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Locality Name:
Finero Ultramafic Complex (incl. Rio Creves), Different Municipalities, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy

Oldest recorded age at locality: 238
Youngest recorded age at locality: 212

mindat Locality ID: 55754
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-55754.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Finero Ultramafic Complex (incl. Rio Creves), Different Municipalities, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°6'30"N
Longitude: 8°33'12"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.108333333333,8.5533333333333
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 C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Ir K Mg Mo Na Ni O Pd Pt Rh Ru S Si Te Th Ti U Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cr Cu Fe H Ir K Mg Mo Na Ni O Pd Pt Rh Ru S Si Te Th Ti U Y Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleBaddeleyiteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumFluoriteMeloniteMicaMillerite
MolybdeniteMonaziteNoneOlivinePyritePyroxeneRutileSpinelZirconZirconolite

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Baddeleyite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Copper  (*)
Corundum  (*)Cuproiridsite  (*)Cuprorhodsite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Enstatite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Geikielite  (*)Graphite  (*)Hercynite  (*)
Huttonite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Laurite  (*)Merenskyite  (*)Millerite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Pargasite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Platinum  (*)Potassic-richterite  (*)
Rutile  (*)Spinel  (*)Thorianite  (*)Thorite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Zircon  (*)Zirconolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baddeleyite  (*)BaddeleyiteZrO22382120238
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS423821205516
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2238212027198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O423821203902
Copper  (*)CopperCu23821203846
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O323821201797
Cuproiridsite  (*)SpinelCu(Ir3+Ir4+)S4238212031
Cuprorhodsite  (*)Spinel(Cu1+0.5Fe3+0.5)Rh3+2S4238212034
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O623821204135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)223821209895
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O62382120944
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)23821201188
Geikielite  (*)CorundumMgTiO3238212070
Graphite  (*)NoneC23821202812
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O42382120407
Huttonite  (*)MonaziteTh(SiO4)238212037
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O323821205433
Laurite  (*)PyriteRuS22382120226
Merenskyite  (*)MelonitePdTe22382120155
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS23821201066
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS223821205800
Pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)22382120313
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)223821202273
Platinum  (*)CopperPt2382120485
Potassic-richterite  (*)AmphiboleK(NaCa)Mg5Si8O22(OH)2238212021
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO223821205614
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O423821201934
Thorianite  (*)FluoriteThO22382120236
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)23821201006
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO223821202718
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)23821205251
Zirconolite  (*)Zirconolite(Ca,Y)Zr(Ti,Mg,Al)2O72382120140


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Bradley_2012_042238212225±13U/Pb zircon   Zircon  55754Finero Ultramafic Complex (incl. Rio Creves), Different Municipalities, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy[Finero Peridotite]McCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 

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