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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
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 Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteChalcopyriteClayCopperMicaNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksalt
Sphalerite

9 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11144809052
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2111448027198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS111448024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu111448030554
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2111448017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2111448039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811144809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2111448061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS111448021482


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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