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Locality Name:
Obersaxen, Vorderrhein Valley, Grisons, Switzerland


mindat Locality ID: 193537
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-193537.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Obersaxen, Vorderrhein Valley, Grisons, Switzerland": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Affeier
Platenga

Latitude: 46°44'56"N
Longitude: 9°6'1"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.748888888889,9.1002777777778
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: C Ca Cu Fe H O S Sb Si Ti U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BranneriteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteDevillineFluoriteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartz
SpinelTetrahedrite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Brannerite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Devilline  (*)
Langite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211140615509
Brannerite  (*)BranneriteUTi2O61114062248
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O1114061925
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2111406127198
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O1114061366
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O1114061593
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4111406414899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2111406112537
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O1114061309
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22114061,11406239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2111406161156
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311140615317
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO211140622718


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