Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Lercheltini Area (Lärcheltini), Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 11483
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-11483.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lercheltini Area (Lärcheltini), Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerland": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Gorb
Hinterer Kohlergraben (Hinnere Chollergrabe)
Riggi
Spissen
Vorderer Kohlergraben (Vordere Chollergrabe)

Latitude: 46°21'49"N
Longitude: 8°13'40"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.363611111111,8.2277777777778

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.

Amphibole	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Bournonite	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Malachite	Mica	Monazite	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Tourmaline
Zircon

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Anatase ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Asbecasite ()*
Bournonite ()*	Brookite ()*	Cafarsite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cervandonite-(Ce) ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Chernovite-(Y) ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fetiasite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Graeserite ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mimetite ()*
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pargasite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*	Scorodite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Titanite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Yukonite ()*

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 Au B Be C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K La Mg Na Nd O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Arsenopyrite Bournonite Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite
Copper Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Garnet Malachite Mica Monazite None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Titanite Tourmaline
Zircon

39 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)	2	114909,114913	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	114909	2353
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	4	114909,114911,114912,114913	2162
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	114909	9052
Asbecasite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca₃TiAs₆Be₂Si₂O₂₀	1	114909	8
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	114909	1089
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	1	114909	700
Cafarsite ()*	None	(Ca,Na, )₁₉Ti₈Fe³⁺₄Fe²⁺₄(AsO₃)₂₈F	1	114909	7
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	114909,114910	27770
Cervandonite-(Ce) ()*	None	(Ce,Nd,La)(Fe³⁺,Ti,Fe²⁺,Al)₃O₂(Si₂O₇)_1-x+y(AsO₃)_1+x-y(OH)_3x-3y	1	114909	3
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	114909	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	1	114909	577
Chernovite-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(AsO₄)	1	114909	46
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	114910	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	114909	8173
Fetiasite ()*	None	(Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺,Ti⁴⁺)₃O₂As³⁺₂O₅	1	114909	3
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	114910	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	114909	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	114909	30554
Graeserite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₄Ti₃As³⁺O₁₃(OH)	1	114909	3
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	114909,114910,114913	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	114909,114912	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	4	114909,114910,114911,114913	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	114909	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1	114909	1107
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	2	114909,114913	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	114909,114910,114913	17380
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	114909	313
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	114910	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	114909,114910	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	114909,114910,114911,114913	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5	114909,114910,114911,114912,114913	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	114909	2705
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	114909	1153
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	114910	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	114909	1803
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	114909,114912	4899
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	114909	939
Yukonite ()*	None	Ca₂Fe³⁺₃(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·4H₂O	1	114909	29

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R100014	Gorb, Lercheltini Area (Lärcheltini), Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerland	https://rruff.info/R100014

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