Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Nendaz Valley, Valais, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 144853
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-144853.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nendaz Valley, Valais, Switzerland": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Cleuson Lake
Crouyes Grandzes
La Tsijière Rodze
Siviez

Latitude: 46°6'52"N
Longitude: 7°19'56"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.114444444444,7.3322222222222

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	Brochantite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Crichtonite	Cyanotrichite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Molybdenite
Monazite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Schoepite	Tetrahedrite

Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Brochantite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clausthalite ()*
Cleusonite ()*	Cuprosklodowskite ()*	Cyanotrichite ()*	Fourmarierite ()*	Gasparite-(Ce) ()*
Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Langite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*
Plattnerite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Uraninite ()*

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 Al As Ca Ce Cu Fe H Mo Na O P Pb S Se Si Te Ti U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Brochantite Chalcopyrite Corundum Crichtonite Cyanotrichite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Molybdenite
Monazite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Schoepite Tetrahedrite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	115206	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	115208	706
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	115210	1633
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	115206,115207,115210	27198
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe	1	115206	281
Cleusonite ()*	Crichtonite	Pb(U⁴⁺,U⁶⁺)Fe²⁺₂(Ti,Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺)₁₈(O,OH)₃₈	1	115206	14
Cuprosklodowskite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·6H₂O	1	115210	58
Cyanotrichite ()*	Cyanotrichite	Cu₄Al₂(SO₄)(OH)₁₂(H₂O)₂	1	115210	179
Fourmarierite ()*	Schoepite	Pb_1-xO_3-2x(UO₂)₄(OH)_4+2x·4H₂O	1	115210	61
Gasparite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(AsO₄)	1	115208	23
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	115206	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1	115206	804
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	1	115207	593
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	115206	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	115208	945
Plattnerite ()*	Rutile	PbO₂	1	115211	158
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	115206,115210	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	115206	61156
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	115206	1803
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	115210	2718

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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