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Alpe Colle Superiore Mine (Croso dell'Acqua), Luzzogno, Valstrona, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy


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Alpe Colle Superiore Mine, Luzzogno, Valstrona, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
09949760017367060814388.jpg
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Alpe Colle Superiore Mine, Luzzogno, Valstrona, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
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Alpe Colle Superiore Mine, Luzzogno, Valstrona, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Graphite
Formula:C
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Graphite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Alpe Colle Superiore Mine (Croso dell'Acqua), Luzzogno, Valstrona, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:469441
Long-form Identifier:1:3:469441:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Graphite
5.8km (3.6 miles) ⓘRavinella di Sotto Mine, Forno, Valstrona, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
6.3km (3.9 miles) ⓘOrnavasso marble quarries, Ornavasso, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
6.3km (3.9 miles) ⓘMigiandone Mine (Miggiandone), Ornavasso, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
7.8km (4.8 miles) ⓘBalma Mine, Campello Monti, Valstrona, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
7.8km (4.9 miles) ⓘAlvani Mine, Campello Monti, Valstrona, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
7.9km (4.9 miles) ⓘPennino Grande Mine, Campello Monti, Valstrona, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
8.4km (5.2 miles) ⓘCandoglia, Mergozzo, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
8.7km (5.4 miles) ⓘFreva Mine (Cuzzago Mine; Buèr Mine; Cuzzago & Nibbio Mine), Premosello-Chiovenda, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
8.8km (5.5 miles) ⓘNibbio Mine (Turrio Mine), Nibbio, Mergozzo, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
9.1km (5.6 miles) ⓘNibbio-Val Faera (Nibbio-Val Fredda) pegmatites, Nibbio, Mergozzo, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
References
I giacimenti a Fe-Cu-Zn-Mo di Ornavasso, Alpe Collo, Alpe Frera, Val di Mengo nel settore settentrionale della formazione kinzigitica, zona Ivrea-Verbano
 
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