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Hematite from
Lausetto Mine, San Lorenzo, Valdieri, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Hematite
Formula:Fe2O3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Hematite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Lausetto Mine, San Lorenzo, Valdieri, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:535972
Long-form Identifier:1:3:535972:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Hematite
2.9km (1.8 miles) ⓘQuartz vein outcrop, Sant'Anna di Valdieri, Valdieri, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy
3.1km (1.9 miles) ⓘMonte Ray, Entracque, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy
4.9km (3.1 miles) ⓘCotella Valley, Entracque, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy
5.5km (3.4 miles) ⓘAsta Mine (Cima d'Asta Mine), Valdieri, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy
11.0km (6.8 miles) ⓘRocca Soprana di San Giovanni, Terme di Valdieri, Valdieri, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy
11.8km (7.3 miles) ⓘPiana del Valasco, Terme di Valdieri, Valdieri, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy
12.4km (7.7 miles) ⓘLago Soprano della Valletta adit, Aisone, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy
16.1km (10.0 miles) ⓘSalèse, Le Boréon, Saint-Martin-Vésubie, Nice Arrondissement, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
17.7km (11.0 miles) ⓘCima della Lombarda-Colle della Lombarda scheelite occurrences, Sant’Anna Valley, Vinadio, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy
17.8km (11.1 miles) ⓘChastillon Valley, Isola, Nice Arrondissement, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
References
Parola, F., Ferrero, S., Summino, G., Summino, L., Bittarello, E., Antonazzo, I., Marengo, A., Ciriotti, M.E. (2023) La miniera inattiva di Lausetto in Valle Gesso (Cuneo, Piemonte) - Undici anni di ricerche mineralogiche. Micro: 21: 218-257. DOI 10.57635/MICRO.2023.21.8
Piccoli, G.C. (1997): MInerali delle Alpi Marittime e Cozie Provincia di Cuneo. Associazione Amici del Museo "F. Eusebio" Alba, Ed., Alba (Cuneo) 366 pp.
Parola, F. (2015): I minerali della Miniera del Lausetto in Valle Gesso (Cuneo). Tesi di laurea in Scienze Geologiche. Università degli Studi di Torino, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Torino, 47 pp.
 
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