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:
Schmitten, Landwasser Valley, Albula Valley, Grisons, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 277655
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-277655.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Schmitten, Landwasser Valley, Albula Valley, Grisons, Switzerland": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Bleiberg
Tieftobel

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.

Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Covellite	Dundasite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Sulphur	Tyrolite

Anglesite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Cerussite ()*	Covellite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Dundasite ()*	Galena ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Jamesonite ()*
Malachite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Olivenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tyrolite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Covellite Dundasite Malachite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Sulphur Tyrolite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2	113687,113688	2734
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	113688	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	113687,113688	11547
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	113688	4979
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	113688	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	113687,113688	9895
Dundasite ()*	Dundasite	PbAl₂(CO₃)₂(OH)₄·H₂O	1	113688	97
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	113687,113688	24243
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	113688	1689
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	1	113687	784
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	113688	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1	113688	1107
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	1	113688	492
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	113687	39462
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	113688	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	113687,113688	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	113688	2045
Tyrolite ()*	Tyrolite	Ca₂Cu₉(AsO₄)₄(CO₃)(OH)₈·11H₂O	1	113688	245
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	113688	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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