Mineral Evolution Database
Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.
Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org



The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Ochsen Valley, Silvretta Alps, Montafon, Vorarlberg, Austria


mindat Locality ID: 155951
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-155951.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ochsen Valley, Silvretta Alps, Montafon, Vorarlberg, Austria": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Ochsen Valley Glacier
Schattenspitze

Latitude: 46°51'32"N
Longitude: 10°5'49"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.858888888889,10.096944444444
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 B C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Ti U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAndalusiteArsenopyriteBerylCalciteChabaziteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisite
CorundumEpidoteFluoriteGarnetMalachiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartz
RocksaltRutileTitaniteTourmaline

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Almandine  (*)Anatase  (*)Andalusite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chabazite-Ca  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)
Cordierite  (*)Corundum  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Malachite  (*)Metazeunerite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Schorl  (*)Siderite  (*)
Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)31249142353
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21249142162
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO51249141310
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1249139052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)12491427770
Chabazite-Ca  (*)ChabaziteCa2[Al4Si8O24]·13H2O124913310
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS212491327198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)8124913577
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81249141756
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1249131025
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O181249141008
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O31249141797
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)224913,249148173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21249139617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS12491324243
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31249135433
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61249132228
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)212491312537
Metazeunerite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O124913182
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2224913,2491417380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS212491339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2224913,2491461156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21249145614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1249142705
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1249146417
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1249134899


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...

Other copyright data...