Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 134418
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-134418.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Airolo, Central St Gotthard Massif, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Canaria Valley
Canaria Valley - Unteralp Valley Water Tunnel (south Section)
Sorescia Alp
St Gotthard Highway Tunnel (south Section)
St Gotthard Railway Tunnel (south Section)
Stalvedra Adit

Latitude: 46°31'45"N
Longitude: 8°36'27"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.529166666667,8.6075

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.

Apatite	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar
Fluorite	Garnet	Heulandite	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite
Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Sphalerite	Titanite	Tourmaline

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Anatase ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Ankerite ()*
Bavenite ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Calcite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Dickite ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Heulandite-Ca ()*	Laumontite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*
Scolecite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Titanite ()*

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 Au B Be C Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Fe H Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Calcite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar
Fluorite Garnet Heulandite Kaolinite Marcasite Mica Natrolite None Not in a structural group Prehnite
Pyrite Quartz Rutile Sphalerite Titanite Tourmaline

29 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	114426	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	114422,114426	2353
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	114422	2162
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	114426	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2	114424,114426	3092
Bavenite ()*	None	Ca₄Be_2+xAl_2-xSi₉O_26-x(OH)_2+x (x = 0 to 1)	1	114426	255
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	1	114424	606
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	114424,114426,114427	27770
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	114426	1756
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	114426	651
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	114426	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	114426	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	114426	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	114423	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	114427	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	114426	14640
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Heulandite	(Ca,Na,K)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·26H₂O	1	114426	246
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	114426	1271
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	114427	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	114426	17380
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	114426	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	114424,114427	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	114426,114427	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	114425,114426	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	0		2705
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	1	114426	390
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	114423,114424	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	114426	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	114425,114426	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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