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Locality Name:
Ferret Valley, Entremont Valley, Bagnes Valley, Valais, Switzerland


mindat Locality ID: 133516
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-133516.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ferret Valley, Entremont Valley, Bagnes Valley, Valais, Switzerland": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
La Fouly

Latitude: 45°56'54"N
Longitude: 7°2'15"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.948333333333,7.0375

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: Al Be Bi C Ca Ce Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Sc Si Sr Th Ti U V Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AeschyniteAllaniteApatiteAragoniteBerylBismutiteBrookiteCalciteChalcopyriteClay
ClinozoisiteCorundumCrichtoniteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteKobelliteMalachiteMicaMolybdenite
MonaziteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteTitaniteZircon

33 IMA Minerals at location:
Aeschynite-(Y)  (*)Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Anatase  (*)Ankerite  (*)
Bazzite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Brookite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Crichtonite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Galenobismutite  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Muscovite  (*)Powellite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)Thorite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aeschynite-(Y)  (*)Aeschynite(Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)61114818141
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11148188803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1114818706
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO211148182162
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)211148183092
Bazzite  (*)BerylBe3(Sc,Fe3+,Mg)2Si6O18·Na0.32·nH2O2114818,11481951
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)1114818716
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO22114818,114820700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2114818,11481927770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11148184979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2111481827198
Crichtonite  (*)CrichtoniteSr(Mn,Y,U)Fe2(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)18(O,OH)38111481827
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2114818,1148208173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F11148182740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22114818,1148209617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS111481824243
Galenobismutite  (*)KobellitePbBi2S41114818192
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3111481814640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O32114818,1148195433
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2111481812537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211148185800
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)1114818945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2111481817380
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)1114818494
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2111481839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23114818,114819,11482061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO211148185614
Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)NoneCaCe(CO3)2F1114818232
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)11148181006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O11148184899
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO411148181655
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)1114818939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)11148185251



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