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Locality Name:
Curio, Malcantone, Ticino, Switzerland


mindat Locality ID: 284815
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-284815.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Curio, Malcantone, Ticino, Switzerland": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Cantine Valley

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayMicaNickelineNonePyrite
QuartzSphaleriteStibnite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Antimony  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Gudmundite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Kermesite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb1114553363
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11145539052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)111455311547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)111455327770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2111455327198
Gudmundite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeSbS1114553170
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S141114553784
Kermesite  (*)NoneSb2OS21114553230
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2111455317380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2111455339462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811145539056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2111455361156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS111455321482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S311145533418


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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