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Locality Name:
Scrava Mine (Statale Mine), Statale, Ne, Graveglia Valley, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy

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

mindat Locality ID: 7028
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-7028.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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 C Ca Cl Cu H Mn O S V 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cl Cu H Mn O S V 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcophylliteConnelliteMixiteNoneNot in a structural groupRutileVolborthite

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcophyllite  (*)Connellite  (*)
Cornubite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Langite  (*)Parnauite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Volborthite  (*)Zálesíite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)210010005509
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)100100027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S10010005707
Chalcophyllite  (*)ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24·36H2O1001000194
Connellite  (*)ConnelliteCu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O1001000295
Cornubite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)41001000109
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O10010002970
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O1001000593
Parnauite  (*)NoneCu9(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)10·7H2O1001000105
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO210010003106
Volborthite  (*)VolborthiteCu3V2O7(OH)2·2H2O1001000155
Zálesíite  (*)MixiteCaCu6(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)(OH)6·3H2O100100084



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_558Manganese ore deposits formed in association with black smokers.


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
Michelle_558100100100 Age of ore deposits   Yes  7029Ne, Graveglia Valley, Genova Province, Liguria, ItalyVal Graveglia Manganese DistrictMarchesini and Pagano (2001) MR32_349Age of ore deposits


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