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Locality Name:
Punta Corna - Torre Di Ovarda Mines, Usseglio, Viù Valley, Lanzo Valleys, Metropolitan City Of Turin, Piedmont, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 31111
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31111.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Punta Corna - Torre Di Ovarda Mines, Usseglio, Viù Valley, Lanzo Valleys, Metropolitan City Of Turin, Piedmont, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 45°15'16"N
Longitude: 7°13'57"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.254444444444,7.2325

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.

Adelite	Amphibole	Andalusite	Arsenic	Arseniosiderite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chenevixite	Cobaltite	Corundum
Covellite	Diaspore	Löllingite	Malachite	Mixite	Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite
Pharmacosiderite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Roselite	Skutterudite	Tetrahedrite	Thomsonite	Tyrolite	Vivianite

Annabergite ()*	Antimony ()*	Arsenic ()*	Arseniosiderite ()*	Azurite ()*
Brandtite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chenevixite ()*
Cobaltite ()*	Conichalcite ()*	Cornwallite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Delafossite ()*	Erythrite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Köttigite ()*
Löllingite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mixite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Nickelskutterudite ()*
Olivenite ()*	Parasymplesite ()*	Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pitticite ()*	Prehnite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rammelsbergite ()*	Safflorite ()*	Scolecite ()*
Scorodite ()*	Siderite ()*	Skutterudite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Todorokite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Tyrolite ()*

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 As Ba Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O S Sb Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O S Sb Si Sr Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Amphibole Andalusite Arsenic Arseniosiderite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chenevixite Cobaltite Corundum
Covellite Diaspore Löllingite Malachite Mixite Natrolite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Perovskite
Pharmacosiderite Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Roselite Skutterudite Tetrahedrite Thomsonite Tyrolite Vivianite

44 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	445
Antimony ()*	Arsenic	Sb	363
Arsenic ()*	Arsenic	As	379
Arseniosiderite ()*	Arseniosiderite	Ca₂Fe³⁺₃O₂(AsO₄)₃·3H₂O	194
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Brandtite ()*	Roselite	Ca₂Mn²⁺(AsO₄)₂·2H₂O	18
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chenevixite ()*	Chenevixite	CuFe³⁺(AsO₄)(OH)₂	90
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	966
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	363
Cornwallite ()*	None	Cu₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄	175
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2970
Delafossite ()*	None	Cu¹⁺Fe³⁺O₂	144
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	814
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Köttigite ()*	Vivianite	Zn₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	60
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	762
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Mixite ()*	Mixite	Cu₆Bi(AsO₄)₃(OH)₆·3H₂O	168
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	633
Nickelskutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	(Ni,Co,Fe)As₃	176
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	492
Parasymplesite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	124
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O	428
Pitticite ()*	None	[Fe,AsO₄,SO₄,H₂O] (?)	140
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rammelsbergite ()*	Löllingite	NiAs₂	233
Safflorite ()*	Löllingite	CoAs₂	317
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	390
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1153
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	531
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	452
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	433
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2562
Tyrolite ()*	Tyrolite	Ca₂Cu₉(AsO₄)₄(CO₃)(OH)₈·11H₂O	245

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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