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


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Siderite
Formula:FeCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Erythrite1
Parasymplesite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Siderite 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:160802
Long-form Identifier:1:3:160802:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Siderite
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
17.5km (10.9 miles) ⓘTraduerivi, Susa, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
21.4km (13.3 miles) ⓘColle del Vento, Villar Focchiardo, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
21.8km (13.5 miles) ⓘParete delle Aquile, Noasca, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
22.2km (13.8 miles) ⓘChiapili di sotto, Ceresole Reale, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
23.4km (14.5 miles) ⓘLa Cuccagna Mine, Noasca, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
24.7km (15.4 miles) ⓘMont-Cenis gypsum outcrop (Mont-Cenis gypsum hillock), Mont-Cenis Plateau, Lanslebourg-Mont-Cenis, Val-Cenis, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Savoie, Auvergne-RhÃīne-Alpes, France
28.8km (17.9 miles) ⓘMount Bocciarda mines, Perosa Argentina, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
33.8km (21.0 miles) ⓘCase Berge, Salbertrand, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
33.9km (21.1 miles) ⓘMoncellier, Salbertrand, 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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