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Locality Name:
La Monda Mine, Aranno, Malcantone, Ticino, Switzerland


mindat Locality ID: 246459
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-246459.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La Monda Mine, Aranno, Malcantone, Ticino, Switzerland": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°1'17"N
Longitude: 8°52'4"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.021388888889,8.8677777777778
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 As Ba C Ca Cd Cu Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba C Ca Cd Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteArsenicArsenoliteArsenopyriteBaryteBerthieriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayDevilline
DiasporeDigeniteGypsumLinariteMarcasiteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
PyrochloreQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteStibniteSulphurWurtzite

34 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Antimony  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Berthierite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Cervantite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Digenite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)
Jamesonite  (*)Kermesite  (*)Langite  (*)Linarite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Metastibnite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Senarmontite  (*)Serpierite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tripuhyite  (*)Valentinite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)203092
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb0363
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S40343
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O40352
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S01027
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS0717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O01689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)601066
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S140784
Kermesite  (*)NoneSb2OS20230
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O0593
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)20987
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Metastibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3087
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Senarmontite  (*)ArsenoliteSb2O30179
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O0292
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)02473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)0446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S303418
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS02045
Tripuhyite  (*)RutileFe3+Sb5+O4066
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O30369


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