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Locality Name:
Santa Maria Valley, Blenio Valley, Ticino, Switzerland


mindat Locality ID: 193010
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-193010.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Santa Maria Valley, Blenio Valley, Ticino, Switzerland": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Acquacalda
Camperio
Casaccia Valley
Lucomagno Pass (Lukmanier Pass)

Latitude: 46°33'45"N
Longitude: 8°48'2"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.5625,8.8005555555556
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 C Ca Ce Co Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Y 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteAmphiboleBrookiteCalciteChloriteChloritoidClayCobaltiteEpidoteFeldspar
GarnetMicaMonaziteNoneNot in a structural groupPrehnitePyriteQuartzRutileScapolite
StauroliteTitaniteZircon

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Almandine  (*)Anatase  (*)Brookite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chloritoid  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)
Kyanite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Meionite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Prehnite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Siderite  (*)
Staurolite  (*)Titanite  (*)Tschermakite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11143658803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1114365706
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)311143682353
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO22114363,1143652162
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO21114363700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3114361,114363,11436527770
Chloritoid  (*)ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)21114368376
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)811143651756
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS1114365966
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S141114367784
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO43114364,114365,1143681507
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O2114361,1143651271
Meionite  (*)ScapoliteCa4Al6Si6O24(CO3)2114363,114365176
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)1114365945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2111436517380
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS1114365767
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)22114363,1143651898
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23114363,114365,11436861156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO22114363,1143655614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)11143656417
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)2114362,114366978
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O2114363,1143654899
Tschermakite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg3Al2)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2111436473
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)1114365939


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