Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Chandolin Alp, Chandolin, Anniviers Valley, Valais, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 245457
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-245457.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chandolin Alp, Chandolin, 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.

Arsenic	Copper	None	Tetrahedrite

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 As Au Bi Cu Fe S Te

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Au Bi Cu Fe S Te

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Copper None Tetrahedrite

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Bismuth ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Gold ()*	Hessite ()*
Spionkopite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1966
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	804
Spionkopite ()*	None	Cu₃₉S₂₈	73
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1803

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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