Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Blesec Mine, Niouc, Anniviers Valley, Valais, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 245456
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-245456.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Blesec Mine, Niouc, Anniviers Valley, Valais, Switzerland": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	None	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Sulphur	Wurtzite

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 Cd Cu Fe H O Pb S Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Cd Cu Fe H O Pb S Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Calcite Chalcanthite None Rocksalt Sphalerite Sulphur Wurtzite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Anglesite ()*	Brochantite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Galena ()*	Graphite ()*
Greenockite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Siderotil ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Sulphur ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2734
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1633
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Graphite ()*	None	C	2812
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	717
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1066
Siderotil ()*	Chalcanthite	Fe(SO₄)·5H₂O	84
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2045

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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