Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Medel Gorge (Lukmanier Gorge), Medel Valley, Grisons, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 134031
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-134031.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Medel Gorge (Lukmanier Gorge), Medel Valley, Grisons, Switzerland": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Ruinas

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore
Marcasite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Titanite

Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Boulangerite ()*
Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hydrozincite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Titanite ()*

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: As Au Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Diaspore
Marcasite Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Stibnite Titanite

28 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	0		3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	0		3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	0		9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	0		11547
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	1	113939	843
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	0		700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	0		4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	0		27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	0		9895
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	0		2740
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	0		24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	0		7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	113939	30554
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	0		1066
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	0		5433
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	0		784
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	0		1487
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	0		5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0		39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	0		9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0		61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	0		5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	0		6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	0		2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	0		21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	113939	3418
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	0		4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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