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:
Capriasca Valley, Lugano Lake, Ticino, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 282511
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-282511.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Capriasca Valley, Lugano Lake, Ticino, Switzerland": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Cima Di Lago

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.

Arsenopyrite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite

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 Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Mica Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Arsenopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	114480	9052
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	114480	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	114480	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	114480	30554
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	114480	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	114480	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	114480	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	114480	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	114480	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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