Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Ausserferrera, Ferrera Valley, Hinterrhein Valley, Grisons, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 247843
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-247843.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ausserferrera, Ferrera Valley, Hinterrhein Valley, Grisons, Switzerland": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Alp Mos
Fianel (Fianel Mine)
Piz Grisch
Plattas Alvas Mine
Schmorrasgrat-North
Schmorrasgrat-South

Latitude: 46°32'26"N
Longitude: 9°28'42"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.540555555556,9.4783333333333

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.

Allophane	Alluaudite	Amphibole	Apatite	Baryte	Beryl	Bismutite	Braunite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite
Chalcostibite	Clay	Corundum	Covellite	Descloizite	Digenite	Fianelite	Gadolinite	Garnet	Malachite
Medaite	Monazite	Natrochalcite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Phenakite	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rhodonite	Rutile	Saneroite	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stilpnomelane	Talc	Tetrahedrite
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: Al As Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce Cu Dy F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si V W Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alluaudite Amphibole Apatite Baryte Beryl Bismutite Braunite Calcite Chalcopyrite
Chalcostibite Clay Corundum Covellite Descloizite Digenite Fianelite Gadolinite Garnet Malachite
Medaite Monazite Natrochalcite None Not in a structural group Olivine Phenakite Pyrite Pyrochlore Pyroxene
Quartz Rhodonite Rutile Saneroite Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stilpnomelane Talc Tetrahedrite
Zircon

60 IMA Minerals at location:

Aegirine ()*	Ankerite ()*	Ansermetite ()*	Azurite ()*	Barylite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bergslagite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismutite ()*	Braunite ()*
Calderite ()*	Caryinite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chernovite-(Y) ()*	Covellite ()*
Digenite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Emplectite ()*	Fianelite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Fluorcalcioroméite ()*	Hausmannite ()*	Hematite ()*	Jacobsite ()*	Johninnesite ()*
Krettnichite ()*	Kutnohorite ()*	Långbanite ()*	Magnesio-riebeckite ()*	Malachite ()*
Manganberzeliite ()*	Manganite ()*	Medaite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Nambulite ()*
Neotocite ()*	Palenzonaite ()*	Paraniite-(Y) ()*	Parsettensite ()*	Phenakite ()*
Pizgrischite ()*	Powellite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrobelonite ()*	Pyroxmangite ()*
Quartz ()*	Ranciéite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Riebeckite ()*	Rüdlingerite ()*
Saneroite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Scheuchzerite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Talc ()*	Tephroite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tiragalloite ()*	Wallkilldellite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	4	113855,113857,113858,113859	1022
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2	113856,113857	3092
Ansermetite ()*	Not in a structural group	Mn²⁺V⁵⁺₂O₆·4H₂O	1	113855	9
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	113856	5509
Barylite ()*	None	BaBe₂Si₂O₇	1	113855	33
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	113855,113858	11547
Bergslagite ()*	Gadolinite	CaBe(AsO₄)(OH)	1	113855	9
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	113855	4286
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	1	113856	716
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	2	113855,113859	483
Calderite ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	2	113855,113859	17
Caryinite ()*	Alluaudite	NaCaCaMn₂(AsO₄)₃	1	113859	4
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	113856,113857	27198
Chernovite-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(AsO₄)	1	113855	46
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	113856	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	113856	1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	113855,113859	9895
Emplectite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuBiS₂	1	113856	246
Fianelite ()*	Fianelite	Mn²⁺₂V₂O₇·2H₂O	1	113855	3
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2	113855,113858	2740
Fluorcalcioroméite ()*	Pyrochlore	(Ca,Na)₂Sb⁵⁺₂O₆F	2	113855,113859	8
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄	1	113855	350
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	6	113854,113855,113856,113857,113858,113859	14640
Jacobsite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	113855,113859	172
Johninnesite ()*	None	Na₂Mn²⁺₉Mg₇(AsO₄)₂(Si₆O₁₇)₂(OH)₈	1	113859	2
Krettnichite ()*	Natrochalcite	PbMn³⁺₂(VO₄)₂(OH)₂	1	113855	2
Kutnohorite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(CO₃)₂	2	113855,113859	234
Långbanite ()*	None	Mn²⁺₄Mn³⁺₉Sb⁵⁺O₁₆(SiO₄)₂	1	113855	7
Magnesio-riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	113859	93
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	113856	12537
Manganberzeliite ()*	Garnet	(NaCa₂)Mn²⁺₂(AsO₄)₃	3	113855,113858,113859	24
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	1	113855	770
Medaite ()*	Medaite	Mn²⁺₆V⁵⁺Si₅O₁₈(OH)	1	113855	6
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	113855	945
Nambulite ()*	Rhodonite	LiMn²⁺₄Si₅O₁₄(OH)	1	113855	12
Neotocite ()*	Allophane	(Mn,Fe)SiO₃·H₂O (?)	1	113859	186
Palenzonaite ()*	Garnet	(NaCa₂)Mn²⁺₂(VO₄)₃	2	113855,113859	9
Paraniite-(Y) ()*	None	(Ca,Y,Dy)₂Y(WO₄)₂(AsO₄)	2	113855,113859	4
Parsettensite ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Na,Ca)_7.5(Mn,Mg)₄₉Si₇₂O₁₆₈(OH)₅₀·nH₂O	1	113855	43
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	1	113855	326
Pizgrischite ()*	None	(Cu,Fe)Cu₁₄PbBi₁₇S₃₄	1	113856	1
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	2	113855,113859	494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	113856,113857	39462
Pyrobelonite ()*	Descloizite	PbMn²⁺VO₄(OH)	2	113855,113858	21
Pyroxmangite ()*	None	Mn²⁺SiO₃	1	113859	147
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	113855,113856,113857,113858,113859	61156
Ranciéite ()*	None	(Ca,Mn²⁺)_0.2(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂·0.6H₂O	1	113855	177
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	3	113855,113858,113859	969
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	113854	375
Rüdlingerite ()*	Fianelite	Mn²⁺₂V⁵⁺As⁵⁺O₇·2H₂O	1	113855	2
Saneroite ()*	Saneroite	NaMn²⁺₅[Si₅O₁₄(OH)](VO₃)(OH)	1	113855	6
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	113855	4894
Scheuchzerite ()*	None	NaMn²⁺₉Si₉V⁵⁺O₂₈(OH)₄	1	113855	2
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	3	113855,113856,113857	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	113856	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	113855	3337
Tephroite ()*	Olivine	Mn²⁺₂(SiO₄)	1	113859	240
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	113856	5317
Tiragalloite ()*	None	Mn²⁺₄As⁵⁺Si₃O₁₂(OH)	1	113855	15
Wallkilldellite ()*	None	Ca₂Mn²⁺₃(AsO₄)₂(OH)₄·9H₂O	2	113855,113859	20

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
FKM-201	Schmorrasgrat-South, Ausserferrera, Ferrera Valley, Hinterrhein Valley, Grisons, Switzerland	https://www.rockptx.com/fkm-201-to-fkm-225/#FKM-201

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