Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Central St Gotthard Massif, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 3226
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3226.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Central St Gotthard Massif, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland": 32
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 24

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Airolo
Fontana
Lucendro Valley
Prevat Valley
St Gotthard Pass Area
Tremola Valley

Latitude: 46°32'51"N
Longitude: 8°32'57"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.5475,8.5491666666667

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.

Aeschynite	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Beryl	Brookite	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copper	Corundum	Crichtonite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Heulandite	Kaolinite
Marcasite	Mica	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite	Tourmaline	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Anatase ()*
Anhydrite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Bavenite ()*	Bazzite ()*
Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cleusonite ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Dickite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Euclase ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Phenakite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*	Scolecite ()*	Siderite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Titanite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*

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 Au B Be C Ca F Fe H K Mg Na Nb O P Pb S Sc Si Th Ti U Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca H K Mg O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aeschynite Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Beryl Brookite Calcite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite
Copper Corundum Crichtonite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Heulandite Kaolinite
Marcasite Mica Natrolite None Not in a structural group Phenakite Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Titanite Tourmaline Zircon

44 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	114451	3419
Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Aeschynite	(Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆	3	114430,114435,114447	141
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	6	114426,114430,114438,114441,114444,114451	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	3	114422,114426,114447	2353
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	5	114422,114430,114431,114437,114439	2162
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	114426	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2	114424,114426	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	114451	3250
Bavenite ()*	None	Ca₄Be_2+xAl_2-xSi₉O_26-x(OH)_2+x (x = 0 to 1)	1	114426	255
Bazzite ()*	Beryl	Be₃(Sc,Fe³⁺,Mg)₂Si₆O₁₈·Na_0.32·nH₂O	4	114430,114431,114437,114439	51
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	4	114424,114430,114432,114440	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	114444	4286
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	2	114437,114439	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	114424,114426,114427,114451	27770
Cleusonite ()*	Crichtonite	Pb(U⁴⁺,U⁶⁺)Fe²⁺₂(Ti,Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺)₁₈(O,OH)₃₈	1	114430	14
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	3	114426,114431,114441	1756
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	114426	651
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	0		4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	114426	8173
Euclase ()*	None	BeAlSiO₄(OH)	1	114441	120
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	5	114426,114430,114437,114442,114445	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	4	114426,114437,114442,114443	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	114423,114431	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	114427	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	6	114426,114430,114434,114435,114437,114439	14640
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Heulandite	(Ca,Na,K)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·26H₂O	1	114426	246
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	114437,114441	5433
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	2	114426,114430	1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	114431	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	114427	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4	114426,114430,114435,114441	17380
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	2	114430,114434	326
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	0		2273
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	114426	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	114424,114427,114431,114451	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	13	114426,114427,114430,114431,114432,114434,114435,114437,114439,114441,114444,114446,114451	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	8	114425,114426,114430,114431,114435,114441,114446,114451	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	114421	2705
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	2	114426,114436	390
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	4	114423,114424,114441,114451	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	114426	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	0		1934
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	5	114425,114426,114434,114442,114450	4899
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	3	114430,114431,114439	939

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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