Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Binn, Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 155820
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-155820.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Binn, Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerland": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Binna Tunnel
Galen
Michibach
Reckibach
Santigläis
Twingi Gorge

Latitude: 46°21'49"N
Longitude: 8°10'27"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.363611111111,8.1741666666667

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.

Acanthite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum
Covellite	Cylindrite	Diaspore	Feldspar	Fluorite	Geocronite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sartorite	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Sulphur
Talc	Tetrahedrite	Tourmaline	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: Ag Al As B Ba C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Tl Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum
Covellite Cylindrite Diaspore Feldspar Fluorite Geocronite Malachite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sartorite Scheelite Sphalerite Sulphur
Talc Tetrahedrite Tourmaline Wurtzite

53 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Baumhauerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dravite ()*	Dufrénoysite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Graphite ()*
Greenockite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Jordanite ()*
Lengenbachite ()*	Liveingite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marrite ()*	Mimetite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pararealgar ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Proustite ()*
Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rathite ()*
Realgar ()*	Rutile ()*	Sartorite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*
Smithite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Talc ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Trechmannite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	114858	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	3	114855,114856,114858	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	114858	2162
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	2	114856,114858	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	114858	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	114858	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	114858	11547
Baumhauerite ()*	Sartorite	Pb₁₂As₁₆S₃₆	1	114858	15
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	6	114855,114856,114857,114858,114859,114860	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	114857,114858	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	114858	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	114858	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	4	114855,114856,114857,114858	9895
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	3	114856,114857,114858	648
Dufrénoysite ()*	Sartorite	Pb₂As₂S₅	1	114858	34
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	114858	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	114858	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	114855,114857,114858	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	114858	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	114858	2812
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	1	114858	717
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	114855	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	114858	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	114858	1066
Jordanite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄As₆S₂₃	1	114858	105
Lengenbachite ()*	Cylindrite	Ag₄Cu₂Pb₁₈As₁₂S₃₉	1	114858	4
Liveingite ()*	Sartorite	Pb₂₀As₂₄S₅₆	1	114858	4
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	114857,114858	12537
Marrite ()*	None	AgPbAsS₃	1	114858	8
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1	114858	1107
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	114858	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	5	114855,114856,114857,114858,114859	17380
Pararealgar ()*	None	As₄S₄	1	114858	57
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2	114856,114858	2273
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	1	114858	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	114858	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	114855,114856,114857,114858	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	114855	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	114855,114856,114857,114858,114859,114860	61156
Rathite ()*	Sartorite	Ag₂Pb_12-xTl_x/2As_18+x/2S₄₀	1	114858	3
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	1	114858	712
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	6	114855,114856,114857,114858,114859,114860	5614
Sartorite ()*	Sartorite	PbAs₂S₄	1	114858	11
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	114855	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	114858	5186
Smithite ()*	None	AgAsS₂	1	114858	11
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	114858	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	114855,114857,114858	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	114858	2045
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	114858	3337
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	114858	1803
Trechmannite ()*	None	AgAsS₂	1	114858	7
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	114858	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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