Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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

mindat Locality ID: 29455
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29455.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Saflisch Valley, Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerland": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Blau Lake
Gibelhorn
Saflisch Water Tunnel

Latitude: 46°19'1"N
Longitude: 8°7'42"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.316944444444,8.1283333333333

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.

Arsenopyrite	Brookite	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Gadolinite	Gypsum	Kobellite	Monazite	None
Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rutile

Anatase ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Brookite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Gadolinite-(Y) ()*
Galenobismutite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Metatorbernite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*

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 Be Bi C Ca Ce Cu Fe H Mg O P Pb S Si Ti U Y

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Brookite Calcite Chlorite Clay Gadolinite Gypsum Kobellite Monazite None
Not in a structural group Quartz Rutile

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2	114918,114919	2162
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	114920	9052
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	1	114918	700
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	114918	1756
Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Gadolinite	Y₂Fe²⁺Be₂O₂(SiO₄)₂	1	114920	163
Galenobismutite ()*	Kobellite	PbBi₂S₄	1	114920	192
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	114920	6890
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	114918	443
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	114918	945
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	114918,114920	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	114918	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	114920	6417

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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