Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Alp Küfer, Illgraben, Turtmann Valley, Valais, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 245460
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-245460.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Alp Küfer, Illgraben, Turtmann 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.

Adelite	Baryte	Fluorite	Mixite	None	Tetrahedrite	Ullmannite	Zircon

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: As Ba Ca Cu H Ni O Pb S Sb Si U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Ba Ca Cu Fe H Ni O Pb S Sb Si U Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Baryte Fluorite Mixite None Tetrahedrite Ullmannite Zircon

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Coffinite ()*	Duftite ()*	Uranophane-β ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Ullmannite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*	Zálesíite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	566
Duftite ()*	Adelite	PbCu(AsO₄)(OH)	220
Uranophane-β ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	144
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317
Ullmannite ()*	Ullmannite	NiSbS	293
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	890
Zálesíite ()*	Mixite	CaCu₆(AsO₄)₂(AsO₃OH)(OH)₆·3H₂O	84

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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