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Locality Name:
Plex, Collonges, Valais, Switzerland


mindat Locality ID: 188873
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-188873.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Plex, Collonges, Valais, Switzerland": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Gros Tiu
L'Au D'Arbignon
Uranium Occurrence

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 Be Bi C Ca Ce Cu Fe H K O P Pb S Sb Si U Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteAluniteAragoniteArsenicBerthieriteCalciteChalcopyriteEpidoteGadoliniteLillianite
NickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteStibniteZircon

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Bassetite  (*)Berthierite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chernovite-(Y)  (*)Coffinite  (*)
Cosalite  (*)Galena  (*)Hingganite-(Y)  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kasolite  (*)
Lillianite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Uranophane-α  (*)Widenmannite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1114980706
Bassetite  (*)NoneFe2+(UO2)2(PO4)2(H2O)10111498051
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S41114979343
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi11149801966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S311149801935
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)111498027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11149804979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2111498027198
Chernovite-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(AsO4)111497846
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O1114980566
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S51114980344
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS111498024243
Hingganite-(Y)  (*)GadoliniteBeY(SiO4)(OH)111498055
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)611149802228
Kasolite  (*)NonePb(UO2)(SiO4)·H2O1114980198
Lillianite  (*)LillianitePb3-2xAgxBi2+xS61114980128
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2111498039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811149809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22114978,11498061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS111498021482
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O1114980890
Widenmannite  (*)NonePb2(OH)2[(UO2)(CO3)2]11149809


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