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Locality Name:
Kaltenberg Mine, Blüomatttälli, Turtmann Valley, Valais, Switzerland


mindat Locality ID: 122692
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-122692.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kaltenberg Mine, Blüomatttälli, Turtmann Valley, Valais, Switzerland": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°11'25"N
Longitude: 7°40'50"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.190277777778,7.6805555555556
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Ti U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Ti U Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteAndyrobertsiteApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenoliteArsenopyriteBaryteChalcopyrite
ClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopperCorundumEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGypsumKobelliteLöllingite
MeneghiniteNickelineNonePerovskitePolybasitePyriteSkutteruditeSphaleriteSpinelSulphur
TetrahedriteVivianite

40 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Aikinite  (*)Albite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Aragonite  (*)
Arsenolite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bornite  (*)
Calcioandyrobertsite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Eclarite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Erythrite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Gladite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hodrušite  (*)Hörnesite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Lavendulan  (*)
Löllingite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pearceite  (*)
Rammelsbergite  (*)Rösslerite  (*)Safflorite  (*)Silver  (*)Skutterudite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S02793
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS30315
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O0445
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O30231
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi01966
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Calcioandyrobertsite  (*)AndyrobertsiteKCaCu5(AsO4)4[As(OH)2O2]·2H2O04
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS0966
Eclarite  (*)Kobellite(Cu,Fe)Pb9Bi12S28018
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O0814
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Gladite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBi5S9067
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Hodrušite  (*)NoneCu8Bi12S22028
Hörnesite  (*)VivianiteMg3(AsO4)2·8H2O0103
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Lavendulan  (*)NoneNaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5H2O0149
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs20762
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs0633
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS0767
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]0249
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs20233
Rösslerite  (*)NoneMg(AsO3OH)·7H2O016
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs20317
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs30531
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS02045
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1301803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO202718


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