Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cortabbio, Valsassina, Lecco Province, Lombardy, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 223285
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-223285.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cortabbio, Valsassina, Lecco Province, Lombardy, Italy": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Calumerino Mine
Faidallo Mine
Sassi Rossi Mine

Latitude: 45°58'49"N
Longitude: 9°23'48"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.980277777778,9.3966666666667

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.

Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Diaspore	Malachite
Meneghinite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite	Vivianite
Wurtzite	Xanthoconite

Adamite ()*	Aikinite ()*	Annabergite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*
Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Erythrite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Greenockite ()*	Hematite ()*	Langite ()*	Laurionite ()*	Malachite ()*
Mimetite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*
Pyrostilpnite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 As Ba Bi C Ca Cd Cl Co Cu Fe H Mg Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Bi Cu Pb S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Corundum Diaspore Malachite
Meneghinite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Vivianite
Wurtzite Xanthoconite

30 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Adamite ()*	Andalusite	Zn₂(AsO₄)(OH)	1	69925	254
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	0		315
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	2	69924,69925	445
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	69924	3250
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	69925	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	3	69922,69924,69925	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	3	69922,69924,69925	11547
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	69924	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	69922	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	69922,69925	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	69922,69925	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	69923	9895
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	2	69922,69925	814
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	69922,69924,69925	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	69922	7437
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	2	69922,69925	717
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	69924	14640
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	1	69925	593
Laurionite ()*	None	PbCl(OH)	1	69925	49
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	3	69922,69924,69925	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1	69925	1107
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	1	69925	633
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1	69925	767
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	69922,69924,69925	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	2	69922,69925	1725
Pyrostilpnite ()*	Xanthoconite	Ag₃SbS₃	1	69924	84
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	69925	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	69925	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	69924,69925	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	69924	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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