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:
La Creusaz, Les Marécottes, Le Trient Valley, Valais, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 278326
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-278326.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La Creusaz, Les Marécottes, Le Trient Valley, Valais, Switzerland": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Les Petits Perrons
SE Crest Of Mt. Luisin

Latitude: 46°7'6"N
Longitude: 6°59'39"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.118333333333,6.9941666666667

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	Apatite	Baryte	Brannerite	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Epidote	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rutile	Scheelite	Titanite	Zircon

Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Baryte ()*	Billietite ()*	Brannerite ()*	Calcite ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Titanite ()*	Torbernite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*
Zircon ()*

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 Ba C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H Mg O P S Si Ti U W Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca O W

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Apatite Baryte Brannerite Calcite Chlorite Clay Epidote None Pyrite
Quartz Rutile Scheelite Titanite Zircon

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	115123	706
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	115123	11547
Billietite ()*	None	Ba(UO₂)₆O₄(OH)₆·8H₂O	1	115125	38
Brannerite ()*	Brannerite	UTi₂O₆	1	115123	248
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	115123	27770
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	115125	1756
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	115123	9895
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	115123	2740
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	115123	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	115123,115125	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	115123	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	0		4894
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	115123	4899
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	1	115125	1059
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	1	115125	890
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	115123	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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