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Locality Name:
Finhaut, Le Trient Valley, Valais, Switzerland


mindat Locality ID: 191362
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-191362.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Finhaut, Le Trient Valley, Valais, Switzerland": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
BalayƩ
Emosson
GiƩtroz

Latitude: 46°4'54"N
Longitude: 6°58'32"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.081666666667,6.9755555555556

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 Au Ba C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Na Nd O P Pb S Se Si Sn Th Ti U Y Zn Zr 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteAncyliteAndalusiteApatiteArsenopyriteBaryteBranneriteBrookiteCalciteChalcopyrite
ClayClinozoisiteCompreignaciteCopperCorundumEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteMalachiteMica
MonaziteNoneNot in a structural groupPhosphuranylitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSmectite-vermiculiteSphalerite
TitaniteTopazZircon

47 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Anatase  (*)Andalusite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Becquerelite  (*)Brannerite  (*)Brookite  (*)Calcioancylite-(Nd)  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cerianite-(Ce)  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clausthalite  (*)
Coffinite  (*)Compreignacite  (*)Dewindtite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Kamotoite-(Y)  (*)Kasolite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Masuyite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)Microcline  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Uranophane-β  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rameauite  (*)Rutile  (*)Sauconite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Thorite  (*)
Titanite  (*)Topaz  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)Vandendriesscheite  (*)
Zircon  (*)Znucalite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)2115106,1151088803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1115110706
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO211151082162
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO511151081310
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11151089052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)111510811547
Becquerelite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)6O4(OH)6·8H2O111511292
Brannerite  (*)BranneriteUTi2O61115106248
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO21115108700
Calcioancylite-(Nd)  (*)AncyliteNd2.8Ca1.2(CO3)4(OH)3·H2O11151065
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)4115106,115108,115109,11511227770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO211151085171
Cerianite-(Ce)  (*)FluoriteCeO2111510694
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2111510927198
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe1115110281
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O1115110566
Compreignacite  (*)CompreignaciteK2(UO2)6O4(OH)6·7H2O2115109,11511227
Dewindtite  (*)PhosphuranyliteH2Pb3(UO2)6O4(PO4)4·12H2O111510682
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F2115106,1151082740
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS111510824243
Gold  (*)CopperAu111510830554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32115106,11510814640
Kamotoite-(Y)  (*)NoneY2O4(UO2)4(CO3)3·14H2O11151127
Kasolite  (*)NonePb(UO2)(SiO4)·H2O1115109198
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2111510912537
Masuyite  (*)NonePb(UO2)3O3(OH)2·3H2O111510923
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O1115106443
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)11151084924
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)2115108,115110945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22115106,11510817380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)2115106,1151082349
Uranophane-β  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O1115106144
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS25115106,115108,115109,115110,11511239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24115106,115108,115109,11511261156
Rameauite  (*)CompreignaciteK2Ca(UO2)6O6(OH)4·6H2O11151094
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO22115106,1151085614
Sauconite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Zn3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O111510656
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2115106,11511221482
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)2115108,1151101006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O2115106,1151104899
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F211151081476
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO24115106,115108,115109,1151122718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O3115106,115109,115112890
Vandendriesscheite  (*)NonePb1.6(UO2)10O6(OH)11·11H2O111510952
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)2115106,1151085251
Znucalite  (*)NoneCaZn11(UO2)(CO3)3(OH)20·4H2O11151127



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