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Novazza mine, Valgoglio, Goglio Valley, Seriana Valley, Bergamo Province, Lombardy, Italy

(Miniera di Novazza, Valgoglio, Val Goglio, Val Seriana, Bergamo, Lombardia, Italia)

Abandoned uranium mine (research phases 1959-1963 and new researches in 1970-1973). They are the main entrance, galleries at four levels and big dumps.
As usual in the northern uranium mines, also this deposit is hosted by Paleozoic rocks (in this case metamorphic rocks which were originally rhyolitic tuffs).

References:
-Ravagnani, D. (1974): I giacimenti uraniferi Italiani ed i loro minerali. Gruppo Mineralogico Lombardo - Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano, Eds., Milano, 188 pp.
-Ravagnani, D. (1981). Il giacimento uranifero di Novazza. Rivista Mineralogica Italiana, 5(2), 39-46.

-Maida, F. (2002): Descrizione delle specie e varietà di minerali e loro ritrovamento nella Bergamasca. G.O.M. Gruppo Orobico Minerali - Novecento Grafico, Ed., Bergamo 82 pp. (geologic part by F. Pezzotta).





Mineral List:
Arsenic
Arsenopyrite
Autunite
Azurite
Bournonite
Calcite
Chalcopyrite
Curite
Dolomite
Galena
Gypsum
Malachite
Marcasite
Metatorbernite
Pyrite
Quartz
Realgar
Schoepite
Siderite
Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite
Torbernite
Uraninite
var: Pitchblende
Uranophane
Uranopilite
Vandendriesscheite
Zinczippeite


28 entries listed. 27 valid minerals.

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