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Galena from
Val Toppa Mine, Marmazza Valley (Toppa Valley), Pieve Vergonte, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Galena
Formula:PbS
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Galena data
Locality Data:Click here to view Val Toppa Mine, Marmazza Valley (Toppa Valley), Pieve Vergonte, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:535995
Long-form Identifier:1:3:535995:0
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Galena
2.1km (1.3 miles) ⓘCase Bardot, Fomarco, Marmazza Valley (Toppa Valley), Pieve Vergonte, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
2.4km (1.5 miles) ⓘFomarco, Marmazza Valley (Toppa Valley), Pieve Vergonte, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
5.9km (3.7 miles) ⓘVal Segnara gold mines, Calasca-Castiglione, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
7.9km (4.9 miles) ⓘPianasca Quarry, Villadossola, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
8.8km (5.5 miles) ⓘBeura quarries, Beura-Cardezza, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
9.2km (5.7 miles) ⓘMigiandone Mine (Miggiandone), Ornavasso, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
10.4km (6.5 miles) ⓘCani Mine, Vanzone con San Carlo, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
11.1km (6.9 miles) ⓘSan Pietro Quarry (San Pietro Oratory), Nibbio, Mergozzo, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
16.4km (10.2 miles) ⓘPizzo Marcio South-East dyke, Pizzo Marcio, Trontano, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
16.4km (10.2 miles) ⓘPizzo Marcio North dyke, Pizzo Marcio, Trontano, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
References
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.
Le Neve Forster, C., (1869) Scheelit von Domodossola in Piemont. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt, 13, 300
Le Neve Forster, C. (1870) On the occurrence of the mineral scheelite (tungstate of lime) at Val Toppa Gold mine, near Domodossola, Piedmont. Notices and Abstracts. Report of the Thirthy-ninth Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science held at Exeter in August 1869. John Murray, London, 88
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.
Stella, A. (1943) I giacimenti auriferi delle Alpi italiane. Memorie Descrittive della Carta Geologica d'Italia, 27, 1, 134 pp.
Mattioli, V. (1979) Minerali Ossolani. Arti Grafiche Medesi. 268pp.
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
Piccoli, G.C., Maletto, G., Bosio, P., Lombardo, B. (2007) Minerali del Piemonte e della Valle d'Aosta - Associazione Amici del Museo "F. Eusebio" Alba.
 
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