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Locality Name:
Bernina Pass Area, Engadin, Grisons, Switzerland


mindat Locality ID: 247842
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-247842.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bernina Pass Area, Engadin, Grisons, Switzerland": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Curtinatsch
Minor Valley

Latitude: 46°26'23"N
Longitude: 9°59'49"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.439722222222,9.9969444444444
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: Ag As Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteChalcopyriteCorundumDiasporeNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteTetrahedrite

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scorodite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11137969052
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2111379527198
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S121113795663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS111379524243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11137927437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3111379214640
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22113795,11379639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2111379661156
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O11137951153
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS111379521482


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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