Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Valganna, Lake Lugano, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 280013
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-280013.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Valganna, Lake Lugano, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Gerizzo Leucogranite Pluton

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Calcite	Clay	Feldspar	Fluorite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Olivine	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Spinel

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 C Ca F Fe H K Mo Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clay Feldspar Fluorite Mica Molybdenite None Olivine Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite Spinel

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Annite ()*	Calcite ()*	Fayalite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	70262	8803
Annite ()*	Mica Clay	KFe²⁺₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	70262	356
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	70262	27770
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	1	70262	371
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	70262	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	70262	24243
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	70262	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	70262	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	70262	5800
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	70262	2349
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	70262	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	70262	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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