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:
Bächi Valley (Reckingen Valley), Reckingen, Grafschaft, Goms, Valais, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 107737
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-107737.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bächi Valley (Reckingen Valley), Reckingen, Grafschaft, Goms, Valais, Switzerland": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Altstafel
Bächi Alp
Bächi Glacier
Bächigalen-Löuine
Vorderes Galmihorn

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.

Calcite	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Fluorite	Milarite	None	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite

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 Be C Ca F Fe H K Mo O Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Fluorite Milarite None Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*
Leadhillite ()*	Milarite ()*	Quartz ()*	Wulfenite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	115040	27770
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	115040	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	115043	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	115038	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	5	115038,115040,115041,115042,115043	14640
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	115038	265
Milarite ()*	Milarite	KCa₂(Be₂AlSi₁₂)O₃₀·H₂O	1	115043	156
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	115038,115043	61156
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	115038	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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