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Locality Name:
Salanfe, Evionnaz, Valais, Switzerland


mindat Locality ID: 281921
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-281921.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Salanfe, Evionnaz, Valais, Switzerland": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Robert Mine (Arsenic 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: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg O P Pb S Si Te Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAmphiboleApatiteArsenicArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopperCorundum
CovelliteCubaniteEpidoteLöllingiteMalachiteNickelineNonePyritePyroxeneQuartz
RocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTetradymiteTetrahedriteTitaniteWurtzite

34 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Arsenic  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cubanite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hedleyite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hydrozincite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Joséite-B  (*)Löllingite  (*)Magnesio-hornblende  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S11149882793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)211149883419
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs1114988379
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11149889052
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi11149881966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S311149881935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411149885516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)111498827770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2111498827198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS11149884165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S31114988802
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O611149884135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11149888173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F11149882740
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS111498824243
Gold  (*)CopperAu111498830554
Graphite  (*)NoneC11149882812
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O61114988741
Hedleyite  (*)TetradymiteBi7Te31114988104
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3111498814640
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)611149881066
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O311149885433
Joséite-B  (*)TetradymiteBi4Te2S111498886
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs21114988762
Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)21114988238
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4111498814899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2111498812537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2111498839462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811149889056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2111498861156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)11149884894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS111498821482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1311149881803
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O11149884899


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