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Locality Name:
Andeer, Schams, Hinterrhein Valley, Grisons, Switzerland


mindat Locality ID: 258172
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-258172.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Andeer, Schams, Hinterrhein Valley, Grisons, Switzerland": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Piz Vizan
Ursera Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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: As C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteCovelliteDevillineGypsumMalachiteNoneNot in a structural group
PyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedriteTyrolite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Cinnabar  (*)Covellite  (*)Devilline  (*)Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Langite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tyrolite  (*)
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)211138785509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411138785516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)111387727770
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O1113878925
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2111387827198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS11138772600
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS11138784165
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O1113878366
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2113877,11387824243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11138786890
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)611138782228
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O1113878593
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2111387812537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2111387839462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2111387761156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS111387721482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S311138783418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S132113877,1138785317
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O1113878245


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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