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


mindat Locality ID: 10231
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-10231.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lower Collioux 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

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 Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Si Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAmphiboleAndyrobertsiteAragoniteArsenicArseniosideriteArsenopyriteAtelestiteBismutite
CalciteCobaltiteCorundumEpsomiteGypsumKobelliteLöllingiteMeneghiniteMixiteNone
PerovskitePharmacosideritePyriteQuartzSkutteruditeStibniteSymplesiteVivianite

41 IMA Minerals at location:
Allophane  (*)Annabergite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Atelestite  (*)
Beyerite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Calcioandyrobertsite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Eclarite  (*)Epsomite  (*)Erythrite  (*)
Ferrisymplesite  (*)Galenobismutite  (*)Gladite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hörnesite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kolfanite  (*)Krupkaite  (*)Lazarenkoite  (*)
Löllingite  (*)Mixite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Parasymplesite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)
Picropharmacolite  (*)Preisingerite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Safflorite  (*)
Scorodite  (*)Siderite  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Symplesite  (*)Winchite  (*)
Yukonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O0470
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O0445
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Atelestite  (*)AtelestiteBi2O(AsO4)(OH)047
Beyerite  (*)BismutiteCaBi2O2(CO3)2096
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi01966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S301935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)0716
Calcioandyrobertsite  (*)AndyrobertsiteKCaCu5(AsO4)4[As(OH)2O2]·2H2O04
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS0966
Eclarite  (*)Kobellite(Cu,Fe)Pb9Bi12S28018
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O0484
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O0814
Ferrisymplesite  (*)SymplesiteFe3+3(AsO4)2(OH)3·5H2O021
Galenobismutite  (*)KobellitePbBi2S40192
Gladite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBi5S9067
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hörnesite  (*)VivianiteMg3(AsO4)2·8H2O0103
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Kolfanite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(AsO4)3·2H2O07
Krupkaite  (*)MeneghinitePbCuBi3S6080
Lazarenkoite  (*)NoneCaFe3+As3+3O7·3H2O03
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs20762
Mixite  (*)MixiteCu6Bi(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O0168
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS0767
Parasymplesite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O0124
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O0428
Picropharmacolite  (*)NoneCa4Mg(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2·11H2O099
Preisingerite  (*)NoneBi3O(AsO4)2(OH)053
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs20317
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O01153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs30531
Symplesite  (*)SymplesiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O092
Winchite  (*)Amphibole   (NaCa)(Mg4Al)Si8O22(OH)2051
Yukonite  (*)NoneCa2Fe3+3(AsO4)3(OH)4·4H2O029



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