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Locality Name:
San Bartolomeo Val Cavargna, Como Province, Lombardy, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 62049
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-62049.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "San Bartolomeo Val Cavargna, Como Province, Lombardy, Italy": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
La Selva Mine

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: C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicArsenopyriteBerthieriteCalciteChalcopyriteGypsumMalachiteNickelineNonePyrite
PyrochloreQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedrite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Antimony  (*)Berthierite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gudmundite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Kermesite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb169875363
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S4169875343
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)16987527770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS216987527198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21698759895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS16987524243
Gudmundite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeSbS169875170
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1698756890
Kermesite  (*)NoneSb2OS2169875230
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)216987512537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS216987539462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81698759056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO216987561156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS16987521482
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)169875446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31698753418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131698755317



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