Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Gandhorn, Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 134018
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-134018.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gandhorn, Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerland": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Northwest Slope
Schmidigewyssi
Schmidigewyssi - South Of

Latitude: 46°23'10"N
Longitude: 8°14'57"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.386111111111,8.2491666666667

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Fluorite	Garnet	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Tourmaline

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dravite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Spessartine ()*
Sphalerite ()*

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 B Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Clay Fluorite Garnet Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Tourmaline

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	114878	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	114878,114879	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	114878,114879	4979
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	114878,114879	9895
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	114879	648
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	114878	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	114878,114879	24243
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	114879	1689
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	114878,114879	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	114878,114879	17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2	114878,114879	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	114878,114879	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	114878,114879	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	114878,114879	5614
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	114877	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	114878,114879	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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