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Locality Name:
Geisspfad Area, Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 14445
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14445.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Geisspfad Area, Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerland": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Blauwäng
Furggelti (Furggulti)
Geisspfad Pass
Grampiel Pass
Obere Stafel
Rothorn
Schinhörner
Schwarzhorn
Züe Lake

Latitude: 46°20'42"N
Longitude: 8°14'40"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.345,8.2444444444444

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.

Allanite	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Brochantite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper
Corundum	Cubanite	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Hydrotalcite	Ilvaite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite
Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Palygorskite	Pentlandite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rocksalt	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Stilbite	Sulphur	Thomsonite	Titanite	Vesuvianite
Wurtzite

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 Au C Ca Ce Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Brochantite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Copper
Corundum Cubanite Epidote Feldspar Garnet Hydrotalcite Ilvaite Malachite Mica Molybdenite
Natrolite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Palygorskite Pentlandite Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rocksalt Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Stilbite Sulphur Thomsonite Titanite Vesuvianite
Wurtzite

59 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Almandine ()*	Andradite ()*
Antigorite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Clinozoisite ()*
Copper ()*	Cubanite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Diopside ()*	Djurleite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferro-pargasite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Forsterite ()*
Galena ()*	Grossular ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Ilvaite ()*
Lizardite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mesolite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Palygorskite ()*	Pargasite ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Preiswerkite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Reevesite ()*	Scolecite ()*	Stellerite ()*	Stilbite-Ca ()*
Sulphur ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tetra-auricupride ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Titanite ()*
Tremolite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Violarite ()*	Zoisite ()*

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	2	114886,114888	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	114888	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	114882	706
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	114884	2353
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	2	114886,114888	1534
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		708
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	0		5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	0		1633
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	0		4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	114886	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	114888	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	0		3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	2	114882,114886	1756
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		1025
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	114889	3846
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1	114888	802
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	0		2970
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2	114885,114888	4135
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	0		300
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	114886	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	114888	8173
Ferro-pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	0		54
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	114888	2740
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	0		1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	0		24243
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	114885,114888	1544
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	114887,114888	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	114886	5433
Ilvaite ()*	Ilvaite	CaFe³⁺Fe²⁺₂O(Si₂O₇)(OH)	0		197
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		359
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	114883,114888	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	114886	12537
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	2	114883,114888	425
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	114888	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	0		1508
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	114888	1236
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O	0		306
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	2	114883,114884	313
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	2	114886,114889	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	0		2273
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	114888	1898
Preiswerkite ()*	Mica	NaAlMg₂(Si₂Al₂)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	114883	14
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	114888	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	0		9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	114887	61156
Reevesite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Ni₆Fe³⁺₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O	0		48
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	1	114888	390
Stellerite ()*	Stilbite	Ca₄(Si₂₈Al₈)O₇₂·28H₂O	1	114887	189
Stilbite-Ca ()*	Stilbite	NaCa₄(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·28H₂O	1	114888	268
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	0		2045
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	0		1101
Tetra-auricupride ()*	None	CuAu	1	114889	30
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	1	114888	452
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	114881,114888	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	114886,114888	2562
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	2	114885,114888	1395
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	1	114888	380
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	114883	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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