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Locality Name:
Campo Moro Valley, Lanzada, Lanterna Valley, Malenco Valley, Valtellina, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 260199
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-260199.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Campo Moro Valley, Lanzada, Lanterna Valley, Malenco Valley, Valtellina, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Alpe Gembrè
Alpe Gera
Alpe Prabello Area
Campo Moro
Cima Val Fontana (Cima Fontana)
Fellaria Valley
Poschiavina Valley
Sasso Moro
Scalino Peak

Latitude: 46°19'40"N
Longitude: 9°56'35"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.327777777778,9.9430555555556

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 B C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteArsenopyriteBrookiteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayCopperCorundumCovellite
CubaniteDigeniteEpidoteEpsomiteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetGypsumHumiteHydrotalcite
LazuliteMalachiteMarcasiteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOrpimentPentlanditePerovskite
PyritePyrophyllitePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileSerpentineSphaleriteSpinelStibnite
TitaniteTourmalineWurtzite

50 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Anatase  (*)Andradite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brookite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)
Delafossite  (*)Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dravite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)Hydrotalcite  (*)Hydroxylclinohumite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Lazulite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Morenosite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nesquehonite  (*)Orpiment  (*)Pararealgar  (*)
Pecoraite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Perovskite  (*)Pharmacolite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrophyllite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)Rutile  (*)
Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Titanite  (*)Valentinite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)370150,70152,701578803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)170157706
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2270152,701572162
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3270146,701491534
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1701529052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21701455509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4370145,70149,701555516
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2270152,70157700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)570145,70147,70151,70152,7015527770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S270149,701545707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2570145,70149,70151,70152,7015427198
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8670145,70146,70147,70149,70153,701551756
Copper  (*)CopperCu1701553846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1701544165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3170154802
Delafossite  (*)NoneCu1+Fe3+O2170145144
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1701541027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6570145,70146,70149,70153,701554135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21701529895
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)170143648
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2370149,70150,701529617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS470145,70149,70151,7015224243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3270150,7015214640
Hydrotalcite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Al2CO3(OH)16(H2O)417014587
Hydroxylclinohumite  (*)HumiteMg9(SiO4)4(OH)217015516
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3370145,70153,701555433
Lazulite  (*)LazuliteMgAl2(PO4)2(OH)2170152232
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4870147,70148,70149,70151,70153,70154,70155,7015614899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2370145,70149,7015512537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21701525674
Morenosite  (*)EpsomiteNi(SO4)·7H2O17014384
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)217015217380
Nesquehonite  (*)NoneMg(CO3)·3H2O17014580
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S3170152511
Pararealgar  (*)NoneAs4S417015257
Pecoraite  (*)Clay SerpentineNi3Si2O5(OH)417014440
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81701541512
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO3370147,70153,70155495
Pharmacolite  (*)GypsumCa(AsO3OH)·2H2O170152105
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2370152,70154,7015739462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2170152771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81701549056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2570149,70150,70151,70152,7015761156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS270152,70156712
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2470145,70152,70156,701575614
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)31701561214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS270154,7015521482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3270152,701563418
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O470145,70155,70156,701574899
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O3170152369



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