Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cassagna Mine, Ne, Graveglia Valley, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy

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

mindat Locality ID: 7019
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-7019.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cassagna Mine, Ne, Graveglia Valley, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 44°20'9"N
Longitude: 9°28'31"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.335833333333,9.4752777777778

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	Allophane	Amorphous	Andalusite	Aragonite	Ardennite	Arseniosiderite	Autunite	Axinite	Baryte
Braunite	Brochantite	Calcite	Carpholite	Chalcophyllite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Connellite	Copper
Corundum	Devilline	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Gypsum	Malachite	Medaite	Mixite
None	Not in a structural group	Pharmacosiderite	Pumpellyite	Quartz	Ramsdellite	Rhodonite	Rutile	Saneroite	Spangolite
Spinel	Stilpnomelane	Tyrolite	Volborthite	Wagnerite

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 B Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Si Sr Ti U V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Si Sr Ti U V

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Allophane Amorphous Andalusite Aragonite Ardennite Arseniosiderite Autunite Axinite Baryte
Braunite Brochantite Calcite Carpholite Chalcophyllite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Connellite Copper
Corundum Devilline Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Garnet Gypsum Malachite Medaite Mixite
None Not in a structural group Pharmacosiderite Pumpellyite Quartz Ramsdellite Rhodonite Rutile Saneroite Spangolite
Spinel Stilpnomelane Tyrolite Volborthite Wagnerite

69 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Alpeite ()*	Anatase ()*	Aragonite ()*	Ardennite-(V) ()*
Arseniosiderite ()*	Axinite-(Mn) ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*
Braunite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Carpholite ()*	Cassagnaite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Conichalcite ()*
Connellite ()*	Copper ()*	Cornubite ()*	Cornwallite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Devilline ()*	Epidote ()*	Ganophyllite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hausmannite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kutnohorite ()*	Langite ()*	Lavendulan ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Manganberzeliite ()*	Manganite ()*	Medaite ()*
Neotocite ()*	Nsutite ()*	Olivenite ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Palenzonaite ()*	Parsettensite ()*	Pharmacosiderite ()*	Piemontite ()*	Piemontite-(Sr) ()*
Pseudomalachite ()*	Pumpellyite-(Mn²⁺) ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Ranciéite ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Romanèchite ()*	Saneroite ()*	Sarkinite ()*
Spangolite ()*	Sursassite ()*	Tinzenite ()*	Tiragalloite ()*	Tyrolite ()*
Volborthite ()*	Wallkilldellite ()*	Zálesíite ()*	Zeunerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	100	100	8803
Alpeite ()*	Ardennite	Ca₄Mn³⁺₂Al₂(Mn³⁺Mg)(SiO₄)₂(Si₃O₁₀)(VO₄)(OH)₆	100	100	2
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	100	100	2162
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	100	100	3250
Ardennite-(V) ()*	Ardennite	Mn²⁺₄Al₄(AlMg)(VO₄)(SiO₄)₂(Si₃O₁₀)(OH)₆	100	100	11
Arseniosiderite ()*	Arseniosiderite	Ca₂Fe³⁺₃O₂(AsO₄)₃·3H₂O	100	100	194
Axinite-(Mn) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Mn²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂	100	100	88
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	100	100	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	100	100	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	100	100	5516
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	100	100	483
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	100	100	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	100	100	27770
Carpholite ()*	Carpholite	Mn²⁺Al₂Si₂O₆(OH)₄	100	100	25
Cassagnaite ()*	Ardennite	Ca₄Fe³⁺₄V³⁺₂(OH)₆O₂(Si₃O₁₀)(SiO₄)₂	100	100	1
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	100	100	5707
Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcophyllite	Cu₁₈Al₂(AsO₄)₄(SO₄)₃(OH)₂₄·36H₂O	100	100	194
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	100	100	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	100	100	3531
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	100	100	363
Connellite ()*	Connellite	Cu₃₆(SO₄)(OH)₆₂Cl₈·6H₂O	100	100	295
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	100	100	3846
Cornubite ()*	None	Cu₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄	100	100	109
Cornwallite ()*	None	Cu₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄	100	100	175
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	100	100	2970
Devilline ()*	Devilline	CaCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	100	100	366
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	100	100	8173
Ganophyllite ()*	Clay	(K,Na)_xMn²⁺₆(Si,Al)₁₀O₂₄(OH)₄·nH₂O (x = 1-2; n = 7-11)	100	100	45
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	100	100	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	100	100	6890
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄	100	100	350
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	100	100	14640
Kutnohorite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(CO₃)₂	100	100	234
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	100	100	593
Lavendulan ()*	None	NaCaCu₅(AsO₄)₄Cl·5H₂O	100	100	149
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	100	100	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	100	100	12537
Manganberzeliite ()*	Garnet	(NaCa₂)Mn²⁺₂(AsO₄)₃	100	100	24
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	100	100	770
Medaite ()*	Medaite	Mn²⁺₆V⁵⁺Si₅O₁₈(OH)	100	100	6
Neotocite ()*	Allophane	(Mn,Fe)SiO₃·H₂O (?)	100	100	186
Nsutite ()*	Ramsdellite	Mn²⁺_xMn⁴⁺_1-xO_2-2x(OH)_2x	100	100	121
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	100	100	492
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	100	100	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	100	100	2349
Palenzonaite ()*	Garnet	(NaCa₂)Mn²⁺₂(VO₄)₃	100	100	9
Parsettensite ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Na,Ca)_7.5(Mn,Mg)₄₉Si₇₂O₁₆₈(OH)₅₀·nH₂O	100	100	43
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O	100	100	428
Piemontite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂(Al₂Mn³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	100	100	260
Piemontite-(Sr) ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	CaSr(Al₂Mn³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	100	100	12
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	100	100	369
Pumpellyite-(Mn²⁺) ()*	Pumpellyite	Ca₂Mn²⁺Al₂(Si₂O₇)(SiO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O	100	100	15
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	100	100	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	100	100	61156
Ranciéite ()*	None	(Ca,Mn²⁺)_0.2(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂·0.6H₂O	100	100	177
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	100	100	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	100	100	969
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀	100	100	312
Saneroite ()*	Saneroite	NaMn²⁺₅[Si₅O₁₄(OH)](VO₃)(OH)	100	100	6
Sarkinite ()*	Wagnerite	Mn²⁺₂(AsO₄)(OH)	100	100	30
Spangolite ()*	Spangolite	Cu₆Al(SO₄)(OH)₁₂Cl·3H₂O	100	100	105
Sursassite ()*	Ardennite	Mn²⁺₂Al₃(SiO₄)(Si₂O₇)(OH)₃	100	100	24
Tinzenite ()*	Axinite	Ca₂Mn²⁺₄Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂	100	100	24
Tiragalloite ()*	None	Mn²⁺₄As⁵⁺Si₃O₁₂(OH)	100	100	15
Tyrolite ()*	Tyrolite	Ca₂Cu₉(AsO₄)₄(CO₃)(OH)₈·11H₂O	100	100	245
Volborthite ()*	Volborthite	Cu₃V₂O₇(OH)₂·2H₂O	100	100	155
Wallkilldellite ()*	None	Ca₂Mn²⁺₃(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄·9H₂O	100	100	20
Zálesíite ()*	Mixite	CaCu₆(AsO₄)₂(AsO₃OH)(OH)₆·3H₂O	100	100	84
Zeunerite ()*	Autunite	Cu(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·12H₂O	100	100	185

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_558	Manganese ore deposits formed in association with black smokers.

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
	Michelle_558	100	100	100		Age of ore deposits					Yes				7029	Ne, Graveglia Valley, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy	Val Graveglia Manganese District	Marchesini and Pagano (2001)		MR32_349	Age of ore deposits

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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