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Locality Name:
Lugano Lake, Ticino, Switzerland


mindat Locality ID: 134395
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-134395.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lugano Lake, Ticino, Switzerland": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Capriasca Valley
Carona
Riva San Vitale
Serpiano

Latitude: 45°57'5"N
Longitude: 8°55'28"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.951388888889,8.9244444444444
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 As Au Ba Be C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O Pb S Si Sr Th Ti Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AeschyniteAmorphousArsenopyriteBaryteChalcopyriteClayColumbiteCopperFeldsparFluorite
GadoliniteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPhenakitePyriteQuartzRocksalt
Sphalerite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Aeschynite-(Y)  (*)Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bertrandite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Orthoclase  (*)
Phenakite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Samarskite-(Y)  (*)
Sanidine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)Todorokite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aeschynite-(Y)  (*)Aeschynite(Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)61114482141
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11144828803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO211144822162
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11144809052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2114482,11448611547
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)21114482606
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2111448027198
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22114482,1144869617
Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)GadoliniteY2Fe2+Be2O2(SiO4)21114482163
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS111448024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu111448030554
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211144825800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2111448017380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O11144822994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)11144822349
Phenakite  (*)PhenakiteBe2(SiO4)1114482326
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2111448039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811144809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23114480,114481,11448261156
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteYFe3+Nb2O81114482353
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1114484598
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS111448021482
Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)NoneCaCe(CO3)2F1114482232
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O1114482433


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