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Locality Name:
Motto Piombino Mine, Gignese, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 47873
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-47873.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Motto Piombino Mine, Gignese, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 45°51'23"N
Longitude: 8°29'40"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.856388888889,8.4944444444444
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 Ba C Ca Cd Cl Cu Fe H K Mg O P Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba C Ca Cd Cl Cu Fe H K Mg O P Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayDiaspore
GypsumLinariteMarcasiteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksalt
SphaleriteSulphurWurtzite

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Anglesite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)
Corkite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Greenockite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Linarite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Siderite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO202162
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)02734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)60919
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)801756
Corkite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)60151
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS0717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O01689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)601066
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)20987
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl01725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)02473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS02045


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