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Locality Name:
Mathon, Schams, Hinterrhein Valley, Grisons, Switzerland


mindat Locality ID: 133790
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-133790.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mathon, Schams, Hinterrhein Valley, Grisons, Switzerland": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Piz Beverin
Piz Runal
Wergenstein

Latitude: 46°38'43"N
Longitude: 9°21'15"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.645277777778,9.3541666666667
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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Hg Li Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayFeldsparMalachiteNoneNot in a structural group
QuartzRocksaltRutileStibniteTetrahedrite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)
Boulangerite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Clinochlore  (*)Cookeite  (*)Galena  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11138808803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO211138802162
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211138815509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)111388011547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411138815516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S111113881843
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2113880,11388227770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11138814979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2111388027198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS11138812600
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)811138821756
Cookeite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Al,Li)3Al2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)81113882181
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS111388124243
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2111388112537
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO211138803106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23113880,113881,11388261156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO211138805614
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S311138813418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311138815317


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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