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Locality Name:
Ponte Valley, Brissago, Lago Maggiore, Ticino, Switzerland

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

mindat Locality ID: 122696
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-122696.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ponte Valley, Brissago, Lago Maggiore, Ticino, Switzerland": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 Ca Cu F Fe H K Li Mn N Na Nb O P S Si Ta Th U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Ca Cu F Fe H K Li Mn N Na Nb O P S Si Ta Th U Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AlumApatiteArseniosideriteArthuriteBerauniteClayColumbiteCoquimbiteDumortieriteFairfieldite
FluoriteGraftoniteHureauliteJahnsiteKieseriteLazuliteLipscombiteMeta-autuniteMicaMonazite
NickelineNoneOlivinePhosphosideritePyriteQuartzReddingiteRockbridgeiteSpinelStarkeyite
StrunziteTapioliteTourmalineVivianite

37 IMA Minerals at location:
Beraunite  (*)Cheralite  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Coquimbite  (*)Dumortierite  (*)
Fairfieldite  (*)Ferrisicklerite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Gahnite  (*)Graftonite  (*)
Heterosite  (*)Hureaulite  (*)Jahnsite-(CaMnFe)  (*)Landesite  (*)Lipscombite  (*)
Messelite  (*)Meta-autunite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)Mitridatite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Phosphosiderite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rockbridgeite  (*)
Rozenite  (*)Schorl  (*)Scorzalite  (*)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
Beraunite  (*)BerauniteFe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O2452390136
Cheralite  (*)MonaziteCaTh(PO4)2245239050
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O62452390518
Coquimbite  (*)CoquimbiteAlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12·6H2O2452390136
Dumortierite  (*)DumortieriteAlAl6BSi3O182452390231
Fairfieldite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Mn2+(PO4)2·2H2O245239072
Ferrisicklerite  (*)OlivineLi1-x(Fe3+,Mn2+)(PO4)2452390108
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F24523902740
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O42452390445
Graftonite  (*)GraftoniteFe2+Fe2+2(PO4)22452390107
Heterosite  (*)OlivineFe3+(PO4)2452390204
Hureaulite  (*)HureauliteMn2+5(PO3OH)2(PO4)2·4H2O2452390125
Jahnsite-(CaMnFe)  (*)JahnsiteCaMn2+Fe2+2Fe3+2(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O245239027
Landesite  (*)ReddingiteMn2+9Fe3+3(PO4)8(OH)3·9H2O245239014
Lipscombite  (*)LipscombiteFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2245239047
Messelite  (*)FairfielditeCa2Fe2+(PO4)2·2H2O245239043
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O2452390388
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O2452390443
Mitridatite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(PO4)3·3H2O2452390129
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2245239017380
Phosphosiderite  (*)PhosphosideriteFe3+(PO4)·2H2O2452390182
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2245239039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S824523909056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2245239061156
Rockbridgeite  (*)Rockbridgeite(Fe2+0.5Fe3+0.5)2Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)52452390206
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O2452390293
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)24523902705
Scorzalite  (*)LazuliteFe2+Al2(PO4)2(OH)2245239060
Strunzite  (*)StrunziteMn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·6H2O245239098
Szomolnokite  (*)KieseriteFe(SO4)·H2O2452390139
Tapiolite-(Fe)  (*)TapioliteFe2+Ta2O6245239088
Triphylite  (*)OlivineLiFe2+(PO4)2452390313
Tschermigite  (*)Alum(NH4)Al(SO4)2·12H2O245239081
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO224523902718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O2452390890
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O2452390636
Whitmoreite  (*)ArthuriteFe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·4H2O245239036


1 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  YesZircon  122695Brissago, Lago Maggiore, Ticino, Switzerland—McCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 

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