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:
Brig, Valais, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 130560
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-130560.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Brig, Valais, Switzerland": 47
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 32

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Bitsch
Glishorn
Gredetsch Valley
Mörel
Naters
Ried-Brig
Saltina Gorge
Simplon Pass Area

Latitude: 46°19'52"N
Longitude: 7°59'55"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.331111111111,7.9986111111111

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.

Alunite	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenolamprite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite
Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite
Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Meneghinite	Mica	Milarite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Sulphur	Talc	Titanite
Zircon

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 Au Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Sc Si Sn Sr Te Ti U Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Arsenolamprite Arsenopyrite Baryte Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite
Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Cubanite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite
Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Meneghinite Mica Milarite Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Sulphur Talc Titanite
Zircon

63 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Aikinite ()*	Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Anhydrite ()*
Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Argentopyrite ()*	Armenite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Asbecasite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bazzite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Celestine ()*	Celsian ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Coloradoite ()*	Covellite ()*	Dawsonite ()*	Dickite ()*	Djurleite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Ganterite ()*	Gold ()*	Goyazite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*
Hematite ()*	Herzenbergite ()*	Hessite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Magnesio-riebeckite ()*
Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Margarite ()*	Martinandresite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Smythite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	Talc ()*	Titanite ()*
Uraninite ()*	Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	114966	3419
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	1	114966	315
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	6	114926,114928,114938,114951,114966,114968	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	5	114930,114946,114960,114966,114968	2162
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	114966	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	114966	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	114927	3250
Argentopyrite ()*	Cubanite	AgFe₂S₃	2	114923,114952	53
Armenite ()*	Milarite	BaCa₂(Al₆Si₉)O₃₀·2H₂O	1	114958	23
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	114966	9052
Asbecasite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca₃TiAs₆Be₂Si₂O₂₀	1	114968	8
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	114966	11547
Bazzite ()*	Beryl	Be₃(Sc,Fe³⁺,Mg)₂Si₆O₁₈·Na_0.32·nH₂O	1	114942	51
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	114926	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	11	114923,114925,114927,114928,114929,114935,114938,114954,114960,114966,114968	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	114966	1252
Celsian ()*	Feldspar	Ba(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	114958	100
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	114938	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	114946,114948,114952	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	2	114960,114968	1756
Coloradoite ()*	Sphalerite	HgTe	1	114926	169
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	114926	4165
Dawsonite ()*	None	NaAl(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	114966	90
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	114958	651
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	1	114926	300
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	114966	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	6	114930,114933,114944,114946,114958,114966	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	114968	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	3	114946,114959,114966	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	5	114938,114944,114948,114950,114966	24243
Ganterite ()*	None	Ba_0.5(Na,K)_0.5Al₂(Si_2.5Al_1.5)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	114958	2
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	114926	30554
Goyazite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	1	114966	173
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	4	114925,114927,114928,114966	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	114925	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	10	114923,114924,114938,114940,114944,114946,114959,114965,114966,114967	14640
Herzenbergite ()*	Arsenolamprite	SnS	2	114923,114952	35
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1	114926	804
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	114966	1271
Magnesio-riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	114965	93
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	114966	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	114962,114963,114965	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	114960	12537
Margarite ()*	Mica Clay	CaAl₂Si₂Al₂O₁₀(OH)₂	1	114958	168
Martinandresite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ba₂(Al₄Si₁₂O₃₂)·10H₂O	1	114958	1
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2	114932,114946	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4	114938,114958,114966,114968	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	114930,114951,114952,114966	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	114946,114966	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	22	114923,114924,114925,114928,114930,114931,114933,114937,114938,114940,114941,114944,114945,114946,114948,114949,114950,114952,114958,114960,114966,114968	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	6	114938,114945,114958,114966,114967,114968	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	114966	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2	114948,114952	5186
Smythite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_3+xS₄ (x ≈ 0-0.3)	1	114966	77
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	114952,114966	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	114966	3418
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	114966	2045
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	None	CaCe(CO₃)₂F	1	114935	232
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	114949	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	8	114930,114933,114944,114946,114949,114956,114966,114968	4899
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2	114923,114952	2718
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	114958	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	114958	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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