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Pyrrhotite from
Isola Mine, Vocca, Vercelli Province, Piedmont, Italy


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrrhotite
Formula:Fe1-xS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrrhotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Isola Mine, Vocca, Vercelli Province, Piedmont, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1482531
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1482531:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrrhotite
2.6km (1.6 miles) ⓘValmaggia, Cravagliana, Vercelli Province, Piedmont, Italy
9.0km (5.6 miles) ⓘFei di Doccio, Quarona, Vercelli Province, Piedmont, Italy
12.0km (7.4 miles) ⓘBalma Mine, Campello Monti, Valstrona, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
12.2km (7.6 miles) ⓘPennino Grande Mine, Campello Monti, Valstrona, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
13.8km (8.6 miles) ⓘAlvani Mine, Campello Monti, Valstrona, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
14.3km (8.9 miles) ⓘVal Segnara gold mines, Calasca-Castiglione, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
15.9km (9.9 miles) ⓘRavinella di Sotto Mine, Forno, Valstrona, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
16.4km (10.2 miles) ⓘAlzo, Pella, Novara Province, Piedmont, Italy
17.6km (10.9 miles) ⓘAlpe Colle Superiore Mine (Croso dell'Acqua), Luzzogno, Valstrona, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
19.9km (12.4 miles) ⓘVal Toppa Mine, Marmazza Valley (Toppa Valley), Pieve Vergonte, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
References
Jervis, Guglielmo (1873) I tesori sotterranei dell'Italia descrizione topografica e geologica di tutte le localita nel Regno d'Italia [The underground treasures of Italy topographical and geological description of all the locations in the Kingdom of Italy] Vol. 1 - Regione Della Alpi.
Natale, P., and Zucchetti, S. (1976) Considerazioni sui giacimenti nicheliferi della formazione Ivrea - Verbano (con particolare riguardo al giacimento di Campello Monti in Valle Strona). Bollettino della Associazione Mineraria Subalpina, 13, 1-2, 181-190
Garuti, G., Rinaldi, R. (1986) Mineralogy of melonite-group and other tellurides from the Ivrea-Verbano basic complex, western Italian Alps. Economic Geology, 81 (5) 1213-1217 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.81.5.1213
Garuti, G., and Rinaldi, R. (1986 b) Platinum group and related minerals from the Ivrea-Verbano sulfide deposits. Rendiconti della Società Italiana di Mineralogia e Petrologia, 41, (2), 229-244
Artioli, G., Alberti, G., Cagossi, G., Davoli, M., and Molesini, M., (1990) I minerali secondari di alcuni giacimenti a solfuri della zona di Ivrea-Verbano. Rivista Mineralogica Italiana, 13, 2(2-1990), 75-81
 
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