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Locality Name:
Granges (Lens), Sion (Sitten), Valais, Switzerland


mindat Locality ID: 280363
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-280363.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Granges (Lens), Sion (Sitten), Valais, Switzerland": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
La Plâtrière Quarry

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: Al As B C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Ti V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopiapiteCorundumEnargiteFeldspar
GeocroniteGermaniteGypsumMalachiteMarcasiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPharmacosideritePyrite
QuartzRocksaltRutileSartoriteSphaleriteStanniteStibniteSulphurTetrahedriteTourmaline
Wurtzite

35 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Azurite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Celestine  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Colusite  (*)Copiapite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Dravite  (*)Enargite  (*)Galena  (*)Geocronite  (*)Guettardite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Jordanite  (*)Kësterite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Moëloite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nekrasovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Richelsdorfite  (*)Rutile  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Strontiopharmacosiderite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Wurtzite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)11152418803
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)11152411588
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)11152413250
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)211152415509
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)111524127770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)11152411252
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2111524127198
Colusite  (*)Sphalerite GermaniteCu13VAs3S161115241110
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O1115241382
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211152419895
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1115241648
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS41115241910
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS111524124243
Geocronite  (*)GeocronitePb14Sb6S231115241133
Guettardite  (*)SartoritePbSbAsS4111524113
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11152416890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3111524114640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)611152412228
Jordanite  (*)GeocronitePb14As6S231115241105
Kësterite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2ZnSnS4111524182
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2111524112537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211152415674
Moëloite  (*)NonePb6Sb6S14(S)311152418
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2111524117380
Nekrasovite  (*)Germanite SphaleriteCu13VSn3S16111524111
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2111524139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2111524161156
Richelsdorfite  (*)NoneCa2Cu5Sb5+(AsO4)4(OH)6Cl·6H2O111524157
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO211152415614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS111524121482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S311152413418
Strontiopharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteSr0.5Fe4[(AsO4)3(OH)4]·4H2O11152412
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS11152412045
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1311152411803
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS1115241372


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