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Camisolo Pass Mine, Introbio, Valsassina, Lecco Province, Lombardy, Italyi
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Camisolo Pass MineMine
Introbio- not defined -
ValsassinaValley
Lecco ProvinceProvince
LombardyRegion
ItalyCountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
46° 0' 37'' North , 9° 29' 32'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Valtorta117 (2014)5.0km
Primaluna2,124 (2014)5.1km
Introbio1,954 (2014)5.2km
Rava112 (2014)5.7km
Ornica209 (2014)7.1km
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ClubLocationDistance
Club Cercatori di Minerali e Fossili TicinoViganello, Ticino40km
Mindat Locality ID:
30249
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:30249:7
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Name(s) in local language(s):
Miniera di Passo Camisolo, Introbio, Valsassina, Lecco, Lombardia, Italia


Pb-Ag-Zn-baryte mine, currently abandoned. This mine has exploited a Pb, Ag, Zn, Cd, Cu, Fe, Sb, As, Ni, Co polymetallic lode, part of the Valsassina five-elements hydrothermal system (Vergani, 2019).

Passo Camisolo ore body consists of a big lode about 400 m long, over 150 m high and with a thickness varying from 2 to over 4 m, set along a NNW-SSE trending fault plane. The lode is hosted within the rocks of the Permian volcano-clastic cover: Ponteranica Conglomerate and Laghi Gemelli Fm (ex Collio Fm.). During the 20th century, the lode was exploited for barite, galena sphalerite and argentiferous tetrahedrite extraction. The main metallic minerals are galena, argentiferous tetrahedrite, cadmian sphalerite (also associated with coarse greenockite crusts) and minor chalcopyrite, with pyrite, arsenopyrite, bournonite and stibnite as accessory minerals (Vergani, 2019). Gersdorffite and a mineral like skutterudite are osservable in a quart-carbonates vein parallel to the main lode, with also minor Ni-Co arsenates (Vergani, 2019). The gangue consists mainly of spathic barite, with locally diffused microcrystalline quartz and minor siderite, usually present as small veinlets or disseminations.

The lode is clearly zoned, in the northern portion on the slope of Val Biandino the mineralization consists mainly of barite, with argentiferous tetrahedrite as principal metallic mineral. In the southern portion of the lode, near the Camisolo Pass, the mineralization is dominated by fine-grained galena, massive sphalerite and widespread disseminations of argentiferous tetrahedrite, with mainly barite gangue in the upper portion of the ore body, and quartz gangue with frequent siderite disseminations, often completely altered, in the deepest portion.

The lode maintains a constant thickness of approximately 2 m in the southern portion of the mining area, and thickness even higher than 4 m in the northern portion.

In general, the lode is rich of secondary minerals, mainly carbonates, sulfates, arsenates and various minerals of Pb, Cu, Sb and Zn. These secondary minerals, probably of supergene origin, are widespread in all parts of the ore body (Vergani, 2019; Vergani et al., 2020). In addition, quartz and barite blocks with large dissolution cavities, often filled of secondary minerals, are locally frequent in the dumps.

For more details of the history of the Camisolo Mines, see the photos 561810, 561813, 561814, and 561894. The mine consists of four main levels: Santa Barbara (1962 m) and Lina (1988 m) in the upper Val Biandino, Introbio (Lecco province); Ida (2018 m) and Giulia (2052 m) near the Alberto Grassi hut (Rifugio Alberto Grassi) in upper the Val Foppabona, Valtorta (Bergamo province).

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Mineral List


51 valid minerals.

Detailed Mineral List:

Acanthite
Formula: Ag2S
Anglesite
Formula: PbSO4
Annabergite
Formula: Ni3(AsO4)2 · 8H2O
Aragonite
Formula: CaCO3
Asbolane
Formula: (Ni,Co)2-xMn4+(O,OH)4 · nH2O
Aurichalcite
Formula: (Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6
Azurite
Formula: Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2
Baryte
Formula: BaSO4
Bayldonite
Formula: PbCu3(AsO4)2(OH)2
Bournonite
Formula: PbCuSbS3
Brochantite
Formula: Cu4(SO4)(OH)6
Celestine
Formula: SrSO4
Cerussite
Formula: PbCO3
Chalcophyllite
Formula: Cu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24 · 36H2O
Chalcopyrite
Formula: CuFeS2
Chrysocolla
Formula: Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
Claraite
Formula: (Cu,Zn)15(CO3)4(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)14 · 7H2O
Clinoclase
Formula: Cu3(AsO4)(OH)3
Conichalcite
Formula: CaCu(AsO4)(OH)
Covellite
Formula: CuS
Cuprite
Formula: Cu2O
'Cuproroméite'
Formula: Cu2Sb2(O,OH)7
Dolomite
Formula: CaMg(CO3)2
Erythrite
Formula: Co3(AsO4)2 · 8H2O
Euchroite
Formula: Cu2(AsO4)(OH) · 3H2O
Galena
Formula: PbS
Gersdorffite
Formula: NiAsS
Goethite
Formula: Fe3+O(OH)
Greenockite
Formula: CdS
Gypsum
Formula: CaSO4 · 2H2O
Hemimorphite
Formula: Zn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
Hydrozincite
Formula: Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6
'Limonite'
Linarite
Formula: PbCu(SO4)(OH)2
Malachite
Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Mimetite
Formula: Pb5(AsO4)3Cl
Oxyplumboroméite
Formula: Pb2Sb2O6O
Parnauite
Formula: Cu9(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)10 · 7H2O
Posnjakite
Formula: Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 · H2O
Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
Pyromorphite
Formula: Pb5(PO4)3Cl
Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Rosasite
Formula: (Cu,Zn)2(CO3)(OH)2
Sabelliite
Formula: (Cu,Zn)2Zn(AsO4,SbO4)(OH)3
Siderite
Formula: FeCO3
Skutterudite ?
Formula: CoAs3
Smithsonite
Formula: ZnCO3
Sphalerite
Formula: ZnS
Stibiconite
Formula: Sb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)
Stibnite
Formula: Sb2S3
'Tetrahedrite Subgroup'
Formula: Cu6(Cu4C2+2)Sb4S12S
Theisite
Formula: Cu5Zn5(AsO4,SbO4)2(OH)14
Wulfenite
Formula: Pb(MoO4)
Zincolivenite
Formula: CuZn(AsO4)(OH)

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Acanthite2.BA.35Ag2S
Covellite2.CA.05aCuS
Sphalerite2.CB.05aZnS
Chalcopyrite2.CB.10aCuFeS2
Greenockite2.CB.45CdS
Galena2.CD.10PbS
Stibnite2.DB.05Sb2S3
Pyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Gersdorffite2.EB.25NiAsS
Skutterudite ?2.EC.05CoAs3
Bournonite2.GA.50PbCuSbS3
'Tetrahedrite Subgroup'2.GB.05Cu6(Cu4C2+2)Sb4S12S
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Goethite4.00.Fe3+O(OH)
Cuprite4.AA.10Cu2O
Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
Oxyplumboroméite4.DH.Pb2Sb2O6O
'Cuproroméite'4.DH.20Cu2Sb2(O,OH)7
Stibiconite4.DH.20Sb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)
Asbolane4.FL.30(Ni,Co)2-xMn4+(O,OH)4 · nH2O
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Siderite5.AB.05FeCO3
Smithsonite5.AB.05ZnCO3
Dolomite5.AB.10CaMg(CO3)2
Aragonite5.AB.15CaCO3
Cerussite5.AB.15PbCO3
Azurite5.BA.05Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2
Malachite5.BA.10Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Rosasite5.BA.10(Cu,Zn)2(CO3)(OH)2
Aurichalcite5.BA.15(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6
Hydrozincite5.BA.15Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6
Claraite5.DA.30(Cu,Zn)15(CO3)4(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)14 · 7H2O
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
Anglesite7.AD.35PbSO4
Baryte7.AD.35BaSO4
Celestine7.AD.35SrSO4
Brochantite7.BB.25Cu4(SO4)(OH)6
Linarite7.BC.65PbCu(SO4)(OH)2
Gypsum7.CD.40CaSO4 · 2H2O
Posnjakite7.DD.10Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 · H2O
Wulfenite7.GA.05Pb(MoO4)
Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates
Zincolivenite8.BB.30CuZn(AsO4)(OH)
Clinoclase8.BE.20Cu3(AsO4)(OH)3
Sabelliite8.BE.65(Cu,Zn)2Zn(AsO4,SbO4)(OH)3
Theisite8.BE.75Cu5Zn5(AsO4,SbO4)2(OH)14
Conichalcite8.BH.35CaCu(AsO4)(OH)
Bayldonite8.BH.45PbCu3(AsO4)2(OH)2
Mimetite8.BN.05Pb5(AsO4)3Cl
Pyromorphite8.BN.05Pb5(PO4)3Cl
Annabergite8.CE.40Ni3(AsO4)2 · 8H2O
Erythrite8.CE.40Co3(AsO4)2 · 8H2O
Euchroite8.DC.07Cu2(AsO4)(OH) · 3H2O
Chalcophyllite8.DF.30Cu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24 · 36H2O
Parnauite8.DF.35Cu9(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)10 · 7H2O
Group 9 - Silicates
Hemimorphite9.BD.10Zn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
Chrysocolla9.ED.20Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
Unclassified
'Limonite'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H AnnabergiteNi3(AsO4)2 · 8H2O
H Asbolane(Ni,Co)2-xMn4+(O,OH)4 · nH2O
H Aurichalcite(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6
H AzuriteCu3(CO3)2(OH)2
H BayldonitePbCu3(AsO4)2(OH)2
H BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6
H ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24 · 36H2O
H ChrysocollaCu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
H ClinoclaseCu3(AsO4)(OH)3
H Claraite(Cu,Zn)15(CO3)4(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)14 · 7H2O
H ConichalciteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)
H ErythriteCo3(AsO4)2 · 8H2O
H EuchroiteCu2(AsO4)(OH) · 3H2O
H GoethiteFe3+O(OH)
H GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
H HemimorphiteZn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
H HydrozinciteZn5(CO3)2(OH)6
H LinaritePbCu(SO4)(OH)2
H MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
H ParnauiteCu9(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)10 · 7H2O
H CuproroméiteCu2Sb2(O,OH)7
H PosnjakiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6 · H2O
H Rosasite(Cu,Zn)2(CO3)(OH)2
H Sabelliite(Cu,Zn)2Zn(AsO4,SbO4)(OH)3
H StibiconiteSb3+Sb25+O6(OH)
H TheisiteCu5Zn5(AsO4,SbO4)2(OH)14
H ZincoliveniteCuZn(AsO4)(OH)
CCarbon
C AragoniteCaCO3
C Aurichalcite(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6
C AzuriteCu3(CO3)2(OH)2
C CerussitePbCO3
C Claraite(Cu,Zn)15(CO3)4(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)14 · 7H2O
C DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
C HydrozinciteZn5(CO3)2(OH)6
C MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
C Rosasite(Cu,Zn)2(CO3)(OH)2
C SideriteFeCO3
C SmithsoniteZnCO3
OOxygen
O AnglesitePbSO4
O AnnabergiteNi3(AsO4)2 · 8H2O
O AragoniteCaCO3
O Asbolane(Ni,Co)2-xMn4+(O,OH)4 · nH2O
O Aurichalcite(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6
O AzuriteCu3(CO3)2(OH)2
O BaryteBaSO4
O BayldonitePbCu3(AsO4)2(OH)2
O BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6
O CelestineSrSO4
O CerussitePbCO3
O ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24 · 36H2O
O ChrysocollaCu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
O ClinoclaseCu3(AsO4)(OH)3
O Claraite(Cu,Zn)15(CO3)4(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)14 · 7H2O
O ConichalciteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)
O CupriteCu2O
O DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
O ErythriteCo3(AsO4)2 · 8H2O
O EuchroiteCu2(AsO4)(OH) · 3H2O
O GoethiteFe3+O(OH)
O GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
O HemimorphiteZn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
O HydrozinciteZn5(CO3)2(OH)6
O LinaritePbCu(SO4)(OH)2
O MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
O MimetitePb5(AsO4)3Cl
O ParnauiteCu9(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)10 · 7H2O
O CuproroméiteCu2Sb2(O,OH)7
O PosnjakiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6 · H2O
O PyromorphitePb5(PO4)3Cl
O QuartzSiO2
O Rosasite(Cu,Zn)2(CO3)(OH)2
O Sabelliite(Cu,Zn)2Zn(AsO4,SbO4)(OH)3
O SideriteFeCO3
O SmithsoniteZnCO3
O StibiconiteSb3+Sb25+O6(OH)
O TheisiteCu5Zn5(AsO4,SbO4)2(OH)14
O WulfenitePb(MoO4)
O ZincoliveniteCuZn(AsO4)(OH)
O OxyplumboroméitePb2Sb2O6O
MgMagnesium
Mg DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
AlAluminium
Al ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24 · 36H2O
Al ChrysocollaCu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
SiSilicon
Si ChrysocollaCu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
Si HemimorphiteZn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
Si QuartzSiO2
PPhosphorus
P PyromorphitePb5(PO4)3Cl
SSulfur
S AcanthiteAg2S
S AnglesitePbSO4
S BaryteBaSO4
S BournonitePbCuSbS3
S BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6
S CelestineSrSO4
S ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
S ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24 · 36H2O
S Claraite(Cu,Zn)15(CO3)4(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)14 · 7H2O
S CovelliteCuS
S GalenaPbS
S GersdorffiteNiAsS
S GreenockiteCdS
S GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
S LinaritePbCu(SO4)(OH)2
S ParnauiteCu9(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)10 · 7H2O
S PosnjakiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6 · H2O
S PyriteFeS2
S SphaleriteZnS
S StibniteSb2S3
S Tetrahedrite SubgroupCu6(Cu4C22+)Sb4S12S
ClChlorine
Cl MimetitePb5(AsO4)3Cl
Cl PyromorphitePb5(PO4)3Cl
CaCalcium
Ca AragoniteCaCO3
Ca ConichalciteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)
Ca DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
Ca GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
MnManganese
Mn Asbolane(Ni,Co)2-xMn4+(O,OH)4 · nH2O
FeIron
Fe ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Fe GoethiteFe3+O(OH)
Fe PyriteFeS2
Fe SideriteFeCO3
CoCobalt
Co Asbolane(Ni,Co)2-xMn4+(O,OH)4 · nH2O
Co ErythriteCo3(AsO4)2 · 8H2O
Co SkutteruditeCoAs3
NiNickel
Ni AnnabergiteNi3(AsO4)2 · 8H2O
Ni Asbolane(Ni,Co)2-xMn4+(O,OH)4 · nH2O
Ni GersdorffiteNiAsS
CuCopper
Cu Aurichalcite(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6
Cu AzuriteCu3(CO3)2(OH)2
Cu BayldonitePbCu3(AsO4)2(OH)2
Cu BournonitePbCuSbS3
Cu BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6
Cu ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Cu ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24 · 36H2O
Cu ChrysocollaCu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
Cu ClinoclaseCu3(AsO4)(OH)3
Cu Claraite(Cu,Zn)15(CO3)4(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)14 · 7H2O
Cu ConichalciteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)
Cu CovelliteCuS
Cu CupriteCu2O
Cu EuchroiteCu2(AsO4)(OH) · 3H2O
Cu LinaritePbCu(SO4)(OH)2
Cu MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
Cu ParnauiteCu9(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)10 · 7H2O
Cu CuproroméiteCu2Sb2(O,OH)7
Cu PosnjakiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6 · H2O
Cu Rosasite(Cu,Zn)2(CO3)(OH)2
Cu Sabelliite(Cu,Zn)2Zn(AsO4,SbO4)(OH)3
Cu Tetrahedrite SubgroupCu6(Cu4C22+)Sb4S12S
Cu TheisiteCu5Zn5(AsO4,SbO4)2(OH)14
Cu ZincoliveniteCuZn(AsO4)(OH)
ZnZinc
Zn Aurichalcite(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)6
Zn Claraite(Cu,Zn)15(CO3)4(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)14 · 7H2O
Zn HemimorphiteZn4Si2O7(OH)2 · H2O
Zn HydrozinciteZn5(CO3)2(OH)6
Zn Rosasite(Cu,Zn)2(CO3)(OH)2
Zn Sabelliite(Cu,Zn)2Zn(AsO4,SbO4)(OH)3
Zn SmithsoniteZnCO3
Zn SphaleriteZnS
Zn TheisiteCu5Zn5(AsO4,SbO4)2(OH)14
Zn ZincoliveniteCuZn(AsO4)(OH)
AsArsenic
As AnnabergiteNi3(AsO4)2 · 8H2O
As BayldonitePbCu3(AsO4)2(OH)2
As ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24 · 36H2O
As ClinoclaseCu3(AsO4)(OH)3
As Claraite(Cu,Zn)15(CO3)4(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)14 · 7H2O
As ConichalciteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)
As ErythriteCo3(AsO4)2 · 8H2O
As EuchroiteCu2(AsO4)(OH) · 3H2O
As GersdorffiteNiAsS
As MimetitePb5(AsO4)3Cl
As ParnauiteCu9(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)10 · 7H2O
As Sabelliite(Cu,Zn)2Zn(AsO4,SbO4)(OH)3
As SkutteruditeCoAs3
As TheisiteCu5Zn5(AsO4,SbO4)2(OH)14
As ZincoliveniteCuZn(AsO4)(OH)
SrStrontium
Sr CelestineSrSO4
MoMolybdenum
Mo WulfenitePb(MoO4)
AgSilver
Ag AcanthiteAg2S
CdCadmium
Cd GreenockiteCdS
SbAntimony
Sb BournonitePbCuSbS3
Sb CuproroméiteCu2Sb2(O,OH)7
Sb Sabelliite(Cu,Zn)2Zn(AsO4,SbO4)(OH)3
Sb StibiconiteSb3+Sb25+O6(OH)
Sb StibniteSb2S3
Sb Tetrahedrite SubgroupCu6(Cu4C22+)Sb4S12S
Sb TheisiteCu5Zn5(AsO4,SbO4)2(OH)14
Sb OxyplumboroméitePb2Sb2O6O
BaBarium
Ba BaryteBaSO4
PbLead
Pb AnglesitePbSO4
Pb BayldonitePbCu3(AsO4)2(OH)2
Pb BournonitePbCuSbS3
Pb CerussitePbCO3
Pb GalenaPbS
Pb LinaritePbCu(SO4)(OH)2
Pb MimetitePb5(AsO4)3Cl
Pb PyromorphitePb5(PO4)3Cl
Pb WulfenitePb(MoO4)
Pb OxyplumboroméitePb2Sb2O6O

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