Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Feldbach Valley (Fäldbach Valley), Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 29338
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29338.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Feldbach Valley (Fäldbach Valley), Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerland": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Flüetosse
Furggulti (Furggelti)
Holzerspitz North Slope

Latitude: 46°23'29"N
Longitude: 8°14'50"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.391388888889,8.2472222222222

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.

Beryl	Calcite	Clay	Diaspore	Feldspar	Garnet	Mica	Monazite	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Spinel	Tourmaline

Albite ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dravite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*
Siderite ()*	Spessartine ()*

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 B Be C Ca Ce Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Be Ce Fe H Mn Na O P Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Calcite Clay Diaspore Feldspar Garnet Mica Monazite None Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Spinel Tourmaline

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	114869	8803
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	0		4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	114869,114870	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	114870,114871	9895
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	114871	648
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	114871	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	0		7437
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	114871	14899
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	0		945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	114869,114870,114871	17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2	114870,114871	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	114869,114870,114871	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	114869,114870,114871	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	3	114869,114870,114871	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	0		2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	114869	6417
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	0		1214

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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