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:
Ofen Pass Area, Müstair Valley, Grisons, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 278587
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-278587.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ofen Pass Area, Müstair Valley, Grisons, Switzerland": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Munt Buffalora

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	Calcite	Diaspore	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Rocksalt	Scheelite
Tetrahedrite

Aragonite ()*	Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mimetite ()*
Olivenite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Wulfenite ()*	Zincolivenite ()*

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 Cl Cu Fe H Mo O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Calcite Diaspore Malachite None Not in a structural group Rocksalt Scheelite
Tetrahedrite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	113981	3250
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	113981	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	113981	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	113981	4979
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	113981	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	113981	7437
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	113981	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	113981	1066
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	113981	12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1	113981	1107
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	1	113981	492
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	113981	1803
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	113981	1655
Zincolivenite ()*	Andalusite	CuZn(AsO₄)(OH)	1	113981	60

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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