Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Monte Ceneri Massif, Ticino, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 155818
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-155818.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Monte Ceneri Massif, Ticino, Switzerland": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Mezzovico
Monte Ceneri Basis Tunnel
Monte Ceneri Highway Tunnel
Monte Ceneri Railway Tunnel

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Apophyllite	Chalcopyrite	Marcasite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apophyllite Chalcopyrite Marcasite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcopyrite ()*	Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Graphite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	114568,114570	27198
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O	1	114571	303
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	114570	2812
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	2	114570,114571	1271
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	114568	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	114568,114570	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	114568,114570	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	114568	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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