Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Simplon Railway Tunnel (south Section), Trasquera, Divedro Valley, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 194981
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-194981.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Simplon Railway Tunnel (south Section), Trasquera, Divedro Valley, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy": 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.

Alunite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Feldspar	Gypsum	Mica	Molybdenite	Natrolite	None
Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Sulphur	Tourmaline

Albite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Celsian ()*
Cosalite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Goyazite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Magnesite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Sulphur ()*

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 B Ba Bi C Ca Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Ba Bi C Ca Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Baryte Calcite Clay Feldspar Gypsum Mica Molybdenite Natrolite None
Not in a structural group Quartz Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Stibnite Sulphur Tourmaline

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1588
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1252
Celsian ()*	Feldspar	Ba(Al₂Si₂O₈)	100
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	344
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Goyazite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	173
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1487
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1236
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2273
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	3418
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2045

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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