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Locality Name:
Dossena, Brembana Valley, Bergamo Province, Lombardy, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 211344
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-211344.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dossena, Brembana Valley, Bergamo Province, Lombardy, Italy": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Paglio Pignolino Mine
Vaccareggio Mine

Latitude: 45°53'40"N
Longitude: 9°41'42"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.894444444444,9.695

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 F Fe H Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Cu H O Pb S 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteBaryteBournoniteBrackebuschiteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopper
CovelliteDevillineFluoriteGypsumLinariteMalachiteMeneghiniteMiniumNoneNot in a structural group
PyrochloreQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedriteWurtzite

36 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsentsumebite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bindheimite  (*)
Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Greenockite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Meneghinite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Minium  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Plattnerite  (*)
Pyrargyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rosasite  (*)Serpierite  (*)Silver  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsentsumebite  (*)BrackebuschitePb2Cu(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)037
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6169746919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2269746,697475509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)269746,6974711547
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O7169746450
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11169746843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS31697461089
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)61697461633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)16974627770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)269746,697474979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS216974627198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1697464165
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2269746,697479617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS269746,6974724243
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS169746717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1697466890
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O269746,697471689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)6269746,697471066
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2169746987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)216974612537
Meneghinite  (*)MeneghinitePb13CuSb7S24169746158
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl1697461107
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O4169746247
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O1697471508
Plattnerite  (*)RutilePbO2169746158
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31697461425
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2269746,6974761156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)2169746454
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O169746292
Silver  (*)CopperAg1697465186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)269746,697472473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS269746,6974721482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31697463418
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131697461803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131697465317
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO4269746,697471655



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