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Locality Name:
Brissago, Lago Maggiore, Ticino, Switzerland

Oldest recorded age at locality: 245
Youngest recorded age at locality: 239

mindat Locality ID: 122695
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-122695.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Brissago, Lago Maggiore, Ticino, Switzerland": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Crodolo Valley
Donna Valley
Fonte Vittoria
Naccio Alp
Ponte Valley
Vantarone Valley

Latitude: 46°7'9"N
Longitude: 8°42'41"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.119166666667,8.7113888888889
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: Al B Be Ca Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn N Na Nb O P S Si Ta Th U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe H Mg Mn Na O P Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AlluauditeAlumApatiteArseniosideriteArthuriteBerauniteBerylClayColumbiteCoquimbite
DumortieriteFairfielditeFluoriteGarnetGraftoniteHalotrichiteHexahydriteHureauliteJahnsiteKieserite
LazuliteLipscombiteMeta-autuniteMicaMonaziteNickelineNoneOlivinePhosphosideritePyrite
QuartzReddingiteRockbridgeiteSpinelStarkeyiteStrunziteTapioliteTourmalineVivianiteWagnerite

47 IMA Minerals at location:
Almandine  (*)Beraunite  (*)Beryl  (*)Cheralite  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)
Coquimbite  (*)Cordierite  (*)Dumortierite  (*)Fairfieldite  (*)Ferrisicklerite  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Gahnite  (*)Graftonite  (*)Heterosite  (*)Hexahydrite  (*)
Hureaulite  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)Jahnsite-(CaMnFe)  (*)Kryzhanovskite  (*)Landesite  (*)
Lipscombite  (*)Ludlamite  (*)Maghagendorfite  (*)Messelite  (*)Meta-autunite  (*)
Metatorbernite  (*)Mitridatite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Phosphosiderite  (*)Pickeringite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rockbridgeite  (*)Rozenite  (*)
Schorl  (*)Scorzalite  (*)Staněkite  (*)Strunzite  (*)Szomolnokite  (*)
Tapiolite-(Fe)  (*)Triphylite  (*)Tschermigite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)
Vivianite  (*)Whitmoreite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)324523902353
Beraunite  (*)BerauniteFe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O2452391114383136
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1824523911143824286
Cheralite  (*)MonaziteCaTh(PO4)2245239111438350
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O62452391114383518
Coquimbite  (*)CoquimbiteAlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12·6H2O2452391114383136
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O1824523911143791008
Dumortierite  (*)DumortieriteAlAl6BSi3O182452392114379,114383231
Fairfieldite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Mn2+(PO4)2·2H2O245239111438372
Ferrisicklerite  (*)OlivineLi1-x(Fe3+,Mn2+)(PO4)2452391114383108
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F2452392114379,1143832740
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O42452391114383445
Graftonite  (*)GraftoniteFe2+Fe2+2(PO4)22452393114380,114383,114384107
Heterosite  (*)OlivineFe3+(PO4)2452391114383204
Hexahydrite  (*)HexahydriteMg(SO4)·6H2O2452391114381251
Hureaulite  (*)HureauliteMn2+5(PO3OH)2(PO4)2·4H2O2452391114383125
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH2452390367
Jahnsite-(CaMnFe)  (*)JahnsiteCaMn2+Fe2+2Fe3+2(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O245239111438327
Kryzhanovskite  (*)Reddingite(Fe3+,Mn2+)3(PO4)2(OH,H2O)3245239034
Landesite  (*)ReddingiteMn2+9Fe3+3(PO4)8(OH)3·9H2O245239111438314
Lipscombite  (*)LipscombiteFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2245239111438347
Ludlamite  (*)NoneFe2+3(PO4)2·4H2O245239066
Maghagendorfite  (*)AlluauditeNa2MgFe2+Fe3+(PO4)324523905
Messelite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Fe2+(PO4)2·2H2O245239111438343
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O2452391114383388
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O2452391114383443
Mitridatite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(PO4)3·3H2O2452391114383129
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2245239111438317380
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O2452391114383182
Pickeringite  (*)HalotrichiteMgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O2452391114381265
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2245239111438339462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S824523911143839056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2245239111438361156
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)52452391114383206
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O2452391114383293
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)24523911143832705
Scorzalite  (*)LazuliteFe2+Al2(PO4)2(OH)2245239111438360
Staněkite  (*)WagneriteFe3+Mn2+O(PO4)245239013
Strunzite  (*)StrunziteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·6H2O245239111438398
Szomolnokite  (*)KieseriteFe(SO4)·H2O2452391114383139
Tapiolite-(Fe)  (*)TapioliteFe2+Ta2O6245239111438388
Triphylite  (*)OlivineLiFe2+(PO4)2452391114383313
Tschermigite  (*)Alum(NH4)Al(SO4)2·12H2O245239111438381
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO224523911143832718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O2452391114383890
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O2452391114383636
Whitmoreite  (*)ArthuriteFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·4H2O245239111438336


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Giersdorf_00000854All of these pegmatites are hosted by high-grade sillimanite- and garnet-bearing mica schists belonging to the crystalline basement of the Southern Alps. The dikes consist of albite + quartz pegmatite with almandine, schorl, and muscovite as common accessories. These pegmatites can be classified as the beryl-columbite-phosphate subtype in the classification of Černý & Ercit (2005).


2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Bradley_2012_027245239242±3U/Pb zircon   Zircon  122695Brissago, Lago Maggiore, Ticino, Switzerland—McCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 
Giersdorf_00000854242242242        122695Brissago, Lago Maggiore, Ticino, SwitzerlandBrissago PegmatiteVignola et al. (2018)10.3749/canmin.1700058TCM56_411 

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