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Cannero Riviera ore body, Trarego Viggiona, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italyi
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Cannero Riviera ore bodyProspect
Trarego ViggionaCommune
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
46° 1' 36'' North , 8° 39' 25'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Trarego197 (2014)1.3km
Cannero Riviera917 (2014)1.8km
Viggiona152 (2014)2.7km
Gonte501 (2014)3.6km
Oggebbio836 (2013)4.1km
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ClubLocationDistance
Club Cercatori di Minerali e Fossili TicinoViganello, Ticino24km


The Cannero Riviera orebody crops out about 0.5 km2 at 46°1’37" N; 8°39’24" E and displays roughly a sub-circular shape. It is hosted in an area where the mylonitic Ordovician orthogneiss and Variscan micaschists/paragneisses belonging to Scisti dei Laghi unit exhibit brecciated textures due to the Rio Cannero Fault activity. Ore minerals occur as a stockwork of discontinuous discordant and concordant veins, displaying numerous sulphides-rich oreshoots, in which arsenopyrite is the most recurrent mineral, alternating with poorly mineralized zones, in a quartz-carbonatic gangue.

The most abundant paragenesis (Type A) consists of euhedral arsenopyrite, pyrite and medium-grained pyrrhotine, chalcopyrite, sphalerite, scheelite and gold/electrum. Disseminated fluorite, albite and titanite are also present. A second paragenesis (Type B), which occurs as mm- up to cm-thick micro-veins cutting, overprinting and brecciating the Type A veins and host rocks, is made of medium-fine grained arsenopyrite, pyrite, pyrrhotine, chalcopyrite and scheelite, with minor native bismuth, bismuthinite, bismuth sulphosalt and tellurium in carbonate-quartz gangue. Furthermore, undeformed prehnite has been found in micro-veins.

The ore body dispersed also gold, scheelite, garnet and magnetite granules, thanks to the mechanical erosion and chemical alteration, into the Rio Cannero alluvial sediments.

Since 2016, mining exploration activities are carried out by the company Alpine Gold Lodes Snc.

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Mineral List


19 valid minerals.

Rock Types Recorded

Note: data is currently VERY limited. Please bear with us while we work towards adding this information!

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Detailed Mineral List:

Albite
Formula: Na(AlSi3O8)
Reference: Oberto, M., and Petroccia, A. (2021) Preliminary data of the Cannero Riviera mineralized system (Southern Alpine Domain, Western Alps, Italy). Rendiconti Online della Società Geologica Italiana, 53, 14-20.
Albite var. Oligoclase
Formula: (Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]
Reference: Oberto, M., and Petroccia, A. (2021) Preliminary data of the Cannero Riviera mineralized system (Southern Alpine Domain, Western Alps, Italy). Rendiconti Online della Società Geologica Italiana, 53, 14-20.
'Apatite'
Formula: Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
Reference: Oberto, M., and Petroccia, A. (2021) Preliminary data of the Cannero Riviera mineralized system (Southern Alpine Domain, Western Alps, Italy). Rendiconti Online della Società Geologica Italiana, 53, 14-20.
Arsenopyrite
Formula: FeAsS
Reference: Oberto, M., and Petroccia, A. (2021) Preliminary data of the Cannero Riviera mineralized system (Southern Alpine Domain, Western Alps, Italy). Rendiconti Online della Società Geologica Italiana, 53, 14-20.
'Biotite'
Formula: K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 or Simplified: K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH)2
Reference: Oberto, M., and Petroccia, A. (2021) Preliminary data of the Cannero Riviera mineralized system (Southern Alpine Domain, Western Alps, Italy). Rendiconti Online della Società Geologica Italiana, 53, 14-20.
Bismuth
Formula: Bi
Reference: Oberto, M., and Petroccia, A. (2021) Preliminary data of the Cannero Riviera mineralized system (Southern Alpine Domain, Western Alps, Italy). Rendiconti Online della Società Geologica Italiana, 53, 14-20.
Bismuthinite
Formula: Bi2S3
Reference: Oberto, M., and Petroccia, A. (2021) Preliminary data of the Cannero Riviera mineralized system (Southern Alpine Domain, Western Alps, Italy). Rendiconti Online della Società Geologica Italiana, 53, 14-20.
Chalcopyrite
Formula: CuFeS2
Reference: Oberto, M., and Petroccia, A. (2021) Preliminary data of the Cannero Riviera mineralized system (Southern Alpine Domain, Western Alps, Italy). Rendiconti Online della Società Geologica Italiana, 53, 14-20.
'Chlorite Group'
Reference: Oberto, M., and Petroccia, A. (2021) Preliminary data of the Cannero Riviera mineralized system (Southern Alpine Domain, Western Alps, Italy). Rendiconti Online della Società Geologica Italiana, 53, 14-20.
Epidote
Formula: {Ca2}{Al2Fe3+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH)
Reference: Oberto, M., and Petroccia, A. (2021) Preliminary data of the Cannero Riviera mineralized system (Southern Alpine Domain, Western Alps, Italy). Rendiconti Online della Società Geologica Italiana, 53, 14-20.
Fluorite
Formula: CaF2
Reference: Oberto, M., and Petroccia, A. (2021) Preliminary data of the Cannero Riviera mineralized system (Southern Alpine Domain, Western Alps, Italy). Rendiconti Online della Società Geologica Italiana, 53, 14-20.
'Garnet Group'
Formula: X3Z2(SiO4)3
Reference: Oberto, M., and Petroccia, A. (2021) Preliminary data of the Cannero Riviera mineralized system (Southern Alpine Domain, Western Alps, Italy). Rendiconti Online della Società Geologica Italiana, 53, 14-20.
Gold
Formula: Au
Reference: Oberto, M., and Petroccia, A. (2021) Preliminary data of the Cannero Riviera mineralized system (Southern Alpine Domain, Western Alps, Italy). Rendiconti Online della Società Geologica Italiana, 53, 14-20.
Gold var. Electrum
Formula: (Au,Ag)
Reference: Oberto, M., and Petroccia, A. (2021) Preliminary data of the Cannero Riviera mineralized system (Southern Alpine Domain, Western Alps, Italy). Rendiconti Online della Società Geologica Italiana, 53, 14-20.
Magnetite
Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4
Reference: Oberto, M., and Petroccia, A. (2021) Preliminary data of the Cannero Riviera mineralized system (Southern Alpine Domain, Western Alps, Italy). Rendiconti Online della Società Geologica Italiana, 53, 14-20.
Muscovite
Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Reference: Oberto, M., and Petroccia, A. (2021) Preliminary data of the Cannero Riviera mineralized system (Southern Alpine Domain, Western Alps, Italy). Rendiconti Online della Società Geologica Italiana, 53, 14-20.
Muscovite var. Sericite
Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Reference: Oberto, M., and Petroccia, A. (2021) Preliminary data of the Cannero Riviera mineralized system (Southern Alpine Domain, Western Alps, Italy). Rendiconti Online della Società Geologica Italiana, 53, 14-20.
'Plagioclase'
Formula: (Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
Reference: Oberto, M., and Petroccia, A. (2021) Preliminary data of the Cannero Riviera mineralized system (Southern Alpine Domain, Western Alps, Italy). Rendiconti Online della Società Geologica Italiana, 53, 14-20.
Prehnite
Formula: Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2
Reference: Oberto, M., and Petroccia, A. (2021) Preliminary data of the Cannero Riviera mineralized system (Southern Alpine Domain, Western Alps, Italy). Rendiconti Online della Società Geologica Italiana, 53, 14-20.
Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
Reference: Oberto, M., and Petroccia, A. (2021) Preliminary data of the Cannero Riviera mineralized system (Southern Alpine Domain, Western Alps, Italy). Rendiconti Online della Società Geologica Italiana, 53, 14-20.
Pyrrhotite
Formula: Fe1-xS
Reference: Oberto, M., and Petroccia, A. (2021) Preliminary data of the Cannero Riviera mineralized system (Southern Alpine Domain, Western Alps, Italy). Rendiconti Online della Società Geologica Italiana, 53, 14-20.
Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Reference: Oberto, M., and Petroccia, A. (2021) Preliminary data of the Cannero Riviera mineralized system (Southern Alpine Domain, Western Alps, Italy). Rendiconti Online della Società Geologica Italiana, 53, 14-20.
'Rhombohedral Carbonate'
Formula: (Ca/Mg/Fe/Mn etc)CO3
Reference: Oberto, M., and Petroccia, A. (2021) Preliminary data of the Cannero Riviera mineralized system (Southern Alpine Domain, Western Alps, Italy). Rendiconti Online della Società Geologica Italiana, 53, 14-20.
Scheelite
Formula: Ca(WO4)
Reference: Oberto, M., and Petroccia, A. (2021) Preliminary data of the Cannero Riviera mineralized system (Southern Alpine Domain, Western Alps, Italy). Rendiconti Online della Società Geologica Italiana, 53, 14-20.
Sphalerite
Formula: ZnS
Reference: Oberto, M., and Petroccia, A. (2021) Preliminary data of the Cannero Riviera mineralized system (Southern Alpine Domain, Western Alps, Italy). Rendiconti Online della Società Geologica Italiana, 53, 14-20.
Staurolite
Formula: Fe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)
Reference: Oberto, M., and Petroccia, A. (2021) Preliminary data of the Cannero Riviera mineralized system (Southern Alpine Domain, Western Alps, Italy). Rendiconti Online della Società Geologica Italiana, 53, 14-20.
Tellurium
Formula: Te
Reference: Oberto, M., and Petroccia, A. (2021) Preliminary data of the Cannero Riviera mineralized system (Southern Alpine Domain, Western Alps, Italy). Rendiconti Online della Società Geologica Italiana, 53, 14-20.
Titanite
Formula: CaTi(SiO4)O
Reference: Oberto, M., and Petroccia, A. (2021) Preliminary data of the Cannero Riviera mineralized system (Southern Alpine Domain, Western Alps, Italy). Rendiconti Online della Società Geologica Italiana, 53, 14-20.
'White mica'
Reference: Oberto, M., and Petroccia, A. (2021) Preliminary data of the Cannero Riviera mineralized system (Southern Alpine Domain, Western Alps, Italy). Rendiconti Online della Società Geologica Italiana, 53, 14-20.

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
Bismuth1.CA.05Bi
Gold1.AA.05Au
var. Electrum1.AA.05(Au,Ag)
Tellurium1.CC.10Te
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Arsenopyrite2.EB.20FeAsS
Bismuthinite2.DB.05Bi2S3
Chalcopyrite2.CB.10aCuFeS2
Pyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Pyrrhotite2.CC.10Fe1-xS
Sphalerite2.CB.05aZnS
Group 3 - Halides
Fluorite3.AB.25CaF2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Magnetite4.BB.05Fe2+Fe3+2O4
Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
Scheelite7.GA.05Ca(WO4)
Group 9 - Silicates
Albite9.FA.35Na(AlSi3O8)
var. Oligoclase9.FA.35(Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]
Epidote9.BG.05a{Ca2}{Al2Fe3+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH)
Muscovite9.EC.15KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
var. Sericite9.EC.15KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Prehnite9.DP.20Ca2Al2Si3O10(OH)2
Staurolite9.AF.30Fe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)
Titanite9.AG.15CaTi(SiO4)O
Unclassified Minerals, Rocks, etc.
'Apatite'-Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
'Biotite'-K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 or Simplified: K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH)2
'Chlorite Group'-
'Garnet Group'-X3Z2(SiO4)3
'Plagioclase'-(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
'Rhombohedral Carbonate'-(Ca/Mg/Fe/Mn etc)CO3
'White mica'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H Epidote{Ca2}{Al2Fe3+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH)
H PrehniteCa2Al2Si3O10(OH)2
H ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
H Muscovite var. SericiteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
H BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 or Simplified: K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH)2
H StauroliteFe22+Al9Si4O23(OH)
H MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
CCarbon
C Rhombohedral Carbonate(Ca/Mg/Fe/Mn etc)CO3
OOxygen
O AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
O Epidote{Ca2}{Al2Fe3+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH)
O Garnet GroupX3Z2(SiO4)3
O MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
O Albite var. Oligoclase(Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]
O PrehniteCa2Al2Si3O10(OH)2
O QuartzSiO2
O ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
O ScheeliteCa(WO4)
O Muscovite var. SericiteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
O TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O
O BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 or Simplified: K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH)2
O Plagioclase(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
O StauroliteFe22+Al9Si4O23(OH)
O MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
O Rhombohedral Carbonate(Ca/Mg/Fe/Mn etc)CO3
FFluorine
F ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
F BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 or Simplified: K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH)2
F FluoriteCaF2
NaSodium
Na AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Na Albite var. Oligoclase(Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]
Na Plagioclase(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
MgMagnesium
Mg BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 or Simplified: K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH)2
Mg Rhombohedral Carbonate(Ca/Mg/Fe/Mn etc)CO3
AlAluminium
Al AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Al Epidote{Ca2}{Al2Fe3+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH)
Al Albite var. Oligoclase(Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]
Al PrehniteCa2Al2Si3O10(OH)2
Al Muscovite var. SericiteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Al BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 or Simplified: K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH)2
Al Plagioclase(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
Al StauroliteFe22+Al9Si4O23(OH)
Al MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
SiSilicon
Si AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Si Epidote{Ca2}{Al2Fe3+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH)
Si Garnet GroupX3Z2(SiO4)3
Si Albite var. Oligoclase(Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]
Si PrehniteCa2Al2Si3O10(OH)2
Si QuartzSiO2
Si Muscovite var. SericiteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Si TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O
Si BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 or Simplified: K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH)2
Si Plagioclase(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
Si StauroliteFe22+Al9Si4O23(OH)
Si MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
PPhosphorus
P ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
SSulfur
S ArsenopyriteFeAsS
S BismuthiniteBi2S3
S ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
S PyriteFeS2
S PyrrhotiteFe1-xS
S SphaleriteZnS
ClChlorine
Cl ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
KPotassium
K Muscovite var. SericiteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
K BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 or Simplified: K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH)2
K MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
CaCalcium
Ca Epidote{Ca2}{Al2Fe3+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH)
Ca Albite var. Oligoclase(Na,Ca)[Al(Si,Al)Si2O8]
Ca PrehniteCa2Al2Si3O10(OH)2
Ca ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
Ca ScheeliteCa(WO4)
Ca TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O
Ca Plagioclase(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
Ca Rhombohedral Carbonate(Ca/Mg/Fe/Mn etc)CO3
Ca FluoriteCaF2
TiTitanium
Ti TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O
Ti BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 or Simplified: K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH)2
MnManganese
Mn Rhombohedral Carbonate(Ca/Mg/Fe/Mn etc)CO3
FeIron
Fe ArsenopyriteFeAsS
Fe ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Fe Epidote{Ca2}{Al2Fe3+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH)
Fe MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
Fe PyriteFeS2
Fe PyrrhotiteFe1-xS
Fe BiotiteK(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2 or Simplified: K(Mg,Fe)3AlSi3O10(OH)2
Fe StauroliteFe22+Al9Si4O23(OH)
Fe Rhombohedral Carbonate(Ca/Mg/Fe/Mn etc)CO3
CuCopper
Cu ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
ZnZinc
Zn SphaleriteZnS
AsArsenic
As ArsenopyriteFeAsS
AgSilver
Ag Gold var. Electrum(Au,Ag)
TeTellurium
Te TelluriumTe
WTungsten
W ScheeliteCa(WO4)
AuGold
Au GoldAu
Au Gold var. Electrum(Au,Ag)
BiBismuth
Bi BismuthBi
Bi BismuthiniteBi2S3

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