Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 277460
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-277460.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zillis, Schams, Hinterrhein Valley, Grisons, Switzerland": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Taspegn Alp (Taspin)

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Covellite	Feldspar	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Tetrahedrite

Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Galena ()*
Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siegenite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stannite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 C Co Cu Fe H Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Chalcopyrite Covellite Feldspar Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Tetrahedrite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	113885	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	113885	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	113885	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	113885	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	113885	5516
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	113885	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	113885	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	113885	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	113885	4165
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	113885	24243
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	113885	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	113885	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	113885	61156
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄	1	113885	249
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	113885	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	1	113885	668
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	113885	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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