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


mindat Locality ID: 54898
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-54898.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mello Pass, Masino Valley, Valtellina, Sondrio Province, Lombardy, Italy": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°16'38"N
Longitude: 9°43'55"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.277222222222,9.7319444444444
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: Al As Be Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Mo O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Be Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Mo O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BerylBrochantiteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteDigeniteEpidoteMalachiteMeneghiniteMolybdeniteNone
QuartzSphaleriteStanniteTetrahedriteTitanite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Aurichalcite  (*)Beryl  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Digenite  (*)Epidote  (*)Idaite  (*)Langite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Meneghinite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spionkopite  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Titanite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)Yarrowite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)60919
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1804286
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)601633
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S01027
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Idaite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3FeS40142
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O0593
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Meneghinite  (*)MeneghinitePb13CuSb7S240158
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Spionkopite  (*)NoneCu39S28073
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1301803
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS30297
Yarrowite  (*)NoneCu9S8070


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