Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Lapine Rousse Mine, Ayer, Anniviers Valley, Valais, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 134096
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-134096.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lapine Rousse Mine, Ayer, Anniviers Valley, Valais, Switzerland": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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.

Chalcopyrite	Cobaltite	Copper	Malachite	Meneghinite	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Rutile
Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stannoidite

Aikinite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chromite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Cuprobismutite ()*	Delafossite ()*	Freieslebenite ()*
Gold ()*	Idaite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mawsonite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Smythite ()*	Stannoidite ()*	Wittichenite ()*

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 As Au Bi C Co Cr Cu Fe H Mo Ni O Pb S Sb Sn Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Au Bi C Co Cr Cu Fe H Mo Ni O Pb S Sb Sn Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Cobaltite Copper Malachite Meneghinite Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Rutile
Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stannoidite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	315
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	3902
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	966
Cuprobismutite ()*	None	Cu₈AgBi₁₃S₂₄	43
Delafossite ()*	None	Cu¹⁺Fe³⁺O₂	144
Freieslebenite ()*	None	AgPbSbS₃	105
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Idaite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃FeS₄	142
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	451
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Mawsonite ()*	None	Cu₆Fe₂SnS₈	92
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Smythite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_3+xS₄ (x ≈ 0-0.3)	77
Stannoidite ()*	Stannoidite	Cu₈(Fe,Zn)₃Sn₂S₁₂	80
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	297

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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