Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sargans, Alvier Group, St. Gallen, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 285949
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-285949.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sargans, Alvier Group, St. Gallen, Switzerland": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Gonzen Mine

Latitude: 47°4'3"N
Longitude: 9°26'2"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.0675,9.4338888888889

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.

Baryte	Brucite	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Fluorite	Humite	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Retzian	Rocksalt	Spinel	Stilpnomelane

Alleghanyite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Feitknechtite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Hausmannite ()*	Hematite ()*	Jacobsite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Manganosite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrochroite ()*	Quartz ()*	Retzian-(La) ()*
Retzian-(Nd) ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Siderite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*	Sussexite ()*
Wiserite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cl F Fe H K La Mg Mn Na Nd O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Brucite Calcite Clay Corundum Fluorite Humite None Pyrite Quartz
Retzian Rocksalt Spinel Stilpnomelane

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alleghanyite ()*	Humite	Mn²⁺₅(SiO₄)₂(OH)₂	1	114287	77
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	114287	3092
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	114287	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	114287	27770
Feitknechtite ()*	None	Mn³⁺O(OH)	1	114287	19
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	114287	9617
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄	1	114287	350
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	114287	14640
Jacobsite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	114287	172
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	114287	14899
Manganosite ()*	Rocksalt	MnO	1	114287	73
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	114287	39462
Pyrochroite ()*	Brucite	Mn²⁺(OH)₂	1	114287	56
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	114287	61156
Retzian-(La) ()*	Retzian	Mn²⁺₂La(AsO₄)(OH)₄	1	114287	2
Retzian-(Nd) ()*	Retzian	Mn²⁺₂Nd(AsO₄)(OH)₄	1	114287	2
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	114287	1711
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	114287	6417
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	1	114287	456
Sussexite ()*	None	Mn²⁺BO₂(OH)	1	114287	25
Wiserite ()*	None	Mn²⁺₁₄(B₂O₅)₄(OH)₈·(Si,Mg)(O,OH)₄Cl	1	114287	15

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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