Agueglio Alp, Esino Lario, Lecco Province, Lombardy, Italyi
Regional Level Types | |
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Agueglio Alp | Workings (Abandoned) |
Esino Lario | Commune |
Lecco Province | Province |
Lombardy | Region |
Italy | - not defined - |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
46° 0' 27'' North , 9° 19' 57'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Workings (Abandoned) - last checked 2019
Deposit first discovered:
1938 (approx.)
Age:
236 Β± 1 to 234 Β± 2 Ma
Geologic Time:
Dating method:
presumed age Early Carnian Unconformity in the Lombardian Sud Alpine realm (western Tethys) according to several authors
Reference for age:
Assereto et al. 1977 - Stratigrafia e Metallogenesi del Settore Occidentale del distretto a Pb,Zn,F,Ba di Gorno (Alpi Bergamasche). Riv. It. Pal. Strat. v.83, n.3, pp395-532
KΓΆppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Parlasco | 131 (2014) | 1.5km |
Esino Lario | 698 (2014) | 1.5km |
Taceno | 508 (2014) | 2.9km |
Vendrogno | 131 (2014) | 3.0km |
Perledo | 608 (2014) | 3.0km |
Nearest Clubs:
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Club | Location | Distance |
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Club Cercatori di Minerali e Fossili Ticino | Viganello, Ticino | 28km |
Mindat Locality ID:
206658
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:206658:8
GUID (UUID V4):
79d44eb9-3adb-4092-ad00-cd8aff3c1426
Name(s) in local language(s):
Alpe Agueglio, Esino Lario, Provincia di Lecco, Lombardia, Italia
The Mn ore, typically discontinuous and strata-bound, is hosted into pods of red-brown "limonitic" limestone, resulting from the infill of paleo-karsts. The ore bearing horizon is related to an important sub-aerial erosional surface of Early-Carnian (Late Triassic) age. This ore-body is pene-contemporaneous to the Pb-Zn-F-Ba deposits existing along the same Early Carnian unconformity, but it is related to paleohigh settings where prolonged sub-aerial exposure favored the development of Fe & Mn enriched paleo-soils.
The site is located at 1220 meters altitude, and can be reached by road. After parking you car, there is a path going slightly uphill (about 20 minutes walk).
2019\01\29: revised coordinates through satellite imagery, after on site visit.
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
β Calcite Formula: CaCO3 |
β Dolomite Formula: CaMg(CO3)2 |
β Hematite Formula: Fe2O3 |
β Manganite Formula: Mn3+O(OH) Description: SEM images can be found at
http://imgdb.amiminerals.it/index.php?/category/108 |
β 'Psilomelane' |
β Pyrolusite Formula: Mn4+O2 |
β Siderite Formula: FeCO3 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
---|---|---|---|
β | Hematite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2O3 |
β | Pyrolusite | 4.DB.05 | Mn4+O2 |
β | Manganite | 4.FD.15 | Mn3+O(OH) |
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
β | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
β | Siderite | 5.AB.05 | FeCO3 |
β | Dolomite | 5.AB.10 | CaMg(CO3)2 |
Unclassified | |||
β | 'Psilomelane' | - |
List of minerals for each chemical element
H | Hydrogen | |
---|---|---|
H | β Manganite | Mn3+O(OH) |
C | Carbon | |
C | β Calcite | CaCO3 |
C | β Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
C | β Siderite | FeCO3 |
O | Oxygen | |
O | β Calcite | CaCO3 |
O | β Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
O | β Hematite | Fe2O3 |
O | β Manganite | Mn3+O(OH) |
O | β Pyrolusite | Mn4+O2 |
O | β Siderite | FeCO3 |
Mg | Magnesium | |
Mg | β Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
Ca | Calcium | |
Ca | β Calcite | CaCO3 |
Ca | β Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
Mn | Manganese | |
Mn | β Manganite | Mn3+O(OH) |
Mn | β Pyrolusite | Mn4+O2 |
Fe | Iron | |
Fe | β Hematite | Fe2O3 |
Fe | β Siderite | FeCO3 |
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Agueglio Alp, Esino Lario, Lecco Province, Lombardy, Italy