Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
St Gotthard Highway Tunnel (south Section), Airolo, Central St Gotthard Massif, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 133241
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-133241.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "St Gotthard Highway Tunnel (south Section), Airolo, Central St Gotthard Massif, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Apatite	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet
Heulandite	Kaolinite	Mica	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Quartz	Rutile	Sphalerite
Titanite

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Bavenite ()*
Calcite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Dickite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Hematite ()*	Heulandite-Ca ()*	Laumontite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Prehnite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scolecite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Titanite ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al Be C Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be C Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Calcite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet
Heulandite Kaolinite Mica Natrolite None Not in a structural group Prehnite Quartz Rutile Sphalerite
Titanite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2353
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3092
Bavenite ()*	None	Ca₄Be_2+xAl_2-xSi₉O_26-x(OH)_2+x (x = 0 to 1)	255
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1756
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	651
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Heulandite	(Ca,Na,K)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·26H₂O	246
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1271
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1898
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	390
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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