Laval, Troncea Valley, Pragelato, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italyi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Laval | Hamlet (Abandoned) |
| Troncea Valley | Valley |
| Pragelato | Commune |
| Metropolitan City of Turin | Metropolitan City |
| Piedmont | Region |
| Italy | - not defined - |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
44° 58' 23'' North , 6° 55' 54'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Hamlet (Abandoned) - last checked 2022
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Sestriere | 838 (2012) | 4.6km |
| Pragelato-Ruà | 402 (2014) | 4.6km |
| Colle Sestriere | 646 (2014) | 4.7km |
| Sauze d'Oulx | 1,096 (2014) | 8.1km |
| Oulx | 2,256 (2014) | 10.4km |
Mindat Locality ID:
420511
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:420511:4
GUID (UUID V4):
e039c88d-7b6d-44d1-ae16-fbc7a1e0f7ab
Other Languages:
French:
Laval, Val Troncea (Val Tronchée), Pragela (Pragelas), Ville métropolitaine de Turin (Province de Turin), Piémont, Italie
Italian:
Laval, Val Troncea, Pragelato, Città metropolitana di Torino (Provincia di Torino), Piemonte, Italia
Occitan:
Lavôl, Val Tronche, Prajalats (Pradzalà), Ciutat metropolitana de Turin (Província de Turin), Piemont, Itàlia
Laval is an hamlet abandoned in 1942 and set on fire by the Nazi-fascists in 1944. The small cemetery near the old parish church is known as the miners' cemetery, because here are buried 78 of the 81 miners of the Beth Mine killed in an avalanche on April 19, 1904.
The area around Laval consists of glacial and landslide deposits, including boulders of rocks of the Piemonte Zone (calcschists with meta-ophiolites). Outcrops of such rocks are observable 30-50 m above Laval to the north and along the valley drained by Rio della Volpe to the east. A fossil travertine deposit crops out between Laval and the course of Rio della Volpe.
The rocks of the Piemonte Zone in the area around Laval are made of: calcschists and intercalated grey micaceous marbles, mica schists and quartz schists; antigorite serpentinite, serpentine schist, ophicalcite, serpentinite breccias crosscut by networks of calcite-tremolite veinlets, and chlorite schists. Pyrite and chalcopyrite are locally present in serpentinite.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsMineral List
6 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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Alphabetical List Tree DiagramDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Antigorite Formula: Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 |
| ⓘ Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ 'Chlorite Group' |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
| ⓘ Tremolite Formula: ◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| ⓘ | Tremolite | 9.DE.10 | ◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2 |
| ⓘ | Antigorite | 9.ED.15 | Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Chlorite Group' | - | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Antigorite | Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| H | ⓘ Tremolite | ◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2 |
| C | Carbon | |
| C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Antigorite | Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Tremolite | ◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2 |
| Mg | Magnesium | |
| Mg | ⓘ Antigorite | Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| Mg | ⓘ Tremolite | ◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Antigorite | Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | ⓘ Tremolite | ◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Ca | ⓘ Tremolite | ◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
Eurasian PlateTectonic Plate
EuropeContinent
- The AlpsMountain Range
Italy
- Piedmont
- Metropolitan City of Turin
- Chisone ValleyValley
- Metropolitan City of Turin
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