Mineral Evolution Database

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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

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.

Aeschynite	Allanite	Apatite	Aragonite	Beryl	Bismutite	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Corundum	Crichtonite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Kobellite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite
Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Titanite	Zircon

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 ()*

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:
Aeschynite Allanite Apatite Aragonite Beryl Bismutite Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay
Clinozoisite Corundum Crichtonite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Kobellite Malachite Mica Molybdenite
Monazite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Titanite Zircon

33 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Aeschynite	(Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆	1	114818	141
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	114818	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	114818	706
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	114818	2162
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	114818	3092
Bazzite ()*	Beryl	Be₃(Sc,Fe³⁺,Mg)₂Si₆O₁₈·Na_0.32·nH₂O	2	114818,114819	51
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	1	114818	716
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	2	114818,114820	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	114818,114819	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	114818	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	114818	27198
Crichtonite ()*	Crichtonite	Sr(Mn,Y,U)Fe₂(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)₁₈(O,OH)₃₈	1	114818	27
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	114818,114820	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	114818	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	114818,114820	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	114818	24243
Galenobismutite ()*	Kobellite	PbBi₂S₄	1	114818	192
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	114818	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	114818,114819	5433
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	114818	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	114818	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	114818	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	114818	17380
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	1	114818	494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	114818	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	114818,114819,114820	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	114818	5614
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	None	CaCe(CO₃)₂F	1	114818	232
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1	114818	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	114818	4899
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	114818	1655
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	114818	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	114818	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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