Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Simplon Pass Area, Brig, Valais, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 14245
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14245.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Simplon Pass Area, Brig, Valais, Switzerland": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Ganter Valley
Kaltwasser Glacier
Nessel Valley
Rosswald
Simplon Railway Tunnel (north Section)
Steinu Valley

Latitude: 46°17'44"N
Longitude: 8°4'22"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.295555555556,8.0727777777778

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.

Alunite	Amphibole	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum
Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Meneghinite	Mica	Milarite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Sulphur
Titanite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Aikinite ()*	Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Anhydrite ()*
Ankerite ()*	Armenite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Asbecasite ()*	Baryte ()*
Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Celsian ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Dawsonite ()*
Dickite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Ganterite ()*	Goyazite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Laumontite ()*	Magnesio-riebeckite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Margarite ()*	Martinandresite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Smythite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Titanite ()*	Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 As Ba Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amphibole Apatite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum
Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Meneghinite Mica Milarite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Sulphur
Titanite Zircon

45 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	114966	3419
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	1	114966	315
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	114966,114968	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	3	114960,114966,114968	2162
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	114966	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	114966	3092
Armenite ()*	Milarite	BaCa₂(Al₆Si₉)O₃₀·2H₂O	1	114958	23
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	114966	9052
Asbecasite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca₃TiAs₆Be₂Si₂O₂₀	1	114968	8
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	114966	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	114960,114966,114968	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	114966	1252
Celsian ()*	Feldspar	Ba(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	114958	100
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	2	114960,114968	1756
Dawsonite ()*	None	NaAl(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	114966	90
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	114958	651
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	114966	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	114958,114966	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	114968	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	114959,114966	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	114966	24243
Ganterite ()*	None	Ba_0.5(Na,K)_0.5Al₂(Si_2.5Al_1.5)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	114958	2
Goyazite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	1	114966	173
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	114966	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	4	114959,114965,114966,114967	14640
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	114966	1271
Magnesio-riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	114965	93
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	114966	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	114962,114963,114965	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	114960	12537
Margarite ()*	Mica Clay	CaAl₂Si₂Al₂O₁₀(OH)₂	1	114958	168
Martinandresite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ba₂(Al₄Si₁₂O₃₂)·10H₂O	1	114958	1
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	114958,114966,114968	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	114966	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	114966	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	114958,114960,114966,114968	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	4	114958,114966,114967,114968	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	114966	6417
Smythite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_3+xS₄ (x ≈ 0-0.3)	1	114966	77
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	114966	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	114966	3418
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	114966	2045
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	3	114956,114966,114968	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	114958	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	114958	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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