Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 253866
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-253866.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Faidallo Mine, Cortabbio, Valsassina, Lecco Province, Lombardy, Italy": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Speranza Incline

Latitude: 45°58'5"N
Longitude: 9°24'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.968055555556,9.4

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Bournonite	Corundum	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite	Vivianite	Xanthoconite

Annabergite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bournonite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrostilpnite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Mg Ni O Pb S Sb Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Mg O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Bournonite Corundum Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite Vivianite Xanthoconite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	69924	445
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	69924	3250
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	69924	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	69924	11547
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	69924	1089
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	0		9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	69924	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	69924	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	69924	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	69924	39462
Pyrostilpnite ()*	Xanthoconite	Ag₃SbS₃	1	69924	84
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	69924	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	69924	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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