Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Tamina Valley (Vättis Valley), St. Gallen, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 144846
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-144846.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tamina Valley (Vättis Valley), St. Gallen, Switzerland": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Calfeisen Valley
Vättis

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.

Aragonite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Covellite	Fluorite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz
Rocksalt	Scheelite

Azurite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Malachite ()*	Quartz ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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: C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Mo O Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Covellite Fluorite Malachite None Not in a structural group Quartz
Rocksalt Scheelite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	114315	5509
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	114315	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	114316,114317	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	114315	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	114315	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	114315	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	114315	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	114315	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	114315	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	114315	24243
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	114315	12537
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	114312,114316	61156
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	114315	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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