Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Täsch Valley, Matt Valley, Zermatt - Saas Fee Area, Valais, Switzerland

Oldest recorded age at locality: 131.8
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 134374
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-134374.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Täsch Valley, Matt Valley, Zermatt - Saas Fee Area, Valais, Switzerland": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Mellich Glacier (Mellichen Glacier)
Paragonite Occurrence
Pfulwe
Sparrenflue
Weingarten Glacier
Z'Muttlentschuggen

Latitude: 46°2'14"N
Longitude: 7°51'25"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.037222222222,7.8569444444444

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.

Amphibole	Apatite	Braunite	Calcite	Chlorite	Chloritoid	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Garnet
Humite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt
Spinel	Titanite	Tourmaline	Vesuvianite

Alleghanyite ()*	Anatase ()*	Barroisite ()*	Braunite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chloritoid ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Galaxite ()*	Glaucophane ()*	Grossular ()*	Hausmannite ()*	Jacobsite ()*
Kyanite ()*	Magnesiochloritoid ()*	Magnetite ()*	Manganosite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Paragonite ()*	Piemontite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyroxmangite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Schorl ()*	Spessartine ()*	Tephroite ()*
Titanite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*

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 C Ca F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca F Fe H Mg Na O P Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Braunite Calcite Chlorite Chloritoid Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Garnet
Humite Mica None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt
Spinel Titanite Tourmaline Vesuvianite

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alleghanyite ()*	Humite	Mn²⁺₅(SiO₄)₂(OH)₂			1	115298	77
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂			1	115299	2162
Barroisite ()*	Amphibole	(NaCa)(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	131.8	24.8	1	115297	49
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)			1	115298	483
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	115299	27770
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	38	32	0		376
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	38	32	0		1756
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	38	32	0		4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	38	32	0		8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	38	32	0		2740
Galaxite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Al₂O₄			1	115298	43
Glaucophane ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	131.8	24.8	2	115295,115297	286
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	38	32	0		1544
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄			1	115298	350
Jacobsite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	115298	172
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	131.8	24.8	2	115296,115297	1507
Magnesiochloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	MgAl₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	38	32	0		12
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	131.8	24.8	1	115297	14899
Manganosite ()*	Rocksalt	MnO			1	115298	73
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	44.8	39.1	1	115296	17380
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	115296	247
Piemontite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂(Al₂Mn³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	115298	260
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			1	115299	39462
Pyroxmangite ()*	None	Mn²⁺SiO₃			1	115298	147
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			3	115296,115298,115299	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			1	115298	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)			1	115298	969
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	115300	2705
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	115298	1214
Tephroite ()*	Olivine	Mn²⁺₂(SiO₄)			1	115298	240
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	38	32	0		4899
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	38	32	0		1395

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_549	Near-surface occurrence. Recently forming oxalate associated with lichen, in Valais

16 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
Michelle_549	0	0	Recent		Age of whewellite mineralization	high				Whewellite	134374	Täsch Valley, Matt Valley, Zermatt - Saas Fee Area, Valais, Switzerland	Taschtal	Hofmann and Bernasconi (1998)	10.1016/S0009-2541(98)00043-6	CG149_127	See Table 1. occurrences of Oxalate minerals. Age given as "recent lichen."
Michelle_728	41.9	38.7	40.3±1.6	Rb-Sr			phengite	T89-13			134374	Täsch Valley, Matt Valley, Zermatt - Saas Fee Area, Valais, Switzerland	Täschalp thrust zone	Barnicoat et al. (1995)	10.1029/94TC02017	T14_279	See Table 2. Rb-Sr Mica Data
Michelle_729	41	38	39.5±1.5	Rb-Sr			phengite	T89-13			134374	Täsch Valley, Matt Valley, Zermatt - Saas Fee Area, Valais, Switzerland	Täschalp thrust zone	Barnicoat et al. (1995)	10.1029/94TC02017	T14_279	See Table 2. Rb-Sr Mica Data
Michelle_730	42.1	41.3	41.7±0.4	Rb-Sr			phengite	T89-39			134374	Täsch Valley, Matt Valley, Zermatt - Saas Fee Area, Valais, Switzerland	Täschalp thrust zone	Barnicoat et al. (1995)	10.1029/94TC02017	T14_279	See Table 2. Rb-Sr Mica Data
Michelle_731	39.9	39.3	39.6±0.3	Rb-Sr			phengite	T89-39			134374	Täsch Valley, Matt Valley, Zermatt - Saas Fee Area, Valais, Switzerland	Täschalp thrust zone	Barnicoat et al. (1995)	10.1029/94TC02017	T14_279	See Table 2. Rb-Sr Mica Data
Michelle_732	41.4	40.8	41.1±0.3	Rb-Sr			phengite	T89-39			134374	Täsch Valley, Matt Valley, Zermatt - Saas Fee Area, Valais, Switzerland	Täschalp thrust zone	Barnicoat et al. (1995)	10.1029/94TC02017	T14_279	See Table 2. Rb-Sr Mica Data
Michelle_733	45.6	43.6	44.6±1	Rb-Sr			phengite	T89-44			134374	Täsch Valley, Matt Valley, Zermatt - Saas Fee Area, Valais, Switzerland	Täschalp	Barnicoat et al. (1995)	10.1029/94TC02017	T14_279	See Table 2. Rb-Sr Mica Data
Michelle_734	43.7	40.9	42.3±1.4	Rb-Sr			phengite	T89-50			134374	Täsch Valley, Matt Valley, Zermatt - Saas Fee Area, Valais, Switzerland	Täschalp	Barnicoat et al. (1995)	10.1029/94TC02017	T14_279	See Table 2. Rb-Sr Mica Data
Michelle_742	40.9	39.1	40.0±0.9	Ar-Ar			muscovite	T89-13	Muscovite		134374	Täsch Valley, Matt Valley, Zermatt - Saas Fee Area, Valais, Switzerland	Täschalp thrust zone	Barnicoat et al. (1995)	10.1029/94TC02017	T14_279	See Table 4. Ar-Ar Analyses of White Micas
Michelle_743	44.8	43	43.9±0.9	Ar-Ar			muscovite	T89-39	Muscovite		134374	Täsch Valley, Matt Valley, Zermatt - Saas Fee Area, Valais, Switzerland	Täschalp thrust zone	Barnicoat et al. (1995)	10.1029/94TC02017	T14_279	See Table 4. Ar-Ar Analyses of White Micas
Michelle_735	38	32	35±3	U-Pb	Age of vein formation	high	titanite, albite	50320			157673	Mellich Glacier (Mellichen Glacier), Täsch Valley, Matt Valley, Zermatt - Saas Fee Area, Valais, Switzerland	South of Mellichen (glacier)	Barnicoat et al. (1995)	10.1029/94TC02017	T14_279	See Table 3. U-Pb Data for Sample 50320
Michelle_737	47.2	45.2	46.2±1.0	Ar-Ar			paragonite	B83175	Paragonite		134375	Pfulwe, Täsch Valley, Matt Valley, Zermatt - Saas Fee Area, Valais, Switzerland	Pfulwe	Barnicoat et al. (1995)	10.1029/94TC02017	T14_279	See Table 4. Ar-Ar Analyses of White Micas
Michelle_738	51.2	38.4	44.8±6.4	Ar-Ar			paragonite	KAW 656	Paragonite		134375	Pfulwe, Täsch Valley, Matt Valley, Zermatt - Saas Fee Area, Valais, Switzerland	Pfulwe - Fluhalp	Barnicoat et al. (1995)	10.1029/94TC02017	T14_279	See Table 4. Ar-Ar Analyses of White Micas
Michelle_739	47	40	43.5±3.5	Ar-Ar			paragonite	KAW 657	Paragonite		134375	Pfulwe, Täsch Valley, Matt Valley, Zermatt - Saas Fee Area, Valais, Switzerland	Pfulwe - Fluhalp	Barnicoat et al. (1995)	10.1029/94TC02017	T14_279	See Table 4. Ar-Ar Analyses of White Micas
Michelle_740	131.8	24.8	78.3±53.5	Ar-Ar			paragonite	KAW 661	Paragonite		134375	Pfulwe, Täsch Valley, Matt Valley, Zermatt - Saas Fee Area, Valais, Switzerland	Pfulwe - Fluhalp	Barnicoat et al. (1995)	10.1029/94TC02017	T14_279	See Table 4. Ar-Ar Analyses of White Micas
Michelle_741	49.1	43.9	46.5±2.6	Ar-Ar			paragonite	KAW 654	Paragonite		134375	Pfulwe, Täsch Valley, Matt Valley, Zermatt - Saas Fee Area, Valais, Switzerland	Pfulwe - Fluhalp	Barnicoat et al. (1995)	10.1029/94TC02017	T14_279	See Table 4. Ar-Ar Analyses of White Micas

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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