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Locality Name:
Alto Malcantone, Malcantone, Ticino, Switzerland


mindat Locality ID: 247849
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-247849.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Alto Malcantone, Malcantone, Ticino, Switzerland": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Breno
Firinescio Alp
Mageno Alp
Mount Torri
Val Pirocca

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: Al As Au Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H K La Mg O S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteArsenicArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumCristobaliteDiaspore
MicaMixiteNickelineNoneOlivinePyriteQuartzRutileSpinelStibnite
SymplesiteValleriiteVivianite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Agardite-(La)  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cristobalite  (*)Fayalite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Linnaeite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Olivenite  (*)
Parasymplesite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Strashimirite  (*)Symplesite  (*)Tooeleite  (*)Valleriite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Agardite-(La)  (*)MixiteLaCu2+6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O111453633
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)211145373092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS4114537,114538,114539,1145409052
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi3114537,114539,1145401966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S32114537,1145401935
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)111453727770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22114539,11454027198
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO21114536453
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)1114536371
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11145367437
Gold  (*)CopperAu111453730554
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O311145375433
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S41114537249
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)24114537,114538,114539,11454017380
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)1114536492
Parasymplesite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O1114536124
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24114537,114538,114539,11454039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82114537,1145409056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24114537,114538,114539,11454061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO211145375614
Strashimirite  (*)NoneCu4(AsO4)2(OH)2·2.5H2O111453690
Symplesite  (*)SymplesiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O111453692
Tooeleite  (*)NoneFe3+6(AsO3)4(SO4)(OH)4·4H2O111453610
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]1114537237


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