Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ponte Aranno, Novaggio, Malcantone, Ticino, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 246463
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-246463.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ponte Aranno, Novaggio, Malcantone, 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	Aragonite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Linarite
Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Minium	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Anatase ()*	Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bindheimite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Greenockite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Hydrozincite ()*	Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Minium ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rosasite ()*
Rutile ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Todorokite ()*	Vanadinite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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: Ag Al Ba C Ca Cd Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Ba C Ca Cd Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti V Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Linarite
Malachite Marcasite Mica Minium Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

33 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2162
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	919
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	450
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	717
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1066
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Minium ()*	Minium	Pb²⁺₂Pb⁴⁺O₄	247
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	454
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	433
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	605
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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