Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Giessen, Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 29814
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29814.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Giessen, Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerland": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Dolomite Outcrop
Turtschi

Latitude: 46°22'0"N
Longitude: 8°11'39"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.366666666667,8.1941666666667

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Bournonite	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Diaspore	Feldspar	Geocronite
Kobellite	Malachite	Meneghinite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Sartorite	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite	Tourmaline

Aikinite ()*	Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*
Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Cosalite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dravite ()*	Dufrénoysite ()*
Galena ()*	Geocronite ()*	Giessenite ()*	Goethite ()*	Izoklakeite ()*
Jordanite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Seligmannite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Bournonite Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Diaspore Feldspar Geocronite
Kobellite Malachite Meneghinite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Sartorite Scheelite Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Tourmaline

33 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	1	114892	315
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	114892	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	114892	2162
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	114892	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	114892	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	1	114892	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	114892	1089
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	1	114892	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	114891,114892	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	114891,114892	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	114892	27198
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	1	114892	344
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	114891,114892	9895
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	2	114891,114892	648
Dufrénoysite ()*	Sartorite	Pb₂As₂S₅	1	114892	34
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	114891,114892	24243
Geocronite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄Sb₆S₂₃	1	114892	133
Giessenite ()*	Kobellite	(Cu,Fe)₂Pb_26.4(Bi,Sb)_19.6S₅₇	1	114892	18
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	114892	7437
Izoklakeite ()*	Kobellite	Pb_26.4(Cu,Fe)₂(Sb,Bi)_19.6S₅₇	1	114892	25
Jordanite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄As₆S₂₃	1	114892	105
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	114891,114892	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	114891,114892	17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2	114891,114892	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	114891,114892	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	114892	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	114891,114892	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	114891,114892	5614
Seligmannite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbAsS₃	1	114892	64
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	114892	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	114891	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	114892	5317
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	114892	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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