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Locality Name:
Upper Tignausa Vein, Saint-Luc, Anniviers Valley, Valais, Switzerland


mindat Locality ID: 134088
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-134088.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Upper Tignausa Vein, Saint-Luc, Anniviers Valley, Valais, Switzerland": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°13'59"N
Longitude: 7°36'57"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.233055555556,7.6158333333333
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: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Se Si Te Ti V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Se Si Te Ti V Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneBaryteBrochantiteChalcopyriteChloriteClayCopperCorundumCovelliteDescloizite
DigeniteLepidocrociteMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinel
Tetrahedrite

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Anilite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Clausthalite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)
Covellite  (*)Digenite  (*)Gold  (*)Halite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hessite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Mottramite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Roxbyite  (*)Rutile  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spionkopite  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Wittichenite  (*)Yarrowite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anilite  (*)DigeniteCu7S4088
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)601633
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O03531
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe0281
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)801756
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S01027
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl01398
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te0804
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)0581
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)0362
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Roxbyite  (*)NoneCu9S5027
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Spionkopite  (*)NoneCu39S28073
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1301803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS30297
Yarrowite  (*)NoneCu9S8070


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