Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Gosan Mine, Saint-Luc, Anniviers Valley, Valais, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 3233
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3233.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gosan Mine, Saint-Luc, Anniviers Valley, Valais, Switzerland": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°13'0"N
Longitude: 7°36'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.216666666667,7.6

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Allanite	Alunite	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Chalcophyllite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum
Covellite	Crichtonite	Cyanotrichite	Epidote	Fornacite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrochlore
Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Tyrolite

Adamite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Anglesite ()*	Azurite ()*	Beudantite ()*
Bindheimite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Camérolaite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Claraite ()*	Cleusonite ()*	Covellite ()*
Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mimetite ()*
Molybdofornacite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Segnitite ()*	Senaite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Theisite ()*	Tyrolite ()*
Wallkilldellite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 C Ca Ce Cl Cr Cu Fe H Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Si Ti U V Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Ce Cl Cr Cu Fe H Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Si Ti U V Y Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Alunite Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Chalcophyllite Chalcopyrite Corundum
Covellite Crichtonite Cyanotrichite Epidote Fornacite Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrochlore
Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Tyrolite

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Adamite ()*	Andalusite	Zn₂(AsO₄)(OH)	254
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	706
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2734
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	413
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	450
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1633
Camérolaite ()*	Cyanotrichite	Cu₆Al₃(OH)₁₈(H₂O)₂[Sb(OH)₆](SO₄)	15
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chalcophyllite ()*	Chalcophyllite	Cu₁₈Al₂(AsO₄)₄(SO₄)₃(OH)₂₄·36H₂O	194
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Claraite ()*	None	(Cu,Zn)₁₅(CO₃)₄(AsO₄)₂(SO₄)(OH)₁₄·7H₂O	40
Cleusonite ()*	Crichtonite	Pb(U⁴⁺,U⁶⁺)Fe²⁺₂(Ti,Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺)₁₈(O,OH)₃₈	14
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1107
Molybdofornacite ()*	Fornacite	CuPb₂(MoO₄)(AsO₄)(OH)	17
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Segnitite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(AsO₃OH)(OH)₆	134
Senaite ()*	Crichtonite	Pb(Mn,Y,U)(Fe,Zn)₂(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)₁₈(O,OH)₃₈	28
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317
Theisite ()*	None	Cu₅Zn₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₁₄	58
Tyrolite ()*	Tyrolite	Ca₂Cu₉(AsO₄)₄(CO₃)(OH)₈·11H₂O	245
Wallkilldellite ()*	None	Ca₂Mn²⁺₃(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄·9H₂O	20
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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