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:
Obwalden, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 29304
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29304.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Obwalden, Switzerland": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Engelberg
Lungern
Melch Valley

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Corundum	Fluorite	None	Pyrite	Spinel

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 Ba C Ca F Fe H Mg O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chlorite Clay Corundum Fluorite None Pyrite Spinel

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Ankerite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Siderite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	114218	3092
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	114215	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	114215,114218	27770
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	1	114218	577
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	114213	9617
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	114218	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	114218	14899
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	114215,114218	39462
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	114218	6417

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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