Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Naters, Brig, Valais, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 108415
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-108415.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Naters, Brig, Valais, Switzerland": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Belalp
Blatten
Hegdorn
Moosgraben
Natischer Berg (incl. Nessel Alp)
Schwendibielen

Latitude: 46°22'11"N
Longitude: 7°56'40"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.369722222222,7.9444444444444

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.

Arsenolamprite	Beryl	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Cubanite	Epidote	Feldspar
Fluorite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite
Talc	Titanite

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Argentopyrite ()*	Bazzite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Herzenbergite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*	Titanite ()*	Uraninite ()*

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 Be Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sc Si Sn Ti U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Be Fe H Mg Na O Sc Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenolamprite Beryl Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Cubanite Epidote Feldspar
Fluorite Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite
Talc 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	114951	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	114946	2162
Argentopyrite ()*	Cubanite	AgFe₂S₃	1	114952	53
Bazzite ()*	Beryl	Be₃(Sc,Fe³⁺,Mg)₂Si₆O₁₈·Na_0.32·nH₂O	0		51
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	114946,114948,114952	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	114944,114946	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	114946	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	114944,114948,114950	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	114944,114946	14640
Herzenbergite ()*	Arsenolamprite	SnS	1	114952	35
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	114946	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	114951,114952	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	114946	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	7	114944,114945,114946,114948,114949,114950,114952	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	114945	5614
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2	114948,114952	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	114952	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	114949	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	3	114944,114946,114949	4899
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	114952	2718

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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