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Pyrite from
Punta Corna - Torre di Ovarda Mines, Usseglio, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Punta Corna - Torre di Ovarda Mines, Usseglio, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:160791
Long-form Identifier:1:3:160791:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
5.2km (3.2 miles) ⓘMargone, Usseglio, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
6.1km (3.8 miles) ⓘSaulera (Saulera Alp), Mussa Alp (Pian della Mussa; Piano della Mussa; La Mussa; Lamussa), Balme, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
7.2km (4.5 miles) ⓘBeccas d'Arnas, Arnas Valley (Rio Arnas Valley), Mussa Alp (Pian della Mussa; Piano della Mussa; La Mussa; Lamussa), Balme, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
7.9km (4.9 miles) ⓘTesta Ciarva, Mussa Alp (Pian della Mussa; Piano della Mussa; La Mussa; Lamussa), Balme, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
7.9km (4.9 miles) ⓘCruvin mine, Bruzolo, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
9.6km (5.9 miles) ⓘBessanese Glacier, Mussa Alp (Pian della Mussa; Piano della Mussa; La Mussa; Lamussa), Balme, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
9.8km (6.1 miles) ⓘTesta Paian, Ala di Stura, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
10.8km (6.7 miles) ⓘAlpe delle Frasse, Laietto (Lajetto), Condove, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
12.4km (7.7 miles) ⓘBracchiello Quarry, Bracchiello, Ceres, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
13.0km (8.1 miles) ⓘMonte di Voragno talc mine (Monte di Voragno-Bellacosta Mine), Voragno, Ceres, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
References
Boscardin M. (1990) - Una rara paragenesi Alpina - Rivista Mineralogica Italiana, Milano, Fasc. 2, pp. 69-74
Moroni, Marilena, Rossetti, Piergiorgio, Naitza, Stefano, Magnani, Lorenzo, Ruggieri, Giovanni, Aquino, Andrea, Tartarotti, Paola, Franklin, Andrea, Ferrari, Elena, Castelli, Daniele, Oggiano, Giacomo, Secchi, Francesco (2019) Factors Controlling Hydrothermal Nickel and Cobalt Mineralization—Some Suggestions from Historical Ore Deposits in Italy. Minerals, 9 (7) 429 doi:10.3390/min9070429
Domenighini, Giulia; Walter, Benjamin F.; Markl, Gregor; Ferrando, Simona; Steele-MacInnis, Matthew; Santoro, Licia (2026) Late-alpine five-element mineralization in the Punta Corna vein system (Western Alps): evolution of methane-bearing crustal fluids and their role to arsenide precipitation and ore-deposit metallogeny. Ore Geology Reviews, 188. 107034 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2025.107034
 
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