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:
Cavagnoli Glacier Area (Cavagnöö Glacier), Bavona Valley, Maggia Valley, Ticino, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 3228
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3228.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cavagnoli Glacier Area (Cavagnöö Glacier), Bavona Valley, Maggia Valley, Ticino, Switzerland": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Cavagnoli Lake (Cavagnöö Lake)
Lake Bianco
Pizzo Dell'Arzo
Pizzo Fiorina East Slope
Poncione Di Valleggia

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.

Brookite	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite
Prehnite	Quartz	Rutile	Titanite

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Ankerite ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*
Euclase ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Phenakite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*
Titanite ()*

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 Be C Ca Fe H K Na O Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca O Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Brookite Calcite Clay Corundum Diaspore Feldspar Mica None Not in a structural group Phenakite
Prehnite Quartz Rutile Titanite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	114495	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	3	114494,114496,114498	2162
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2	114493,114494	3092
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	1	114496	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	114495	27770
Euclase ()*	None	BeAlSiO₄(OH)	1	114495	120
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	114496	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	114494,114495	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	114496,114497	5433
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4	114494,114495,114496,114497	17380
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	1	114494	326
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	114494	1898
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	114494,114495,114496,114497,114498	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5	114494,114495,114496,114497,114498	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	114496	6417
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	0		4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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