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Locality Name:
Collonges, Valais, Switzerland


mindat Locality ID: 132100
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-132100.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Collonges, Valais, Switzerland": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Coal Mine
Monts De Collonges
Plex
Pyrite Occurrence

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 Be Bi C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Li N O P Pb S Sb Si U V Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteAlumAluniteAragoniteArsenicBerthieriteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClay
CorundumEpidoteFluoriteGadoliniteLillianiteMicaNickelineNonePyriteQuartz
RocksaltSphaleriteStibniteZircon

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Bassetite  (*)Berthierite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Carnotite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chernovite-(Y)  (*)
Coffinite  (*)Cookeite  (*)Cosalite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hingganite-(Y)  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kasolite  (*)Lillianite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Roscoelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tschermigite  (*)Tyuyamunite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)Widenmannite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1114980706
Bassetite  (*)NoneFe2+(UO2)2(PO4)2(H2O)10111498051
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S41114979343
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi11149801966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S311149801935
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2114976,11498027770
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O11149761184
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11149804979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22114976,11498027198
Chernovite-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(AsO4)111497846
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O1114980566
Cookeite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Al,Li)3Al2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)81114975181
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S51114980344
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211149769617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS111498024243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3111497514640
Hingganite-(Y)  (*)GadoliniteBeY(SiO4)(OH)111498055
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)62114976,1149802228
Kasolite  (*)NonePb(UO2)(SiO4)·H2O1114980198
Lillianite  (*)LillianitePb3-2xAgxBi2+xS61114980128
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23114976,114980,11498139462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811149809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24114975,114976,114978,11498061156
Roscoelite  (*)MicaKV3+2(Si3Al)O10(OH)21114976253
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS111498021482
Tschermigite  (*)Alum(NH4)Al(SO4)2·12H2O111498181
Tyuyamunite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5-8H2O1114976628
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO211149762718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O1114980890
Widenmannite  (*)NonePb2(OH)2[(UO2)(CO3)2]11149809


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