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Native Gold from
Val Quarazza gold mines (incl. Guia Mine), Macugnaga, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Native Gold
Formula:Au
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Native Gold data
Locality Data:Click here to view Val Quarazza gold mines (incl. Guia Mine), Macugnaga, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:983234
Long-form Identifier:1:3:983234:3
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Native Gold
5.7km (3.6 miles) ⓘBelvedere Glacier, Macugnaga, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
11.1km (6.9 miles) ⓘCani Mine, Vanzone con San Carlo, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
13.0km (8.1 miles) ⓘStolemberg Mine (Vincent Mine), Gressoney-la-Trinité, Aosta Valley, Italy
17.2km (10.7 miles) ⓘVal Segnara gold mines, Calasca-Castiglione, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
20.8km (12.9 miles) ⓘVal Toppa Mine, Marmazza Valley (Toppa Valley), Pieve Vergonte, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
21.9km (13.6 miles) ⓘRavinella di Sotto Mine, Forno, Valstrona, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
29.1km (18.1 miles) ⓘGondo, Zwischbergen, Brig, Valais, Switzerland
29.2km (18.2 miles) ⓘBrusson Mine, Brusson, Aosta Valley, Italy
29.6km (18.4 miles) ⓘFenillaz lode, Brusson Mine, Brusson, Aosta Valley, Italy
31.9km (19.8 miles) ⓘArbaz, Challand-Saint-Anselme, Aosta Valley, Italy
References
Beiträge zur Geologie der Schweiz, Geotechnische Serie, Kleinere Mitteilungen, 4, 149 pp.
Barelli, Vincenzo (1835) Cenni di statistica mineralogica degli Stati di S.M. il Re di Sardegna ovvero catalogo ragionato della raccolta formatasi presso Azienda Generale dell’Interno [Outline of the mineralogical statistics of the States of His Majesty the King of Sardinia, or a reasoned catalog of the collection formed at the General Administration of the Interior]. Giuseppe Fodratti.
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.
Huttenlocher, H.F. (1934) Die Erzlagerstättenzonen der Westalpen. Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 14, 22-149
Stella, A. (1943) I giacimenti auriferi delle Alpi italiane. Memorie Descrittive della Carta Geologica d'Italia, 27, 1, 134 pp.
Mastrangelo, F., Natale, P., and Zucchetti, S. (1981) Le mineralizzazioni aurifere filoniane delle Alpi Occidentali. Atti del Simposio su «Le miniere d'oro e le acque arsenico-ferruginose della Valle Anzasca», Macugnaga, 29 novembre 1980. Notiziario dell'Associazione Mineraria Subalpina «Sottosuolo», 7, 1, 1-8
Mastrangelo, F., Natale, P., and Zucchetti, S. (1983) Quadro giacimentologico e metallogenico delle Alpi Occidentali italiane. Bollettino dell'Associazione Mineraria Subalpina, 20, 203-248
Piana Agostinetti, P., Bergonzi, G., Cattin, M., Del Soldato, M., Gamberi, F.M., and Tizzoni, M. (1995) Gold in the Alps: a view from the south. In: Morteani, G., Northover, J.P., (eds.), Prehistoric gold in Europe. Mines, metallurgy and manufacture. Kluwer Academic Publisher, Dordrecht/Boston/London, pages 199-218
Pipino, G. (2003): Oro, Miniere, Storia. Miscellanea di giacimentologia e storia mineraria italiana. Ed. Museo Storico dell'Oro Italiano, Ovada, 510 pp.
 
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