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Locality Name:
Valgoglio, Seriana Valley, Bergamo Province, Lombardy, Italy

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2000
Youngest recorded age at locality: 100

mindat Locality ID: 55827
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-55827.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Valgoglio, Seriana Valley, Bergamo Province, Lombardy, Italy": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Goglio River
Novazza Mine

Latitude: 45°58'6"N
Longitude: 9°54'4"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.968333333333,9.9011111111111
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 As Au B C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Na O P Pb S Sb Si U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicArsenopyriteAutuniteBournoniteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperFluoriteGypsum
MalachiteMarcasiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSchoepiteSphaleriteTetrahedrite
TourmalineZippeite

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenic  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Autunite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bournonite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Curite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Metalodèvite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)
Schoepite  (*)Schorl  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Studtite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Torbernite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)Uranopilite  (*)
Vandendriesscheite  (*)Zinczippeite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs2000100169807379
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS20001001698079052
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O20001001698071272
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)220001001698075509
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS320001001698071089
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)620001001698071633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)200010016980727770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2200010016980727198
Curite  (*)NonePb3+x[(UO2)4O4+x(OH)3-x]2·2H2O200010016980751
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)220001001698079895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS200010016980724243
Gold  (*)CopperAu16980630554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O20001001698076890
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2200010016980712537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS220001001698075674
Metalodèvite  (*)NoneZn(UO2)2(AsO4)2·10H2O20001001698077
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O2000100169807443
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2200010016980739462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22000100269806,6980761156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS2000100169807712
Schoepite  (*)Schoepite(UO2)4O(OH)6(H2O)6200010016980794
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1698062705
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)20001001698076417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS200010016980721482
Studtite  (*)None(UO2)(O2)(H2O)2·2H2O200010016980725
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1320001001698075317
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O20001001698071059
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO220001001698072718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O2000100169807890
Uranopilite  (*)None(UO2)6(SO4)O2(OH)6·14H2O200010016980794
Vandendriesscheite  (*)NonePb1.6(UO2)10O6(OH)11·11H2O200010016980752
Zinczippeite  (*)ZippeiteZn(UO2)2(SO4)O2·3.5H2O20001001698076


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Giersdorf_00000856Uranium mineralization at the Novazza and Val Vedello mines are assocated with the post-Variscan volcanics of the Collio formation.
Giersdorf_00000857Uranium mineralization at the Novazza and Val Vedello mines are assocated with the post-Variscan volcanics of the Collio formation.
Giersdorf_00000858Uranium mineralization at the Novazza and Val Vedello mines are assocated with the post-Variscan volcanics of the Collio formation.


3 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
Giersdorf_00000856200018002000-1800U-Pb       29926Novazza Mine, Valgoglio, Seriana Valley, Bergamo Province, Lombardy, ItalyNovazza U Ore DepositPhilippe et al. (1987) BM110_283Age of the basement at the two localities
Giersdorf_00000857280280280U-Pb       29926Novazza Mine, Valgoglio, Seriana Valley, Bergamo Province, Lombardy, ItalyNovazza U Ore DepositPhilippe et al. (1987) BM110_283Age of primary uranium mineralization
Giersdorf_00000858100100100U-Pb       29926Novazza Mine, Valgoglio, Seriana Valley, Bergamo Province, Lombardy, ItalyNovazza U Ore DepositPhilippe et al. (1987) BM110_283Age of uranium remobilization event

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