanite ()*	None	Ca₄(Na,Ca)₄Be₄AlSi₇O₂₄(F,O)₄	36	30	44
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	36	30	4924
Milarite ()*	Milarite	KCa₂(Be₂AlSi₁₂)O₃₀·H₂O	36	30	156
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	36	30	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	36	30	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	36	30	17380
Oxy-dravite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al₂Mg)(Al₅Mg)(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃O	36	30	24
Phillipsite-Ca ()*	Harmotome	Ca₃(Si₁₀Al₆)O₃₂·12H₂O	36	30	75
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	36	30	2273
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	36	30	1898
Pumpellyite-(Mg) ()*	Pumpellyite	Ca₂MgAl₂(Si₂O₇)(SiO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O	36	30	106
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	36	30	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	36	30	61156
Roggianite ()*	None	Ca₂BeAl₂Si₄O₁₃(OH)₂·nH₂O (n < 2.5)	36	30	5
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	36	30	301
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	36	30	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	36	30	2705
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	36	30	1214
Stilbite-Ca ()*	Stilbite	NaCa₄(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·28H₂O	36	30	268
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	36	30	3337
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆	36	30	211
Tapiolite-(Fe) ()*	Tapiolite	Fe²⁺Ta₂O₆	36	30	88
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	36	30	452
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	36	30	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	36	30	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	36	30	2562
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	36	30	605
Vigezzite ()*	Aeschynite	(Ca,Ce)(Nb,Ta,Ti)₂O₆	36	30	12
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	36	30	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	36	30	5251

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
	Bradley_2012_026	36	30	33±3	U/Th/Pb			chlorite			Yes				25849	Pizzo Marcio, Trontano, Vigezzo Valley, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy	Pizzo Marcio	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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