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Locality Name:
Vedello Valley, Piateda, Valtellina, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy

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

mindat Locality ID: 72889
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-72889.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vedello Valley, Piateda, Valtellina, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, 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

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Arsenopyrite	Autunite	Brannerite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum
Covellite	Fluorite	Malachite	Monazite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Zircon

Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Autunite ()*	Azurite ()*	Brannerite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cinnabar ()*
Cobaltite ()*	Covellite ()*	Florencite-(Ce) ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Huttonite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Linnaeite ()*	Malachite ()*
Mercury ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Torbernite ()*
Uraninite ()*	Zircon ()*

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: Ag Al As Au C Ca Ce Co Cu Fe H Hg Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Th Ti U Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au C Ca Ce Co Cu Fe H Hg Mg Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Th Ti U Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Arsenopyrite Autunite Brannerite Calcite Chalcopyrite Cobaltite Copper Corundum
Covellite Fluorite Malachite Monazite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Zircon

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2000	100	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2000	100	9052
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	2000	100	1272
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2000	100	5509
Brannerite ()*	Brannerite	UTi₂O₆	2000	100	248
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2000	100	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2000	100	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2000	100	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	2000	100	3531
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	2000	100	2600
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	2000	100	966
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2000	100	4165
Florencite-(Ce) ()*	Alunite	CeAl₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₆	2000	100	73
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2000	100	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2000	100	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2000	100	14640
Huttonite ()*	Monazite	Th(SiO₄)	2000	100	37
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2000	100	5433
Linnaeite ()*	Spinel	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂S₄	2000	100	249
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2000	100	12537
Mercury ()*	None	Hg	2000	100	397
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	2000	100	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2000	100	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2000	100	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2000	100	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2000	100	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2000	100	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2000	100	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2000	100	5317
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	2000	100	1059
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2000	100	2718
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2000	100	5251

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000856	Uranium mineralization at the Novazza and Val Vedello mines are assocated with the post-Variscan volcanics of the Collio formation.
Giersdorf_00000857	Uranium mineralization at the Novazza and Val Vedello mines are assocated with the post-Variscan volcanics of the Collio formation.
Giersdorf_00000858	Uranium 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 ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age from other Locality	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID	Age Notes
Giersdorf_00000856	2000	1800	2000-1800	U-Pb	Yes	29926	Novazza Mine, Valgoglio, Seriana Valley, Bergamo Province, Lombardy, Italy	Novazza U Ore Deposit	Philippe et al. (1987)	BM110_283	Age of the basement at the two localities
Giersdorf_00000857	280	280	280	U-Pb	Yes	29926	Novazza Mine, Valgoglio, Seriana Valley, Bergamo Province, Lombardy, Italy	Novazza U Ore Deposit	Philippe et al. (1987)	BM110_283	Age of primary uranium mineralization
Giersdorf_00000858	100	100	100	U-Pb	Yes	29926	Novazza Mine, Valgoglio, Seriana Valley, Bergamo Province, Lombardy, Italy	Novazza U Ore Deposit	Philippe et al. (1987)	BM110_283	Age of uranium remobilization event

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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