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Locality Name:
Marmorera Lake, Oberhalbstein (Surses; Sursass), Albula Valley, Grisons, Switzerland


mindat Locality ID: 191633
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-191633.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Marmorera Lake, Oberhalbstein (Surses; Sursass), Albula Valley, Grisons, Switzerland": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Cotschens
Gruba

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 C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Ni O S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleChalcopyriteClayCovelliteCubaniteDiasporeGarnetIlvaiteMalachiteMarcasite
NickelineNonePentlanditePyritePyroxeneSerpentineSphaleriteSpinelValleriiteWurtzite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Andradite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysotile  (*)Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Diopside  (*)Goethite  (*)
Greenalite  (*)Ilvaite  (*)Linnaeite  (*)Lizardite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Valleriite  (*)Violarite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)211136983419
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)311136981534
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)41113698708
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411136985516
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22113698,11369927198
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)41113698951
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS11136984165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S31113698802
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O611136984135
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11136987437
Greenalite  (*)Clay Serpentine(Fe2+,Fe3+)2-3Si2O5(OH)42113698,11369961
Ilvaite  (*)IlvaiteCaFe3+Fe2+2O(Si2O7)(OH)2113698,113699197
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S41113698249
Lizardite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)41113698359
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4111369814899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2111369812537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211136985674
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S811136981512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2111369839462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82113698,1136999056
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS111369821482
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]1113698237
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S41113698380


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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