Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Ernen, Goms, Valais, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 107680
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-107680.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ernen, Goms, Valais, Switzerland": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Mühlebach
Niederernen
Rhône Gorge (Rhone Gorge)
Steinhaus

Latitude: 46°24'18"N
Longitude: 8°9'29"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.405,8.1580555555556

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.

Calcite	Chloritoid	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Halotrichite
Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Tetrahedrite	Titanite

Albite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chloritoid ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnesite ()*
Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pickeringite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	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: Ag Al As C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chloritoid Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Halotrichite
Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rutile Tetrahedrite Titanite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	115003	8803
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	115000	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	115000	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	114997,114998,115003	27770
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	3	114997,115002,115003	376
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	114997,114998	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	115003	8173
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	114999,115003	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	115004	14640
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	114997	1487
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	115000	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	114997,114999	17380
Pickeringite ()*	Halotrichite	MgAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	1	115000	265
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0		39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	114997,115000	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	114997,114999	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	115003	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	115000	5186
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	115000	1803
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	115003	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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