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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz 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:983236
Long-form Identifier:1:3:983236:7
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
5.6km (3.5 miles) ⓘAlpe Pedriola, Macugnaga, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
6.0km (3.7 miles) ⓘAlpe Fillar, Macugnaga, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
9.0km (5.6 miles) ⓘMattmark reservoir, Saas-Almagell, Visp, Valais, Switzerland
10.3km (6.4 miles) ⓘKreas Mine, Alagna Valsesia, Vercelli Province, Piedmont, Italy
11.1km (6.9 miles) ⓘCani Mine, Vanzone con San Carlo, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
12.0km (7.4 miles) ⓘAllalin area, Saas-Almagell, Visp, Valais, Switzerland
12.8km (7.9 miles) ⓘParagonite occurrence, Täsch Valley, Täsch, Visp, Valais, Switzerland
12.9km (8.0 miles) ⓘStockchnubel, Stockhorn, Gorner glacier area, Zermatt, Visp, Valais, Switzerland
12.9km (8.0 miles) ⓘRimpfischwäng range, Findel glacier (Findeln glacier; Findelen glacier) area, Zermatt, Visp, Valais, Switzerland
12.9km (8.0 miles) ⓘStolemberg (Stolemberg), Alagna Valsesia, Vercelli Province, Piedmont, Italy
References
Beitr. Geol. Schweiz, Geotechn. Serie, Kl. Mitt., 4, 149 pp.
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. Schweiz. Mineral. Petr. Mitt., 14, 22-149.
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
Uspensky, E., Brugger, J., and Graeser, S. (1998) REE geochemistry systematics of scheelite from the Alps using luminescence spectroscopy: from global regularities to local control. Schweizerische Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen, 78, 1, 31-54
 
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