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Locality Name:
Boarezzo Mine (Pradisci Prospect; Rio Carpane Prospect), Boarezzo, Valganna, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 29847
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29847.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Boarezzo Mine (Pradisci Prospect; Rio Carpane Prospect), Boarezzo, Valganna, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 45°54'58"N
Longitude: 8°49'57"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.916111111111,8.8325
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 As Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteCaledoniteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteCopperCovelliteFluorite
JalpaiteLinariteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPolybasitePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite
SulphurTetrahedrite

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anatase  (*)Anglesite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Jalpaite  (*)
Langite  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pearceite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Schultenite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Susannite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S02793
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO202162
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)02734
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)60359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O0925
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O02970
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Jalpaite  (*)JalpaiteAg3CuS20116
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O0593
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)20987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]0249
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Schultenite  (*)NonePb(AsO3OH)030
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS02045
Susannite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2099
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070704Boarezzo Mine (Pradisci Prospect; Rio Carpane Prospect), Boarezzo, Valganna, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italyhttps://rruff.info/R070704

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