Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Vissoie, Anniviers Valley, Valais, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 247860
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-247860.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Vissoie, Anniviers Valley, Valais, Switzerland": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Pinsec Mine
Tounot Mine (Tounod Mine)
Tsampétros

Latitude: 46°13'30"N
Longitude: 7°35'3"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.225,7.5841666666667

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.

Arsenolite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Cobaltite	Copper	Hexahydrite	Kobellite	Malachite
None	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stannite	Stibnite	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Vivianite

Arsenolite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Copper ()*	Galena ()*
Hörnesite ()*	Idaite ()*	Malachite ()*	Nickelhexahydrite ()*	Nuffieldite ()*
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Willemseite ()*

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 Bi C Co Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenolite Arsenopyrite Baryte Chalcopyrite Clay Cobaltite Copper Hexahydrite Kobellite Malachite
None Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite Stannite Stibnite Talc Tetrahedrite Vivianite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenolite ()*	Arsenolite	As₂O₃	1	114796	231
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	114795	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	114795,114797	11547
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	114795	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	114797	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	114797	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	114797	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1	114795	966
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	114797	3846
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	114795	24243
Hörnesite ()*	Vivianite	Mg₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	114796	103
Idaite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃FeS₄	1	114797	142
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	114797	12537
Nickelhexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Ni(SO₄)·6H₂O	1	114796	37
Nuffieldite ()*	Kobellite	Cu_1.4Pb_2.4Bi_2.4Sb_0.2S₇	1	114795	32
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1	114795	767
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	114797	39462
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	114795	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	114795	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	114795	5317
Willemseite ()*	Clay Talc	Ni₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	114796	15

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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