Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Masino Valley, Valtellina, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy

mindat Locality ID: 56178
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-56178.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Masino Valley, Valtellina, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Mello Pass
Preda Rossa Valley
Zocca Valley

Latitude: 46°17'1"N
Longitude: 9°42'1"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.283611111111,9.7002777777778

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.

Allophane	Beryl	Bismutite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Digenite
Epidote	Garnet	Malachite	Meneghinite	Molybdenite	Natrolite	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite	Titanite

Aurichalcite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bismutite ()*	Bornite ()*
Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Crednerite ()*
Digenite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferrimolybdite ()*	Geikielite ()*
Gladite ()*	Idaite ()*	Langite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Meneghinite ()*	Mesolite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Powellite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sperrylite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*
Spionkopite ()*	Stevensite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Titanite ()*
Wittichenite ()*	Yarrowite ()*

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 Be Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb Pt S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Pt

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Beryl Bismutite Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Digenite
Epidote Garnet Malachite Meneghinite Molybdenite Natrolite None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stibnite Sulphur Tetrahedrite Titanite

37 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	70191	919
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	70191	4286
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	70193	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	1	70193	716
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	70191	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	70191	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	70192	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	70191,70192,70193	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	70192	3531
Crednerite ()*	None	CuMnO₂	1	70192	35
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	70191	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	70192	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	70191,70192	8173
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	1	70193	345
Geikielite ()*	Corundum	MgTiO₃	1	70192	70
Gladite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBi₅S₉	1	70193	67
Idaite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃FeS₄	1	70191	142
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	1	70191	593
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	70192	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	70191,70192	12537
Meneghinite ()*	Meneghinite	Pb₁₃CuSb₇S₂₄	1	70191	158
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	1	70192	425
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	3	70191,70192,70193	5800
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	1	70193	494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	70192,70193	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	70191,70192,70193	61156
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	0		337
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	70192	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	70191	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	70192	1934
Spionkopite ()*	None	Cu₃₉S₂₈	1	70191	73
Stevensite ()*	Clay	(Ca,Na)_xMg_3-ySi₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	70192	57
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	70193	2045
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	70191	1803
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	70191	4899
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	1	70191	297
Yarrowite ()*	None	Cu₉S₈	1	70191	70

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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