Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Rhône Gorge (Rhone Gorge), Ernen, Goms, Valais, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 193352
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-193352.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rhône Gorge (Rhone Gorge), Ernen, Goms, Valais, Switzerland": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Copper Mineralization

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.

Clay	Copper	Diaspore	Halotrichite	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rutile
Tetrahedrite

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: Ag Al As C Cu Fe H K Mg O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Fe H K O Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Copper Diaspore Halotrichite Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Quartz Rutile
Tetrahedrite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Goethite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pickeringite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Silver ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	115000	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	115000	5516
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	0		7437
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	115000	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		17380
Pickeringite ()*	Halotrichite	MgAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	1	115000	265
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	115000	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	0		5614
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	115000	5186
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	115000	1803

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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