Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Lötschen Valley, Valais, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 108292
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-108292.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lötschen Valley, Valais, Switzerland": 33
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 25

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Blatten
Fafler Alp
Ferden
Gattun Alp
Goppenstein
Lang Glacier Area
Lonza Valley
Wilera

Latitude: 46°23'36"N
Longitude: 7°47'29"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.393333333333,7.7913888888889

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.

Acanthite	Amphibole	Apatite	Apophyllite	Arsenopyrite	Axinite	Baryte	Beryl	Brookite	Calcite
Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Cubanite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite
Garnet	Heulandite	Kobellite	Lillianite	Mica	Molybdenite	Monazite	Natrolite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Sulphur	Talc
Titanite	Zircon

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Anatase ()*
Ankerite ()*	Argentopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Baryte ()*
Bazzite ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cannizzarite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cosalite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Galenobismutite ()*	Goethite ()*	Heulandite-Ca ()*	Heyrovskýite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Lillianite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*
Muscovite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Scolecite ()*	Siderite ()*
Silver ()*	Smythite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Sulphur ()*
Talc ()*	Titanite ()*	Todorokite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Xilingolite ()*

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 B Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Sc Si Sr Ti W Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: H Mg O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amphibole Apatite Apophyllite Arsenopyrite Axinite Baryte Beryl Brookite Calcite
Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Cubanite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite
Garnet Heulandite Kobellite Lillianite Mica Molybdenite Monazite Natrolite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Sulphur Talc
Titanite Zircon

50 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	115161	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3	115146,115164,115166	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	5	115150,115152,115161,115164,115175	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	115175	2353
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	5	115150,115162,115164,115167,115175	2162
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	115145	3092
Argentopyrite ()*	Cubanite	AgFe₂S₃	1	115161	53
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	115175	9052
Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Fe²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂	3	115158,115165,115172	260
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	115161	11547
Bazzite ()*	Beryl	Be₃(Sc,Fe³⁺,Mg)₂Si₆O₁₈·Na_0.32·nH₂O	1	115175	51
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	2	115150,115175	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	13	115145,115146,115151,115152,115155,115157,115158,115160,115162,115164,115169,115175,115176	27770
Cannizzarite ()*	None	Pb₈Bi₁₀S₂₃	2	115158,115175	41
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	115175	27198
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	1	115175	344
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	9	115146,115149,115154,115156,115158,115168,115169,115170,115175	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	115175	2740
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O	1	115152	303
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	115161	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	115158,115161,115175	24243
Galenobismutite ()*	Kobellite	PbBi₂S₄	1	115175	192
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	115175	7437
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Heulandite	(Ca,Na,K)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·26H₂O	3	115153,115167,115169	246
Heyrovskýite ()*	Lillianite	Pb₆Bi₂S₉	1	115175	66
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	4	115150,115164,115174,115175	5433
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	115175	1271
Lillianite ()*	Lillianite	Pb_3-2xAg_xBi_2+xS₆	1	115175	128
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	115175	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	115175	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	115175	17380
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	115164,115175	1898
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	115161	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	6	115144,115152,115158,115164,115169,115175	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	3	115150,115152,115175	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	16	115145,115146,115150,115152,115155,115157,115158,115159,115162,115163,115164,115167,115169,115170,115175,115176	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	115164,115175	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2	115148,115175	4894
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	5	115155,115157,115162,115167,115170	390
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	115175	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	115161	5186
Smythite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_3+xS₄ (x ≈ 0-0.3)	1	115161	77
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	115158,115161,115175	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	1	115161	586
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	115161	2045
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	0		3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4	115146,115169,115175,115176	4899
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	1	115174	433
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	2	115174,115175	939
Xilingolite ()*	Lillianite	Pb₃Bi₂S₆	1	115175	7

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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