Monte Gelato manganese deposit (Mazzano manganese deposit), Mazzano Romano, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Lazio, Italyi
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| Name(s) in local language(s): | Deposito manganesifero di Monte Gelato (Deposito manganesifro di Mazzano), Mazzano Romano, Roma, Lazio, Italia |
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| Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 42° 11' 9'' North , 12° 23' 33'' East | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | 42.18611,12.39250 | ||||||||||||||||||
| GeoHash: | G#: sr2zczxzy | ||||||||||||||||||
| Locality type: | Deposit | ||||||||||||||||||
| Köppen climate type: | Csa : Hot-summer Mediterranean climate | ||||||||||||||||||
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The small manganese deposit is located near Monte Gelato (it includes the hill known as Le Calcare and extends towards Le Scese locality), right bank of River Treja (Fosso Treja), about 2 km SW of Mazzano Romano (Fornaseri, 1950; Sabella, 1954). This deposit is entirely enclosed in pyroclastic rocks (tuffs) of the «Tufi Stratificati Varicolori de La Storta» (a stratified tuff sequence). It is just one of the over 50 similar deposits occurring in the alkaline volcanic rocks of northern Latium. However, it has been studied in detail, thanks to the presence of a quarry (42°11'9'' N, 12°23'33'' E) that well exposed the stratigraphic sequence (Barrese et al., 1986; Barbieri et al., 1993).
The Monte Gelato deposit formed during Quaternary, probably in the time interval 442 to 230 ky, by water leaching of the pyroclastic rocks. The leaching action was promoted by the presence at that time of a lake in Mazzano area, and developed during two cycles, separated by a sterile phase during which the lake was momentarily filled by new pyroclastic eruptions.
Ranciéite could form owing to adsorbtion of the Mn carried in solution by the water onto hydrous Al minerals (mainly halloysite) which had formed during partial argillation of the pyroclastic pile underneath the lake. Despite being entirely encased within pyroclastic rocks, this manganese deposit is non-volcanogenic in its primary origin nor is related to precipitation from hot geothermal waters; rather, it is typically sedimentogenous, since it derives from adsorption/precipitation of metal solutes contained in the cold ground-table waters at a depth where their redox conditions were turning from reduced to oxidised.
Halloysite and ranciéite coexist throughout the entire «Tufi Stratificati Varicolori de La Storta» formation, but they are missing in the basal ignimbrites. They are particularly abundant in three enriched Mn horizons. Moreover, they also occur in an open fault (as described by Barrese et al., 1986) and in all the fractures crossing the Mazzano sequence. Ranciéite is particularly abundant in the open fault, where it occurs as almost monomineralic stalactites and concretions of fairly large size (2-5 cm).
Regions containing this locality
| Eurasian Plate | Tectonic Plate |
| Europe | Continent |
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Standard Detailed Strunz Dana Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ 'Halloysite' Formula: Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 Reference: Barrese, E., Giampaolo, C., Grubessi, O., Mottana, A. (1986) Ranciéite from Mazzano Romano (Latium, Italy). Mineralogical Magazine, 50, 355, 111-118; Barbieri, M., Barrese, E., Giampaolo, C., Grubessi, O., Mottana, A., Voltaggio, M. (1993) Genesis of the manganese deposit of Mazzano Romano (Latium, Italy). Geologica Romana, 29, 113-129. |
| ⓘ Ranciéite Formula: (Ca,Mn2+)0.2(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2 · 0.6H2O Reference: Barrese, E., Giampaolo, C., Grubessi, O., Mottana, A. (1986) Ranciéite from Mazzano Romano (Latium, Italy). Mineralogical Magazine, 50, 355, 111-118; Barbieri, M., Barrese, E., Giampaolo, C., Grubessi, O., Mottana, A., Voltaggio, M. (1993) Genesis of the manganese deposit of Mazzano Romano (Latium, Italy). Geologica Romana, 29, 113-129. |
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
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| ⓘ | Ranciéite | 4.FL.40 | (Ca,Mn2+)0.2(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2 · 0.6H2O |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| ⓘ | 'Halloysite' | 9.ED.10 | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
List of minerals arranged by Dana 8th Edition classification
| Group 7 - MULTIPLE OXIDES | |||
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| AB4X9 | |||
| ⓘ | Ranciéite | 7.10.1.1 | (Ca,Mn2+)0.2(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2 · 0.6H2O |
| Group 71 - PHYLLOSILICATES Sheets of Six-Membered Rings | |||
| Sheets of 6-membered rings with 1:1 layers | |||
| ⓘ | 'Halloysite' | 71.1.1.4 | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
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| H | ⓘ Ranciéite | (Ca,Mn2+)0.2(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2 · 0.6H2O |
| H | ⓘ Halloysite | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Ranciéite | (Ca,Mn2+)0.2(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2 · 0.6H2O |
| O | ⓘ Halloysite | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| Al | Aluminium | |
| Al | ⓘ Halloysite | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Halloysite | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Ranciéite | (Ca,Mn2+)0.2(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2 · 0.6H2O |
| Mn | Manganese | |
| Mn | ⓘ Ranciéite | (Ca,Mn2+)0.2(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2 · 0.6H2O |
Regional Geology
This geological map and associated information on rock units at or nearby to the coordinates given for this locality is based on relatively small scale geological maps provided by various national Geological Surveys. This does not necessarily represent the complete geology at this locality but it gives a background for the region in which it is found.
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| Cenozoic 0 - 66 Ma ID: 3185029 | Cenozoic volcanic rocks Age: Cenozoic (0 - 66 Ma) Lithology: Volcanic rocks Reference: Chorlton, L.B. Generalized geology of the world: bedrock domains and major faults in GIS format: a small-scale world geology map with an extended geological attribute database. doi: 10.4095/223767. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5529. [154] |
| Quaternary 0 - 2.588 Ma ID: 3159111 | Quaternary trachyte Age: Pleistocene (0 - 2.588 Ma) Lithology: Major:{trachyte}, Minor{latite,phonolitic tephrite, tephritic phonolite} Reference: Asch, K. The 1:5M International Geological Map of Europe and Adjacent Areas: Development and Implementation of a GIS-enabled Concept. Geologisches Jahrbuch, SA 3. [147] |
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References
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Year (asc) Year (desc) Author (A-Z) Author (Z-A)Fornaseri, M. (1950) Un deposito manganesifero nei pressi di Mazzano Romano. Rendiconti della Società Italiana di Mineralogia e Petrologia, 6, 96-100.
Sabella, A. (1954) I giacimenti di manganese nelle provincie di Roma e Viterbo. L’Industria Mineraria, 5, 5, 245–248.
Stoppani, F.S., Curti, E. (1982) I minerali del Lazio. Editoriale Olimpia, Firenze, 291 pp.
Barrese, E., Giampaolo, C., Grubessi, O., Mottana, A. (1986) Ranciéite from Mazzano Romano (Latium, Italy). Mineralogical Magazine, 50, 355, 111-118.
Barbieri, M., Barrese, E., Giampaolo, C., Grubessi, O., Mottana, A., Voltaggio, M. (1993) Genesis of the manganese deposit of Mazzano Romano (Latium, Italy). Geologica Romana, 29, 113-129.
Cotterell, T.F., Jenkins, D.A. (2008) Ranciéite from Mynydd Parys, Amlwch, Anglesey, Wales. Journal of the Russell Society, vol. 11, 59-63 (referring to Barrese et al., 1986).
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