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Locality Name:
Chandolin, Anniviers Valley, Valais, Switzerland


mindat Locality ID: 247855
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-247855.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chandolin, Anniviers Valley, Valais, Switzerland": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Chandolin Alp
Waschsee Mine (Wachsee Mine)

Latitude: 46°15'34"N
Longitude: 7°37'15"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.259444444444,7.6208333333333
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 Au Bi C Cu Fe H Hg O Pb S Sb Te Ti U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicBrochantiteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumCovelliteCrichtoniteNoneNot in a structural groupSphalerite
Tetrahedrite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Cleusonite  (*)Covellite  (*)Gold  (*)
Hessite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Langite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spionkopite  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211147635509
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi11147621966
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411147625516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)611147631633
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11147625707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2111476327198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS11147632600
Cleusonite  (*)CrichtonitePb(U4+,U6+)Fe2+2(Ti,Fe2+,Fe3+)18(O,OH)38111476314
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS11147634165
Gold  (*)CopperAu111476230554
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te1114762804
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O311147635433
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O1114763593
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS111476321482
Spionkopite  (*)NoneCu39S28111476273
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S132114762,1147631803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311147635317


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