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Locality Name:
Speranza Incline, Faidallo Mine, Cortabbio, Valsassina, Lecco Province, Lombardy, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 220517
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-220517.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Speranza Incline, Faidallo Mine, Cortabbio, Valsassina, Lecco Province, Lombardy, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 45°58'5"N
Longitude: 9°24'1"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.968055555556,9.4002777777778

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 As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Ni O Pb S Sb Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Ni O Pb S Sb Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteBournoniteCorundumMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteRocksaltSphalerite
TetrahedriteVivianiteXanthoconite

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Annabergite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bournonite  (*)
Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrostilpnite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O0445
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS301089
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrostilpnite  (*)XanthoconiteAg3SbS3084
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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