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:
Maurino Quarry, Pizzo Alzasca (Poncione D'Alzasca; Poncione Alzasca), Linescio, Campo Valley, Maggia Valley, Ticino, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 191373
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-191373.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Maurino Quarry, Pizzo Alzasca (Poncione D'Alzasca; Poncione Alzasca), Linescio, Campo Valley, Maggia Valley, Ticino, Switzerland": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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.

Apatite	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite

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 Ca Cl Fe H Mn Mo O Pb S Si V

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Cl Fe H Mn Mo O Pb S Si V

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Clinozoisite Epidote Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Prehnite

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Anhydrite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Epidote ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Piemontite ()*
Prehnite ()*	Vanadinite ()*	Zoisite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1588
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1025
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Piemontite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂(Al₂Mn³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	260
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1898
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	605
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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