Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bagnada-Ponticelli Mine (ex-Bolognini Mine; Ex-Unitalc Mine), Lanzada, Lanterna Valley, Malenco Valley, Valtellina, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 133035
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-133035.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bagnada-Ponticelli Mine (ex-Bolognini Mine; Ex-Unitalc Mine), Lanzada, Lanterna Valley, Malenco Valley, Valtellina, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°16'52"N
Longitude: 9°53'42"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.281111111111,9.895

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	Auricupride	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Garnet
Gypsum	Humite	Millerite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Palygorskite	Pentlandite	Perovskite
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Rutile	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Talc

Anatase ()*	Andradite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Awaruite ()*	Brookite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Clinohumite ()*
Copper ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Heazlewoodite ()*	Hydroxylapatite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Millerite ()*	Palygorskite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Perovskite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Rutile ()*	Saponite ()*	Siegenite ()*	Spinel ()*
Talc ()*	Vaesite ()*	Violarite ()*	Xonotlite ()*

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 C Ca Co Cr Cu F Fe H Mg Na Ni O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Co Cr Cu F Fe H Mg Na Ni O P S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Auricupride Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Copper Corundum Garnet
Gypsum Humite Millerite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Palygorskite Pentlandite Perovskite
Pyrite Pyroxene Rutile Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Talc

34 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2162
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1534
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	708
Awaruite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Ni₃Fe	166
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	3902
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1756
Clinohumite ()*	Humite	Mg₉(SiO₄)₄F₂	236
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3846
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1188
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂	205
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	367
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1066
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O	306
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1512
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	495
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	301
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄	249
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1934
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3337
Vaesite ()*	Pyrite	NiS₂	106
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	380
Xonotlite ()*	None	Ca₆Si₆O₁₇(OH)₂	109

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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