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Locality Name:
Lavey-les-Bains, Vaud, Switzerland


mindat Locality ID: 191629
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-191629.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lavey-les-Bains, Vaud, Switzerland": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Boitses
Eslés
Loex
Maison Blanche

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: Al As Ba Bi C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo O P Pb S Si Ti U V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmorphousApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteBismutiteCalciteChalcopyriteChlorite
ClayFluoriteGypsumMalachiteMeta-autuniteMonaziteNolaniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
QuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteZircon

33 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beyerite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Carnotite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorapatite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)
Coffinite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Graphite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kasolite  (*)Malachite  (*)Meta-autunite  (*)
Metatorbernite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Nolanite  (*)Opal  (*)Uranophane-β  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Torbernite  (*)Tyuyamunite  (*)
Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)11153632734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11153639052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)111536311547
Beyerite  (*)BismutiteCaBi2O2(CO3)2111536396
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)4115363,115364,115365,11536627770
Carnotite  (*)NoneK2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O11153631184
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)11153644979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22115363,11536427198
Chlorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3Cl1115363203
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)811153631756
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O2115363,115364566
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211153649617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2115363,11536424243
Graphite  (*)NoneC11153662812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11153636890
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O11153631689
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)611153632228
Kasolite  (*)NonePb(UO2)(SiO4)·H2O1115363198
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2111536412537
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O1115363388
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O1115363443
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)1115363945
Nolanite  (*)NolaniteV3+8Fe3+2O14(OH)2111536319
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O11153632994
Uranophane-β  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O1115363144
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23115363,115364,11536539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23115363,115364,11536561156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2115363,11536421482
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O11153631059
Tyuyamunite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5-8H2O1115363628
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO211153632718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O1115363890
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO42115363,1153641655


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