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Locality Name:
Reckibach, Binn, Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerland


mindat Locality ID: 29333
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29333.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Reckibach, Binn, Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerland": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 46°21'38"N
Longitude: 8°11'26"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.360555555556,8.1905555555556

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: Ag Al As B Ba C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Tl Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCovellite
CylindriteDiasporeFeldsparFluoriteGeocroniteMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural group
PyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSartoriteScheeliteSphaleriteSulphurTalcTetrahedrite
TourmalineWurtzite

50 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Baumhauerite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dravite  (*)Dufrénoysite  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Graphite  (*)
Greenockite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Jordanite  (*)Lengenbachite  (*)
Liveingite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marrite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pararealgar  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rathite  (*)Realgar  (*)Rutile  (*)
Sartorite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Talc  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Trechmannite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S02793
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO202162
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Baumhauerite  (*)SartoritePb12As16S36015
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)0648
Dufrénoysite  (*)SartoritePb2As2S5034
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Graphite  (*)NoneC02812
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS0717
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O01689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)601066
Jordanite  (*)GeocronitePb14As6S230105
Lengenbachite  (*)CylindriteAg4Cu2Pb18As12S3904
Liveingite  (*)SartoritePb20As24S5604
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Marrite  (*)NoneAgPbAsS308
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl01107
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Pararealgar  (*)NoneAs4S4057
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)202273
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS30733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS301425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rathite  (*)SartoriteAg2Pb12-xTlx/2As18+x/2S4003
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS0712
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Sartorite  (*)SartoritePbAs2S4011
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Smithite  (*)NoneAgAsS2011
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)02473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS02045
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)203337
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1301803
Trechmannite  (*)NoneAgAsS207
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO401655



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