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


mindat Locality ID: 223286
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-223286.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Camisolo Pass Mine
Corno Mine
Pra' Piazzo (Prapiazzo)

Latitude: 45°59'1"N
Longitude: 9°27'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.983611111111,9.4583333333333

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: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cd Cl Cu Fe H Hg Mg Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca O Si Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneApatiteAragoniteAramayoiteBaryteBrackebuschiteCalciteChalcopyriteCovellite
DiasporeLinariteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteTetrahedrite
TitaniteWurtziteXanthoconite

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsentsumebite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Baumstarkite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Covellite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Greenockite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Imiterite  (*)Linarite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrostilpnite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Titanite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1699322793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1699302734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1699303250
Arsentsumebite  (*)BrackebuschitePb2Cu(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)16993137
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6269930,69931919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21699305509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)369930,69931,6993211547
Baumstarkite  (*)AramayoiteAg3Sb3S61699326
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)269930,699314979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2269930,6993127198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1699313531
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1699304165
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21699329895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS269930,6993224243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1699317437
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS169930717
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1699301689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)6269930,699311066
Imiterite  (*)NoneAg2HgS216993217
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2269930,69931987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2269930,6993112537
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)4169931369
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31699321425
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1699301725
Pyrostilpnite  (*)XanthoconiteAg3SbS316993284
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2269930,6993261156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1699306417
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1699302473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS269930,6993221482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13269930,699325317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO41699301655



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