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Locality Name:
Fäld (Imfeld; Im Feld; Feld), Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerland

Oldest recorded age at locality: 245
Youngest recorded age at locality: 241

mindat Locality ID: 133250
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-133250.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fäld (Imfeld; Im Feld; Feld), Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerland": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Figgerschen Gorge
Lengenbach Quarry
Messerbach (Mässerbach)

Latitude: 46°21'54"N
Longitude: 8°13'14"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.365,8.2205555555556
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 Au B Ba Be C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo N Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Te Ti Tl U V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Mn O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteApatiteAragoniteArgyroditeArsenicArsenolampriteArsenoliteArsenopyriteBaryte
BerylBournoniteBranneriteBukoviteCalciteChabournéiteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisite
CopperCoronaditeCorrensiteCovelliteCubaniteCylindriteDervilliteDiasporeEnargiteEpidote
EpsomiteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetGeocroniteGypsumHexahydriteKaoliniteLepidocrociteMalachite
MarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNolaniteNoneNot in a structural groupNowackiiteOrpimentPicromerite
PolybasitePyriteQuadratiteQuartzRocksaltRouthieriteRutileSartoriteScheeliteSmectite-vermiculite
SphaleriteSpinelStanniteStarkeyiteStruviteSulphurTetrahedriteTochiliniteTourmalineVivianite
WeissbergiteWurtziteXanthoconiteZircon

163 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Aktashite  (*)Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Anglesite  (*)
Aragonite  (*)Argentobaumhauerite  (*)Argentodufrénoysite  (*)Argentoliveingite  (*)Arsenic  (*)
Arsenolamprite  (*)Arsenolite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baileychlore  (*)Baryte  (*)
Baumhauerite  (*)Baumhauerite II  (*)Bernardite  (*)Beryl  (*)Bianchite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Brannerite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Canfieldite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chabournéite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Clinochlore  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Coffinite  (*)Coloradoite  (*)Coronadite  (*)
Coulsonite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Dalnegroite  (*)Debattistiite  (*)
Dekatriasartorite  (*)Dervillite  (*)Diaphorite  (*)Dickite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Dravite  (*)Dufrénoysite  (*)Eckerite  (*)Edenharterite  (*)Enargite  (*)
Enneasartorite  (*)Epsomite  (*)Erniggliite  (*)Fangite  (*)Ferrohexahydrite  (*)
Ferrostalderite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Gabrielite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Gorceixite  (*)Goyazite  (*)
Graphite  (*)Gratonite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Greigite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Halite  (*)Hatchite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hendekasartorite  (*)Heptasartorite  (*)
Hexahydrite  (*)Hörnesite  (*)Hutchinsonite  (*)Hydrocerussite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)
Imhofite  (*)Incomsartorite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Jentschite  (*)Jordanite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Kësterite  (*)Leadhillite  (*)Lengenbachite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)
Liveingite  (*)Lorándite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Marrite  (*)Marumoite  (*)Metanováčekite  (*)Mimetite  (*)
Mohrite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nolanite  (*)
Nowackiite  (*)Orpiment  (*)Paragonite  (*)Parapierrotite  (*)Pararealgar  (*)
Pearceite  (*)Pharmacolite  (*)Philrothite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Picotpaulite  (*)
Polybasite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quadratite  (*)Quartz  (*)Raberite  (*)Raguinite  (*)Ralphcannonite  (*)
Rathite  (*)Realgar  (*)Rectorite  (*)Richardsollyite  (*)Rosasite  (*)
Routhierite  (*)Rozenite  (*)Rutile  (*)Sartorite  (*)Schultenite  (*)
Seligmannite  (*)Sicherite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Sinnerite  (*)
Smithite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Smythite  (*)Spaltiite  (*)Spessartine  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stalderite  (*)Starkeyite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Struvite-(K)  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Sylvite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Thalcusite  (*)
Tochilinite  (*)Trechmannite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Wallisite  (*)Weissbergite  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)Xanthoconite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S24524111148662793
Aktashite  (*)NowackiiteCu6Hg3As4S12245241111486622
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)2452413114865,114866,1148678803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO22452412114866,1148672162
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)24524111148662734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)24524111148663250
Argentobaumhauerite  (*)SartoriteAg1.5Pb22As33.5S7224524111148662
Argentodufrénoysite  (*)SartoriteAg3Pb26As35S8024524111148661
Argentoliveingite  (*)SartoriteAgxPb40-2xAs48+xS112 (3 < x < 4)24524111148661
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs2452411114866379
Arsenolamprite  (*)ArsenolampriteAs245241111486619
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O32452411114866231
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS24524111148669052
Baileychlore  (*)Chlorite Clay(Zn,Fe2+,Al,Mg)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH)82452412114866,11486716
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2452412114866,11486711547
Baumhauerite  (*)SartoritePb12As16S36245241111486615
Baumhauerite II  (*)SartoritePb3As4S924524111148661
Bernardite  (*)NoneTlAs5S824524111148662
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1824524111148664286
Bianchite  (*)HexahydriteZn(SO4)·6H2O245241111486640
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS424524111148665516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S112452411114866843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS32452412114866,1148671089
Brannerite  (*)BranneriteUTi2O62452411114866248
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2452413114865,114866,11486727770
Canfieldite  (*)ArgyroditeAg8SnS6245241111486691
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)2452412114866,1148674979
Chabournéite  (*)ChabournéiteAgzTl8-x-zPb4+2xSb40-x-yAsyS68 (with 0.00 ≤ x ≤ 0.40, 16.15 ≤ y ≤ 19.11, 0.04 ≤ z ≤ 0.11)24524111148664
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2245241111486627198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS24524111148662600
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)82452412114866,1148671756
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)24524111148661025
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O2452411114866566
Coloradoite  (*)SphaleriteHgTe2452411114866169
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O162452411114866227
Coulsonite  (*)SpinelFe2+V3+2O4245241111486616
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS24524111148664165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O24524111148662970
Dalnegroite  (*)ChabournéiteTl4Pb2(As,Sb)20S3424524111148662
Debattistiite  (*)Not in a structural groupAg9Hg0.5As6S12Te224524111148661
Dekatriasartorite  (*)SartoriteTlPb58As97S20424524111148661
Dervillite  (*)DervilliteAg2AsS224524111148664
Diaphorite  (*)NoneAg3Pb2Sb3S82452411114866126
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)42452411114866651
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22452412114866,1148679895
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)2452412114866,114867648
Dufrénoysite  (*)SartoritePb2As2S52452412114866,11486734
Eckerite  (*)XanthoconiteAg2CuAsS324524111148661
Edenharterite  (*)NoneTlPbAs3S624524111148661
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS42452411114866910
Enneasartorite  (*)SartoriteTl6Pb32As70S14024524111148661
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O2452411114866484
Erniggliite  (*)NoneTl2SnAs2S624524111148661
Fangite  (*)NoneTl3AsS424524111148663
Ferrohexahydrite  (*)HexahydriteFe2+(SO4)·6H2O245241111486621
Ferrostalderite  (*)RouthieriteCuFe2TlAs2S624524111148661
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F2452412114866,1148672740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF224524111148669617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S122452411114866663
Gabrielite  (*)NoneTl2AgCu2As3S724524111148661
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2452412114866,11486724243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2452412114865,1148667437
Gold  (*)CopperAu245241111486630554
Gorceixite  (*)AluniteBaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)62452412114866,114867121
Goyazite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)62452412114866,114867173
Graphite  (*)NoneC2452412114866,1148672812
Gratonite  (*)NonePb9As4S15245241111486624
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS2452411114866717
Greigite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2S4245241111486662
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O24524111148666890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl24524111148661398
Hatchite  (*)NoneAgTlPbAs2S524524111148661
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O2452412114866,1148671689
Hendekasartorite  (*)SartoriteTl2Pb48As82S17224524111148661
Heptasartorite  (*)SartoriteTl7Pb22As55S10824524111148661
Hexahydrite  (*)HexahydriteMg(SO4)·6H2O2452411114866251
Hörnesite  (*)VivianiteMg3(AsO4)2·8H2O2452411114866103
Hutchinsonite  (*)NoneTlPbAs5S924524111148668
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)22452411114866201
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)62452412114866,1148671066
Imhofite  (*)NoneTl5.8As15.4S2624524111148662
Incomsartorite  (*)SartoriteTl6Pb144As246S51624524111148661
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)62452412114865,1148662228
Jentschite  (*)NoneTlPbAs2SbS624524111148661
Jordanite  (*)GeocronitePb14As6S232452412114866,114867105
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)424524111148665591
Kësterite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2ZnSnS42452412114866,11486782
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)22452411114866265
Lengenbachite  (*)CylindriteAg4Cu2Pb18As12S3924524111148664
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)2452411114866581
Liveingite  (*)SartoritePb20As24S5624524111148664
Lorándite  (*)NoneTlAsS2245241111486615
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)24524111148661487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4245241111486614899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22452412114866,11486712537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS22452412114866,1148675674
Marrite  (*)NoneAgPbAsS324524111148668
Marumoite  (*)NonePb32As40S9224524111148662
Metanováčekite  (*)NoneMg(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O245241111486626
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl2452412114866,1148671107
Mohrite  (*)Picromerite(NH4)2Fe2+(SO4)2·6H2O245241111486618
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS22452412114866,1148675800
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O24524111148661508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22452413114865,114866,11486717380
Nolanite  (*)NolaniteV3+8Fe3+2O14(OH)2245241111486619
Nowackiite  (*)NowackiiteCu6Zn3As4S1224524111148665
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S32452411114866511
Paragonite  (*)Mica ClayNaAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22452411114866247
Parapierrotite  (*)NoneTlSb5S8245241111486610
Pararealgar  (*)NoneAs4S4245241111486657
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]2452411114866249
Pharmacolite  (*)GypsumCa(AsO3OH)·2H2O2452411114866105
Philrothite  (*)SartoriteTlAs3S524524111148661
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)22452412114866,1148672273
Picotpaulite  (*)CubaniteTlFe2S324524111148663
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]2452411114866716
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS32452411114866733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS324524111148661425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22452413114865,114866,11486739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82452412114866,1148679056
Quadratite  (*)QuadratiteAgCdAsS324524111148661
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22452413114865,114866,11486761156
Raberite  (*)Not in a structural groupTl5Ag4As6SbS1524524111148661
Raguinite  (*)NoneTlFeS224524111148664
Ralphcannonite  (*)RouthieriteAgZn2TlAs2S624524111148661
Rathite  (*)SartoriteAg2Pb12-xTlx/2As18+x/2S4024524111148663
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS2452411114866712
Rectorite  (*)Corrensite Clay(Na,Ca)Al4(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·2H2O245241111486649
Richardsollyite  (*)Not in a structural groupTlPbAsS324524111148661
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)22452411114866454
Routhierite  (*)RouthieriteTlCuHg2As2S624524111148668
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O2452411114866293
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO22452413114865,114866,1148675614
Sartorite  (*)SartoritePbAs2S42452412114866,11486711
Schultenite  (*)NonePb(AsO3OH)245241111486630
Seligmannite  (*)BournoniteCuPbAsS32452412114866,11486764
Sicherite  (*)NoneTlAg2(As,Sb)3S624524111148661
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)11148656417
Silver  (*)CopperAg24524111148665186
Sinnerite  (*)NoneCu6As4S924524111148666
Smithite  (*)NoneAgAsS2245241111486611
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)11148672473
Smythite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3+xS4 (x ≈ 0-0.3)245241111486677
Spaltiite  (*)NoneTl2Cu2As2S524524111148661
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)324524101214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2452412114866,11486721482
Stalderite  (*)RouthieriteTlCu(Zn,Fe,Hg)2As2S624524111148661
Starkeyite  (*)StarkeyiteMg(SO4)·4H2O245241111486679
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS42452411114866586
Struvite-(K)  (*)StruviteKMg(PO4)·6H2O24524111148662
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS2452412114865,1148662045
Sylvite  (*)RocksaltKCl2452411114866275
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S132452412114866,1148671803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1324524111148665317
Thalcusite  (*)Bukovite(Cu,Fe)4Tl2S4245241111486613
Tochilinite  (*)Tochilinite6(Fe0.9S)·5[(Mg,Fe)(OH)2]245241111486656
Trechmannite  (*)NoneAgAsS224524111148667
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO224524111148662718
Wallisite  (*)NoneCuPbTlAs2S524524111148661
Weissbergite  (*)WeissbergiteTlSbS224524111148664
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO42452412114866,1148671655
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS2452411114866372
Xanthoconite  (*)XanthoconiteAg3AsS3245241111486689


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Hg-00030245241 Pb-Pb     Cinnabar, StalderiteHg3207Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld (Imfeld; Im Feld; Feld), Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerland Hofmann and Knill (1996); Schroll (2005)   

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070579Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld (Imfeld; Im Feld; Feld), Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerlandhttps://rruff.info/R070579
R100058Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld (Imfeld; Im Feld; Feld), Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerlandhttps://rruff.info/R100058
R070723Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld (Imfeld; Im Feld; Feld), Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerlandhttps://rruff.info/R070723
R070001Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld (Imfeld; Im Feld; Feld), Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerlandhttps://rruff.info/R070001
R070691Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld (Imfeld; Im Feld; Feld), Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerlandhttps://rruff.info/R070691
R130104Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld (Imfeld; Im Feld; Feld), Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerlandhttps://rruff.info/R130104
R130062Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld (Imfeld; Im Feld; Feld), Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerlandhttps://rruff.info/R130062

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