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Locality Name:
Le Catogne, Sembrancher, Bagnes Valley, Valais, Switzerland


mindat Locality ID: 155824
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-155824.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Le Catogne, Sembrancher, Bagnes Valley, Valais, Switzerland": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
East Slope
North Slope

Latitude: 46°3'15"N
Longitude: 7°6'38"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.054166666667,7.1105555555556
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Cl Cu F Fe H Mg Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg O P Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteAxiniteBaryteBrookiteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisite
CopperEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGadoliniteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPentlanditePyrite
QuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteTitanite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Ankerite  (*)Argentopentlandite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)
Axinite-(Fe)  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Brookite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Copper  (*)Datolite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Silver  (*)Titanite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11148298803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO22114829,1148302162
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)203092
Argentopentlandite  (*)PentlanditeAg(Fe,Ni)8S8111483067
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)60919
Axinite-(Fe)  (*)AxiniteCa4Fe2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)21114829260
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)111482911547
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO20700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2114829,11483027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2111483027198
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)801756
Copper  (*)CopperCu03846
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)1114829498
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11148298173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS111483024243
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O01689
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl11148301107
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22114829,11483061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO211148305614
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO411148301655


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