Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Lower Tignousa Mine (Lower Tignausa Mine), Saint-Luc, Anniviers Valley, Valais, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 134090
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-134090.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lower Tignousa Mine (Lower Tignausa Mine), Saint-Luc, Anniviers Valley, Valais, Switzerland": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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	Allophane	Aragonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum	Crichtonite	Descloizite
Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Hydrotalcite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	Titanite
Vivianite

Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allophane ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cleusonite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Copper ()*
Dolomite ()*	Erythrite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Heterogenite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Mottramite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Reevesite ()*	Rutile ()*	Siegenite ()*	Titanite ()*

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 Co Cu Fe H Mg Na Ni O Pb S Si Ti U V

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Allophane Aragonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Cobaltite Copper Corundum Crichtonite Descloizite
Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Hydrotalcite None Pyrite Quartz Rutile Spinel Titanite
Vivianite

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	706
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	470
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Cleusonite ()*	Crichtonite	Pb(U⁴⁺,U⁶⁺)Fe²⁺₂(Ti,Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺)₁₈(O,OH)₃₈	14
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	966
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3846
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	814
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Heterogenite ()*	None	Co³⁺O(OH)	111
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Mottramite ()*	Descloizite	PbCu(VO₄)(OH)	362
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	767
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Reevesite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Ni₆Fe³⁺₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O	48
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄	249
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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