Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Pizzo Marcio South 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: 292609
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-292609.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Latitude: 46°6'4"N
Longitude: 8°23'25"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.101111111111,8.3902777777778

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.

Allanite	Amphibole	Beryl	Chlorite	Clay	Columbite	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Mica
Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Talc	Titanite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*
Cheralite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Quartz ()*	Spessartine ()*	Talc ()*	Titanite ()*
Tremolite ()*	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 Be Ca Ce Fe H K Mg Mn Na Nb O P Si Th Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be Ca Ce Fe H K Mg Mn Na Nb O P Si Th Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Amphibole Beryl Chlorite Clay Columbite Epidote Feldspar Garnet Mica
Monazite None Not in a structural group Quartz Talc Titanite Zircon

17 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	36	30	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	36	30	4286
Cheralite ()*	Monazite	CaTh(PO₄)₂	36	30	50
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	36	30	1756
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Nb₂O₆	36	30	289
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	36	30	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	36	30	17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	36	30	2273
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	36	30	61156
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	36	30	1214
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	36	30	3337
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
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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