Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Messerbach (Mässerbach), Fäld (Imfeld; Im Feld; Feld), Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 29177
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29177.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Messerbach (Mässerbach), Fäld (Imfeld; Im Feld; Feld), Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerland": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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.

Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Feldspar	Geocronite
Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Sartorite	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Stannite	Tetrahedrite	Tourmaline

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Baileychlore ()*	Baryte ()*	Bournonite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dravite ()*
Dufrénoysite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Galena ()*	Gorceixite ()*	Goyazite ()*
Graphite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Jordanite ()*	Kësterite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Sartorite ()*	Seligmannite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Wulfenite ()*

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 Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chlorite Clay Feldspar Geocronite
Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Sartorite Scheelite Sphalerite Stannite Tetrahedrite Tourmaline

36 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2162
Baileychlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Zn,Fe²⁺,Al,Mg)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₈	16
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1756
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	648
Dufrénoysite ()*	Sartorite	Pb₂As₂S₅	34
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Gorceixite ()*	Alunite	BaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	121
Goyazite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	173
Graphite ()*	None	C	2812
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1066
Jordanite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄As₆S₂₃	105
Kësterite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂ZnSnS₄	82
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1107
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Sartorite ()*	Sartorite	PbAs₂S₄	11
Seligmannite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbAsS₃	64
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1803
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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