Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bruson, Bagnes Valley, Valais, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 155823
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-155823.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bruson, Bagnes Valley, Valais, Switzerland": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
La Payanne
Peiloz Mine
Six-Blanc

Latitude: 46°2'29"N
Longitude: 7°10'48"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.041388888889,7.18

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	Adelite	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Devilline	Diaspore	Kaolinite	Linarite	Malachite	Meneghinite
Mixite	None	Not in a structural group	Polybasite	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite
Tyrolite

Acanthite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Aurichalcite ()*	Azurite ()*
Bayldonite ()*	Bindheimite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Claraite ()*	Conichalcite ()*
Cornubite ()*	Cornwallite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cupropolybasite ()*	Devilline ()*
Dickite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Duftite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Langite ()*	Linarite ()*	Malachite ()*	Meneghinite ()*	Olivenite ()*
Posnjakite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scorodite ()*
Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Theisite ()*	Tyrolite ()*
Wroewolfeite ()*	Zálesíite ()*	Zincolivenite ()*

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 Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg Mg O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Adelite Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite
Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Devilline Diaspore Kaolinite Linarite Malachite Meneghinite
Mixite None Not in a structural group Polybasite Pyrite Pyrochlore Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite
Tyrolite

48 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	114810	2793
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	114809	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	114808	9052
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	114809	919
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	114810	5509
Bayldonite ()*	None	Cu₃PbO(AsO₃OH)₂(OH)₂	1	114810	172
Bindheimite ()*	Pyrochlore	Pb₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₇	2	114809,114810	450
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	1	114809	843
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	114810	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	114810	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	114809,114810	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	114810	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	114810	2600
Claraite ()*	None	(Cu,Zn)₁₅(CO₃)₄(AsO₄)₂(SO₄)(OH)₁₄·7H₂O	1	114810	40
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	1	114810	363
Cornubite ()*	None	Cu₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄	1	114810	109
Cornwallite ()*	None	Cu₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄	1	114810	175
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	114810	4165
Cupropolybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Cu₆Sb₂S₇][Ag₉CuS₄]	1	114810	7
Devilline ()*	Devilline	CaCu₄(SO₄)₂(OH)₆·3H₂O	1	114810	366
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	114810	651
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	114810	9895
Duftite ()*	Adelite	PbCu(AsO₄)(OH)	1	114810	220
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	114809,114810	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	114810	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	114810	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	114809	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	114809	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	114809	1066
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	114810	5591
Langite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	1	114810	593
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	2	114809,114810	987
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	114810	12537
Meneghinite ()*	Meneghinite	Pb₁₃CuSb₇S₂₄	1	114809	158
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	1	114810	492
Posnjakite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·H₂O	1	114810	309
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	114808,114809,114810	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	114809	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	114808,114809,114810	61156
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	114808	1153
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	114809	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	114809	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	114810	5317
Theisite ()*	None	Cu₅Zn₅(AsO₄)₂(OH)₁₄	1	114810	58
Tyrolite ()*	Tyrolite	Ca₂Cu₉(AsO₄)₄(CO₃)(OH)₈·11H₂O	1	114810	245
Wroewolfeite ()*	None	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·2H₂O	1	114810	95
Zálesíite ()*	Mixite	CaCu₆(AsO₄)₂(AsO₃OH)(OH)₆·3H₂O	1	114810	84
Zincolivenite ()*	Andalusite	CuZn(AsO₄)(OH)	1	114810	60

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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