Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ganter Valley, Simplon Pass Area, Brig, Valais, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 156717
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156717.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ganter Valley, Simplon Pass Area, Brig, Valais, Switzerland": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Wasen Alp
Wasenhorn

Latitude: 46°16'5"N
Longitude: 8°5'8"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.268055555556,8.0855555555556

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.

Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Mica	Milarite	None
Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rutile	Titanite	Zircon

Armenite ()*	Celsian ()*	Dickite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*
Ganterite ()*	Hematite ()*	Margarite ()*	Martinandresite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Titanite ()*	Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*

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: Al Ba Ca F Fe H K Na O Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca O Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite Mica Milarite None
Not in a structural group Quartz Rutile Titanite Zircon

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Armenite ()*	Milarite	BaCa₂(Al₆Si₉)O₃₀·2H₂O	1	114958	23
Celsian ()*	Feldspar	Ba(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	114958	100
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	114958	651
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	114958	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	114959	9617
Ganterite ()*	None	Ba_0.5(Na,K)_0.5Al₂(Si_2.5Al_1.5)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	114958	2
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	114959	14640
Margarite ()*	Mica Clay	CaAl₂Si₂Al₂O₁₀(OH)₂	1	114958	168
Martinandresite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ba₂(Al₄Si₁₂O₃₂)·10H₂O	1	114958	1
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	114958	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	114958	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	114958	5614
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	0		4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	114958	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	114958	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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