Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mt. Motta, Lanzada, Lanterna Valley, Malenco Valley, Valtellina, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 55761
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-55761.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mt. Motta, Lanzada, Lanterna Valley, Malenco Valley, Valtellina, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Dosso Dei Cristalli
IMI Fabi Mine (Fabi Mine; Fabi Quarry)
Le Prese

Latitude: 46°16'48"N
Longitude: 9°54'8"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.28,9.9022222222222

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.

Aragonite	Brookite	Brucite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum
Crichtonite	Feldspar	Hydrotalcite	Mckelveyite	Millerite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	Talc	Vesuvianite	hauchecornite

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Aragonite ()*	Brookite ()*	Brucite ()*
Brugnatellite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Copper ()*
Dessauite-(Y) ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Gold ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Lindsleyite ()*	Linnaeite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Mckelveyite-(Y) ()*
Millerite ()*	Polydymite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Redledgeite ()*	Rutile ()*	Siegenite ()*	Talc ()*	Tellurohauchecornite ()*
Vesuvianite ()*

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 Ba Bi C Ca Co Cr Cu F Fe H Mg Mn Na Ni O S Si Sr Te Ti U V Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Au C Cu Fe H Mg O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Brookite Brucite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Copper Coronadite Corundum
Crichtonite Feldspar Hydrotalcite Mckelveyite Millerite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rutile Spinel Talc Vesuvianite hauchecornite

31 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	70160	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	70161	2162
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	70160	3250
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	1	70161	700
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	1	70161	462
Brugnatellite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Fe³⁺(CO₃)(OH)₁₃·4H₂O	0		32
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	70161	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	70160	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	70163	1756
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	0		3846
Dessauite-(Y) ()*	Crichtonite	Sr(Y,U,Mn)Fe₂(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)₁₈(O,OH)₃₈	1	70161	9
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	70163	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	70161	9895
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	0		30554
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	70161	5433
Lindsleyite ()*	Crichtonite	(Ba,Sr)(Zr,Ca)(Fe,Mg)₂(Ti,Cr,Fe)₁₈O₃₈	1	70161	12
Linnaeite ()*	Spinel	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂S₄	1	70161	249
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	2	70160,70161	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	70161	14899
Mckelveyite-(Y) ()*	Mckelveyite	NaBa₃CaY(CO₃)₆·3H₂O	1	70161	9
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	70161	1066
Polydymite ()*	Spinel	Ni²⁺Ni³⁺₂S₄	1	70161	131
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	70160,70161	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	70160	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	70160,70161	61156
Redledgeite ()*	Coronadite	Ba(Ti₆Cr³⁺₂)O₁₆	1	70161	4
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	70161	5614
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄	1	70161	249
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	70161	3337
Tellurohauchecornite ()*	hauchecornite	Ni₉BiTeS₈	1	70161	2
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	70163	1395

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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