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Combaviola Mine (Coumbovìoulo Mine), Inverso Pinasca, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italyi
Regional Level Types
Combaviola Mine (Coumbovìoulo Mine)Mine (Abandoned)
Inverso PinascaCommune
Metropolitan City of TurinMetropolitan City
PiedmontRegion
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
44° 56' 18'' North , 7° 12' 34'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Mine (Abandoned) - last checked 2023
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Fleccia-Chianavasso339 (2014)1.0km
Inverso Pinasca743 (2013)1.1km
Pinasca-Dubbione2,068 (2014)1.6km
Castelnuovo-Combalere479 (2014)1.8km
Borgo Soullier338 (2014)2.3km
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Bot Pouns Mine
Other Languages:
Italian:
Miniera Combaviola (Miniera Coumbovìoulo; Miniera Bot Pouns), Inverso Pinasca, Città metropolitana di Torino (Provincia di Torino), Piemonte, Italia


Graphite mine exploited since 1905 by the company Anglo Italian Talc and Plumbago Mines Company Ltd. and later by Società Talco & Grafite Val Chisone. Operations officially ceased in 1940, even though non-official exploitation probably continued until 1948-1949.

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1 valid mineral.

Detailed Mineral List:

Graphite
Formula: C
Reference: Ridoni, E. (1917) La grafite. Tipografia Olivero & C., Torino, 66 pp. + 3 plates; Piccoli, G.C., Maletto, G., Bosio, P., and Lombardo, B. (2007) Minerali del Piemonte e della Valle d'Aosta. Associazione Amici del Museo "F. Eusebio" di Alba, L'Artigiana Srl - Azienda Grafica, Alba (Cuneo), 607 pp.

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Graphite1.CB.05aC

List of minerals for each chemical element

CCarbon
C GraphiteC

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Ridoni, E. (1917) La grafite. Tipografia Olivero & C., Torino, 66 pp. + 3 plates.
Piccoli, G.C., Maletto, G., Bosio, P., and Lombardo, B. (2007) Minerali del Piemonte e della Valle d'Aosta. Associazione Amici del Museo "F. Eusebio" di Alba, L'Artigiana Srl - Azienda Grafica, Alba (Cuneo), 607 pp.

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