Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Astano (Astanno), Malcantone, Ticino, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 134049
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-134049.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Astano (Astanno), Malcantone, Ticino, Switzerland": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Sceree

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.

Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Titanite

Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	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 As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Titanite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	114547	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	114547,114548	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	114547	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	114547,114548	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	114547,114548	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	114547	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	114547	2812
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2	114547,114548	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	114547	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	114547,114548	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	114547,114548	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	114547,114548	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	114547,114548	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	114547	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	114548	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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