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Locality Name:
Boarezzo, Valganna, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy


mindat Locality ID: 29842
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29842.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Boarezzo, Valganna, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Boarezzo Mine (Pradisci Prospect; Rio Carpane Prospect)
Boarezzo Uranium Prospect

Latitude: 45°54'57"N
Longitude: 8°49'56"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.915833333333,8.8322222222222
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: Ag As Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H O P Pb S Sb Si Ti U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: O Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAragoniteAutuniteBaryteBrookiteCalciteCaledoniteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteCopper
CovelliteFluoriteJalpaiteLinariteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPolybasitePyriteQuartz
RocksaltSphaleriteSulphurTetrahedrite

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anatase  (*)Anglesite  (*)Autunite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Brookite  (*)Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Jalpaite  (*)Langite  (*)Linarite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Uranophane-β  (*)Pearceite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Schultenite  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Susannite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1702682793
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21702682162
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1702682734
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O1702691272
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21702685509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)270268,7026911547
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO20700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)17026827770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6170268359
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1702684979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O170268925
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS217026827198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1702684165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1702682970
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21702689617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS17026824243
Jalpaite  (*)JalpaiteAg3CuS2170268116
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O170268593
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)2170268987
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)217026812537
Uranophane-β  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O170269144
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]170268249
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2270268,7026939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2270268,7026961156
Schultenite  (*)NonePb(AsO3OH)17026830
Silver  (*)CopperAg1702685186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS17026821482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1702682045
Susannite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)217026899
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131702685317
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21702692718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O170269890


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070704Boarezzo Mine (Pradisci Prospect; Rio Carpane Prospect), Boarezzo, Valganna, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italyhttps://rruff.info/R070704

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