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Locality Name:
Medel Valley, Grisons, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 29354
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29354.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Medel Valley, Grisons, Switzerland": 28
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 21

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Cristallina Valley
Curaglia
Fuorns
Medel Gorge (Lukmanier Gorge)
Medel Valley - Cristallina Valley Water Tunnel
Piz Garviel
Piz Miez
Piz Vallatscha
Platta
Rondadura Valley
Scópi
Sta. Maria
Stgegia Alp

Latitude: 46°34'32"N
Longitude: 8°49'16"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.575555555556,8.8211111111111

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	Amorphous	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Axinite	Baryte	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite
Chloritoid	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Danburite	Diaspore	Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar
Fluorite	Gadolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Milarite	Monazite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Titanite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bavenite ()*
Beudantite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cannizzarite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chloritoid ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Danburite ()*
Datolite ()*	Digenite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hydrozincite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Milarite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*
Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Synchysite-(Ce) ()*
Titanite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Au B Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Axinite Baryte Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite
Chloritoid Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Danburite Diaspore Digenite Epidote Feldspar
Fluorite Gadolinite Malachite Marcasite Mica Milarite Monazite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Stibnite Titanite Zircon

52 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)	6	113924,113926,113927,113942,113943,113950	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2	113924,113940	2162
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	113929	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	113938	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	113938	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	113938,113945	9052
Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Fe²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂	4	113929,113937,113943,113950	260
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	113943	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	113938	11547
Bavenite ()*	None	Ca₄Be_2+xAl_2-xSi₉O_26-x(OH)_2+x (x = 0 to 1)	1	113926	255
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	113925	413
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	1	113939	843
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	1	113938	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	113938,113940,113941	27770
Cannizzarite ()*	None	Pb₈Bi₁₀S₂₃	2	113940,113949	41
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	113938	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	113938	27198
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	1	113935	376
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	113942	1025
Danburite ()*	Danburite	CaB₂Si₂O₈	4	113942,113943,113948,113950	148
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	3	113941,113943,113948	498
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	113933	1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	113938	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	113931,113943	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	3	113926,113927,113938	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	113950	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	113938,113940,113945	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	113938	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	113938,113939	30554
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	113938	1066
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	113938,113942	5433
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	1	113938	784
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	113938	1487
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	113943,113947	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	113938	5674
Milarite ()*	Milarite	KCa₂(Be₂AlSi₁₂)O₃₀·H₂O	2	113928,113930	156
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	113924	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	113940	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	113923	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	113938,113940	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	113925	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	113938	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	12	113925,113928,113930,113931,113938,113940,113941,113942,113943,113945,113947,113950	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	3	113934,113938,113942	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2	113927,113940	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	113938	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	113938	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	113938	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	113939	3418
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	None	CaCe(CO₃)₂F	1	113925	232
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4	113938,113942,113943,113950	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	113950	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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