Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Lonza Valley, Lötschen Valley, Valais, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 130568
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-130568.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lonza Valley, Lötschen Valley, Valais, Switzerland": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Gampel
Mittal

Latitude: 46°19'18"N
Longitude: 7°45'21"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.321666666667,7.7558333333333

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.

Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Axinite	Beryl	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum
Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Kobellite	Lillianite	Mica	Molybdenite	Monazite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Titanite
Zircon

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Anatase ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Axinite-(Fe) ()*
Bazzite ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cannizzarite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cosalite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Galena ()*	Galenobismutite ()*
Goethite ()*	Heyrovskýite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Lillianite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	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 O P Pb S Sc Si Sr Ti W Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Arsenopyrite Axinite Beryl Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum
Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Garnet Kobellite Lillianite Mica Molybdenite Monazite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Titanite
Zircon

35 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	115175	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	115175	2353
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	115175	2162
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	115175	9052
Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Fe²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂	1	115172	260
Bazzite ()*	Beryl	Be₃(Sc,Fe³⁺,Mg)₂Si₆O₁₈·Na_0.32·nH₂O	1	115175	51
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	1	115175	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	115175	27770
Cannizzarite ()*	None	Pb₈Bi₁₀S₂₃	1	115175	41
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	115175	27198
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	1	115175	344
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	115175	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	115175	2740
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	115175	24243
Galenobismutite ()*	Kobellite	PbBi₂S₄	1	115175	192
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	115175	7437
Heyrovskýite ()*	Lillianite	Pb₆Bi₂S₉	1	115175	66
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	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	1	115175	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	115175	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	115175	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	115175	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	115175	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	115175	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	115175	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	115175	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	115175	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.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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