Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Fontana, Central St Gotthard Massif, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 134416
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-134416.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fontana, Central St Gotthard Massif, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Fibbia
Fieud Alp
Fieud Lake

Latitude: 46°32'34"N
Longitude: 8°32'50"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.542777777778,8.5472222222222

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.

Aeschynite	Apatite	Beryl	Chlorite	Clay	Corundum	Crichtonite	Diaspore	Feldspar	Mica
None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	Zircon

Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Bazzite ()*	Bertrandite ()*
Cleusonite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*
Laumontite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phenakite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*

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 Be Ca F Fe H K Mg Na Nb O P Pb S Sc Si Th Ti U Y

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aeschynite Apatite Beryl Chlorite Clay Corundum Crichtonite Diaspore Feldspar Mica
None Not in a structural group Phenakite Pyrite Quartz Rutile Spinel Zircon

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Aeschynite	(Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆	1	114430	141
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	114430	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2	114430,114431	2162
Bazzite ()*	Beryl	Be₃(Sc,Fe³⁺,Mg)₂Si₆O₁₈·Na_0.32·nH₂O	2	114430,114431	51
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	2	114430,114432	606
Cleusonite ()*	Crichtonite	Pb(U⁴⁺,U⁶⁺)Fe²⁺₂(Ti,Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺)₁₈(O,OH)₃₈	1	114430	14
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	114431	1756
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	114430	2740
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	114431	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	114430	14640
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	114430	1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	114431	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	114430	17380
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	1	114430	326
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	114431	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	114430,114431,114432	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	114430,114431	5614
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	2	114430,114431	939

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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