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Locality Name:
La Plâtrière Quarry, Granges (Lens), Sion (Sitten), Valais, Switzerland


mindat Locality ID: 29436
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29436.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "La Plâtrière Quarry, Granges (Lens), Sion (Sitten), 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
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: Al As B C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Ti V Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopiapiteCorundumEnargiteFeldspar
GeocroniteGermaniteGypsumMalachiteMarcasiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPharmacosideritePyrite
QuartzRocksaltRutileSartoriteSphaleriteStanniteStibniteSulphurTetrahedriteTourmaline
Wurtzite

35 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Azurite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Celestine  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Colusite  (*)Copiapite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Dravite  (*)Enargite  (*)Galena  (*)Geocronite  (*)Guettardite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Jordanite  (*)Kësterite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Moëloite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nekrasovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Richelsdorfite  (*)Rutile  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Strontiopharmacosiderite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Wurtzite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)01588
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)01252
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Colusite  (*)Sphalerite GermaniteCu13VAs3S160110
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O0382
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)0648
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS40910
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Geocronite  (*)GeocronitePb14Sb6S230133
Guettardite  (*)SartoritePbSbAsS4013
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)602228
Jordanite  (*)GeocronitePb14As6S230105
Kësterite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2ZnSnS4082
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Moëloite  (*)NonePb6Sb6S14(S)308
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Nekrasovite  (*)Germanite SphaleriteCu13VSn3S16011
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Richelsdorfite  (*)NoneCa2Cu5Sb5+(AsO4)4(OH)6Cl·6H2O057
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S303418
Strontiopharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteSr0.5Fe4[(AsO4)3(OH)4]·4H2O02
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS02045
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1301803
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS0372


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