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Locality Name:
Ponte Aranno, Novaggio, Malcantone, Ticino, Switzerland


mindat Locality ID: 246463
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-246463.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ponte Aranno, Novaggio, Malcantone, Ticino, Switzerland": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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 Ba C Ca Cd Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Ba C Ca Cd Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti V Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteBaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumLinarite
MalachiteMarcasiteMicaMiniumNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyrochloreQuartz
RocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteTetrahedriteWurtzite

33 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)Greenockite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)
Hydrozincite  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Minium  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rosasite  (*)
Rutile  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Todorokite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO202162
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)02734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)203092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)60919
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O70450
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS301089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS0717
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O01689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)601066
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)20987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O40247
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)20454
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)02473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O0433
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl0605
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO401655



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