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:
Heiligkreuz, Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 284681
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-284681.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Heiligkreuz, Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerland": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Im Kinn

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.

Calcite	Clay	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clay Mica None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	114894	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	114894	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	114894	24243
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	114894	17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	114894	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	114894	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	114894	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	114894	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	114894	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	114894	1803

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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