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Locality Name:
Valtorta, Bergamo Province, Lombardy, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 208056
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-208056.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Valtorta, Bergamo Province, Lombardy, Italy": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Piani Di Bobbio Road
Stabina Valley

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

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: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cd Cl Cu Fe H Hg Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteCaledoniteChalcanthiteChalcopyrite
ChloriteClayCopperCorundumDevillineDiasporeDundasiteFeldsparGypsumLinarite
MalachiteMelanteriteMiniumNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphalerite
SulphurWurtzite

48 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Anglesite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)
Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Cuprite  (*)Dundasite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Lanarkite  (*)Langite  (*)Leadhillite  (*)Linarite  (*)
Macphersonite  (*)Malachite  (*)Massicot  (*)Melanterite  (*)Mimetite  (*)
Minium  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rosasite  (*)
Serpierite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Tenorite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1698142793
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1698148803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21698132162
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1698142734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)1698141588
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1698143250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1698149052
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6169814919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21698145509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)16981411547
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61698141633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)16981427770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6169814359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)269813,698144979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O169814925
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS216981427198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS1698142600
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81698141756
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1698142970
Dundasite  (*)DundasitePbAl2(CO3)2(OH)4·H2O16981497
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS269813,6981424243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1698147437
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS169814717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1698146890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O316981414640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1698141689
Lanarkite  (*)NonePb2O(SO4)16981497
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O269813,69814593
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2169814265
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2169814987
Macphersonite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)216981411
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)216981412537
Massicot  (*)NonePbO169814202
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O169814915
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl269813,698141107
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O4169814247
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS216981439462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl269813,698141725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2269813,6981461156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)2169814454
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O169814292
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1698146417
Silver  (*)CopperAg1698145186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1698142473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS16981421482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1698142045
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO1698141101
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO41698131655



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