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Locality Name:
Isérables, Riddes, Valais, Switzerland

Oldest recorded age at locality: 257
Youngest recorded age at locality: 39

mindat Locality ID: 284706
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-284706.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Isérables, Riddes, Valais, Switzerland": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Col Des Mines

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 C Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S Si U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAndalusiteBrochantiteCalciteChalcophylliteChalcopyriteCyanotrichiteFluoriteMalachiteNone
Pyrite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Becquerelite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcophyllite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cuprosklodowskite  (*)Cyanotrichite  (*)
Lautite  (*)Malachite  (*)Metazeunerite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Pitticite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Strashimirite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)Vandendriesscheite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Becquerelite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)6O4(OH)6·8H2O25339111522092
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS42573911152205516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)62573911152201633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)25739111522027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2573911152205707
Chalcophyllite  (*)ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24·36H2O257391115220194
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS225739111522027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O2573911152203531
Cuprosklodowskite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·6H2O25339111522058
Cyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)2257391115220179
Lautite  (*)NoneCuAsS25739111522032
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)225739111522012537
Metazeunerite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·8H2O253391115220182
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)257391115220492
Pitticite  (*)None[Fe,AsO4,SO4,H2O] (?)257391115220140
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS225739111522039462
Strashimirite  (*)NoneCu4(AsO4)2(OH)2·2.5H2O25739111522090
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO22533911152202718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O253391115220890
Vandendriesscheite  (*)NonePb1.6(UO2)10O6(OH)11·11H2O25339111522052



8 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Giersdorf_00000939257257257U-Pb uraniniteI-1  UraniniteUraniniteU284706Isérables, Riddes, Valais, SwitzerlandIsérablesEikenberg et al. (1993)10.1016/0016-7037(93)90040-4GCA57_1053Pb207/Pb206 Isotope age for Uraninite Sample
Giersdorf_00000940253253253U-Pbformation agehighuraniniteI-1  UraniniteUraniniteU284706Isérables, Riddes, Valais, SwitzerlandIsérablesEikenberg et al. (1993)10.1016/0016-7037(93)90040-4GCA57_1053Age given as the Formation Age of the locality
Giersdorf_00000941120120120U-Pb uraniniteI-4  UraniniteUraniniteU284706Isérables, Riddes, Valais, SwitzerlandIsérablesEikenberg et al. (1993)10.1016/0016-7037(93)90040-4GCA57_1053Pb207/Pb206 Isotope age for Uraninite Sample
Giersdorf_00000942393939U-Pbformation agehighuraniniteI-4  UraniniteUraniniteU284706Isérables, Riddes, Valais, SwitzerlandIsérablesEikenberg et al. (1993)10.1016/0016-7037(93)90040-4GCA57_1053Age given as the Formation Age of the locality
Giersdorf_00000943140140140U-Pb uraniniteI-5  UraniniteUraniniteU284706Isérables, Riddes, Valais, SwitzerlandIsérablesEikenberg et al. (1993)10.1016/0016-7037(93)90040-4GCA57_1053Pb207/Pb206 Isotope age for Uraninite Sample
Giersdorf_00000944393939U-Pbformation agehighuraniniteI-5  UraniniteUraniniteU284706Isérables, Riddes, Valais, SwitzerlandIsérablesEikenberg et al. (1993)10.1016/0016-7037(93)90040-4GCA57_1053Age given as the Formation Age of the locality
Giersdorf_00000945808080U-Pb uraniniteI-6  UraniniteUraniniteU284706Isérables, Riddes, Valais, SwitzerlandIsérablesEikenberg et al. (1993)10.1016/0016-7037(93)90040-4GCA57_1053Pb207/Pb206 Isotope age for Uraninite Sample
Giersdorf_00000946393939U-Pbformation agehighuraniniteI-6  UraniniteUraniniteU284706Isérables, Riddes, Valais, SwitzerlandIsérablesEikenberg et al. (1993)10.1016/0016-7037(93)90040-4GCA57_1053Age given as the Formation Age of the locality


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