Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Maggia Valley, Ticino, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 132093
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-132093.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Maggia Valley, Ticino, Switzerland": 44
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 23

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Bavona Valley
Campo Valley
Lavizzara Valley
Riveo
Someo

Latitude: 46°17'45"N
Longitude: 8°37'6"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.295833333333,8.6183333333333

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.

Amphibole	Apatite	Apophyllite	Axinite	Beryl	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Cubanite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Heulandite
Humite	Melonite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Phenakite	Prehnite
Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stilbite	Talc	Titanite	Wurtzite
Zircon

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 Au B Be Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Si Te Ti V W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Apophyllite Axinite Beryl Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay
Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Cubanite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Heulandite
Humite Melonite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Phenakite Prehnite
Pyrite Quartz Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stilbite Talc Titanite Wurtzite
Zircon

58 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Ankerite ()*
Anthophyllite ()*	Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Beryl ()*	Brookite ()*	Calaverite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chesterite ()*	Chondrodite ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Clinohumite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Epidote ()*	Euclase ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Fluorite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Heulandite-Ca ()*
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jimthompsonite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Laumontite ()*
Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Matildite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Phenakite ()*	Piemontite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stilbite-Ca ()*	Talc ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*
Vanadinite ()*	Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	114530	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	10	114495,114499,114501,114504,114505,114508,114522,114525,114526,114530	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	6	114494,114496,114498,114506,114522,114526	2162
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	114510	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3	114493,114494,114501	3092
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	114513,114514	718
Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Fe²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂	3	114506,114517,114528	260
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	2	114504,114505	4286
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	2	114496,114506	700
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	1	114491	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	114495,114501,114506,114526,114530	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	114491	27198
Chesterite ()*	None	Mg₁₇Si₂₀O₅₄(OH)₆	2	114513,114514	9
Chondrodite ()*	Humite	Mg₅(SiO₄)₂F₂	1	114532	285
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	2	114522,114532	1756
Clinohumite ()*	Humite	Mg₉(SiO₄)₄F₂	1	114532	236
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3	114510,114527,114530	1025
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1	114491	802
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3	114510,114526,114530	8173
Euclase ()*	None	BeAlSiO₄(OH)	1	114495	120
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	114526	2740
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O	1	114530	303
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	114516,114530	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	114532	1188
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	114496	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	114491	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	114508	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	4	114494,114495,114501,114526	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1	114491	804
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Heulandite	(Ca,Na,K)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·26H₂O	1	114489	246
Hydroxylapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃OH	1	114527	367
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	7	114496,114497,114502,114505,114526,114527,114530	5433
Jimthompsonite ()*	None	Mg₅Si₆O₁₆(OH)₂	2	114513,114514	10
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	114526	1507
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	4	114489,114508,114526,114530	1271
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	2	114513,114514	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	114530	14899
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂	1	114491	252
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	3	114491,114510,114530	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	10	114494,114495,114496,114497,114501,114502,114504,114505,114506,114526	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	114526	2349
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	1	114494	326
Piemontite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂(Al₂Mn³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	114510	260
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	6	114494,114499,114510,114517,114528,114530	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	114491,114518,114526,114530	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	114491,114530	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	21	114491,114492,114494,114495,114496,114497,114498,114499,114500,114501,114502,114504,114505,114506,114508,114521,114525,114526,114527,114528,114530	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	10	114492,114494,114495,114496,114497,114498,114501,114502,114506,114526	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	114527	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	114496,114504	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	114491	21482
Stilbite-Ca ()*	Stilbite	NaCa₄(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·28H₂O	1	114526	268
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	114513,114514	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	9	114492,114506,114512,114515,114516,114522,114527,114528,114530	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	114514	2562
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	1	114510	605
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	114526	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	114510	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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