Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cogne Mines, Cogne, Aosta Valley, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 72512
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-72512.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cogne Mines, Cogne, Aosta Valley, Italy": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Colonna Mine
Costa Del Pino Mine
Larsinaz Mine
Liconi Mine
West Slope Montzalet

Latitude: 45°36'49"N
Longitude: 7°23'7"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.613611111111,7.3852777777778

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.

Aragonite	Artinite	Brucite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Diaspore	Fluorite	Garnet
Humite	Hydrotalcite	Melanterite	Nickeline	None	Olivine	Pentlandite	Pyroxene	Serpentine	Sphalerite
Spinel	Talc	Wollastonite

Andradite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Artinite ()*	Augite ()*
Bornite ()*	Brucite ()*	Brugnatellite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chondrodite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Clinohumite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Goethite ()*
Graphite ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*	Lansfordite ()*	Linnaeite ()*	Lizardite ()*
Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Nesquehonite ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*	Uraninite ()*	Wollastonite ()*

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 Co Cr Cu F Fe H Mg Ni O S Si U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca F Fe H Mg O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Artinite Brucite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Diaspore Fluorite Garnet
Humite Hydrotalcite Melanterite Nickeline None Olivine Pentlandite Pyroxene Serpentine Sphalerite
Spinel Talc Wollastonite

35 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	3	68340,68341,68342	1534
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	3	68340,68341,68342	708
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	0		3250
Artinite ()*	Artinite	Mg₂(CO₃)(OH)₂·3H₂O	0		75
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	0		2060
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	68342	5516
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	1	68341	462
Brugnatellite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Fe³⁺(CO₃)(OH)₁₃·4H₂O	0		32
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	68340,68341	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	68342	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	68342	27198
Chondrodite ()*	Humite	Mg₅(SiO₄)₂F₂	1	68341	285
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2	68341,68342	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	3	68340,68341,68342	1756
Clinohumite ()*	Humite	Mg₉(SiO₄)₄F₂	0		236
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	3	68340,68341,68342	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	68341	9895
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	68341	1188
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	0		7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	0		2812
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	0		341
Lansfordite ()*	None	Mg(CO₃)·5H₂O	0		17
Linnaeite ()*	Spinel	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂S₄	1	68341	249
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	3	68340,68341,68342	359
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	68341	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	68340,68341,68342	14899
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	0		915
Nesquehonite ()*	None	Mg(CO₃)·3H₂O	0		80
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	68342	1512
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	68341,68342	9056
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	68341,68342	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	68340,68341	3337
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2	68340,68341	2718
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	0		1247

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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