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Locality Name:
Saint-Luc, Anniviers Valley, Valais, Switzerland


mindat Locality ID: 29939
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29939.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Saint-Luc, Anniviers Valley, Valais, Switzerland": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Arrête Des Ombrintses
Bella Tola
Forêt Du Lâche
Forêt Du Rochet
Fusette Mine
Garboula Mine
Gosan Mine
La Barma Mine
Les Moulins Mine
Lower Collioux Mine
Lower Tignousa Mine (Lower Tignausa Mine)
Termino Mine (Le Termenno Mine)
Upper Collioux Mine
Upper Tignausa Vein

Latitude: 46°13'35"N
Longitude: 7°37'2"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.226388888889,7.6172222222222
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: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cd Ce Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Se Si Sr Te Ti U V Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteAllophaneAluniteAmphiboleAndalusiteAndyrobertsiteApatiteAragoniteArsenicArseniosiderite
ArsenopyriteAtelestiteBaryteBismutiteBrochantiteCalciteCaledoniteChalcanthiteChalcoalumiteChalcophyllite
ChalcopyriteChalcostibiteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopiapiteCopperCoronaditeCorundum
CovelliteCrichtoniteCubaniteCyanotrichiteDescloiziteDevillineDiasporeDigeniteEpidoteEpsomite
FeldsparFluoriteFornaciteGypsumHalotrichiteHydrotalciteKaoliniteKobelliteKtenasiteLöllingite
LepidocrociteLinariteMalachiteMelanteriteMeneghiniteMicaMixiteMolybdeniteNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupPerovskitePharmacosideritePolybasitePyritePyrochloreQuartzRhodoniteRocksaltRutile
RömeriteScheeliteSerpentineSkutteruditeSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStarkeyiteStibnite
StilpnomelaneSulphurSymplesiteTetrahedriteTitaniteTyroliteVivianiteWurtzite

168 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Adamite  (*)Aikinite  (*)Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)
Allophane  (*)Aluminocopiapite  (*)Alunogen  (*)Anatase  (*)Anglesite  (*)
Anilite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Annabergite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Atelestite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bayldonite  (*)Beudantite  (*)Beyerite  (*)Billietite  (*)Bindheimite  (*)
Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)
Brochantite  (*)Calcioandyrobertsite  (*)Calcite  (*)Caledonite  (*)Camérolaite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcoalumite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcophyllite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Claraite  (*)Clausthalite  (*)
Cleusonite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Copiapite  (*)Copper  (*)
Covellite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Cualstibite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Cuprosklodowskite  (*)Cyanotrichite  (*)Devilline  (*)Digenite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Eclarite  (*)Emplectite  (*)Epidote  (*)Epsomite  (*)Erythrite  (*)
Felsőbányaite  (*)Ferrisymplesite  (*)Fibroferrite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fraipontite  (*)
Galena  (*)Galenobismutite  (*)Gladite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Goslarite  (*)Graphite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halite  (*)
Halotrichite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hessite  (*)Heterogenite  (*)
Hisingerite  (*)Hörnesite  (*)Hydromagnesite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Idaite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kolfanite  (*)Krupkaite  (*)Langite  (*)
Lazarenkoite  (*)Leadhillite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Linarite  (*)Löllingite  (*)
Magnesiocopiapite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Mimetite  (*)
Mixite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Molybdofornacite  (*)Mottramite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Natrojarosite  (*)Orthoserpierite  (*)Osarizawaite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Parasymplesite  (*)
Pearceite  (*)Pharmacosiderite  (*)Pickeringite  (*)Picropharmacolite  (*)Posnjakite  (*)
Preisingerite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Reevesite  (*)
Rhodonite  (*)Rhomboclase  (*)Römerite  (*)Rosasite  (*)Roxbyite  (*)
Rozenite  (*)Rutile  (*)Sabelliite  (*)Safflorite  (*)Schulenbergite  (*)
Scorodite  (*)Segnitite  (*)Senaite  (*)Serpierite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Siegenite  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Slavíkite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Spionkopite  (*)Stilpnomelane  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Symplesite  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Theisite  (*)Titanite  (*)Todorokite  (*)
Tyrolite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)Vermiculite  (*)Wallkilldellite  (*)
Winchite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)Wroewolfeite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Yarrowite  (*)
Yukonite  (*)Zincalstibite  (*)Zincrosasite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)211147883419
Adamite  (*)AndalusiteZn2(AsO4)(OH)1114786254
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS31114787315
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)3114785,114788,1147908803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)3114786,114790,114791706
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O3114788,114789,114790470
Aluminocopiapite  (*)Copiapite(Al,Mg)Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH,O)2·20H2O2114782,11478850
Alunogen  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2(SO4)3(H2O)12·5H2O1114782272
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO211147882162
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)5114784,114786,114788,114791,1147922734
Anilite  (*)DigeniteCu7S4111479388
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)22114788,1147903092
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O1114789445
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)3114788,114789,1147903250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2114788,1147899052
Atelestite  (*)AtelestiteBi2O(AsO4)(OH)111478947
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)64114784,114788,114791,114792919
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)29114781,114784,114785,114786,114787,114788,114791,114792,1147935509
Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteBa0.5Fe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·5H2O1114787150
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)5114780,114781,114788,114791,11479311547
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)21114791172
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)61114786413
Beyerite  (*)BismutiteCaBi2O2(CO3)2111478996
Billietite  (*)NoneBa(UO2)6O4(OH)6·8H2O111478138
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O71114786450
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi11147891966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S311147891935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)2114784,114789716
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS45114781,114786,114787,114792,1147935516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S111114788843
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)66114785,114786,114787,114788,114791,1147931633
Calcioandyrobertsite  (*)AndyrobertsiteKCaCu5(AsO4)4[As(OH)2O2]·2H2O11147894
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3114788,114789,11479027770
Caledonite  (*)CaledoniteCu2Pb5(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)61114788359
Camérolaite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu6Al3(OH)18(H2O)2[Sb(OH)6](SO4)2114786,11478815
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)5114784,114786,114788,114791,1147924979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O1114785925
Chalcoalumite  (*)ChalcoalumiteCuAl4(SO4)(OH)12·3H2O111478891
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11147935707
Chalcophyllite  (*)ChalcophylliteCu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24·36H2O3114786,114787,114788194
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS211114780,114781,114784,114785,114786,114787,114788,114790,114791,114792,11479327198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O2114788,1147933531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS11147812600
Claraite  (*)None(Cu,Zn)15(CO3)4(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)14·7H2O2114786,11479140
Clausthalite  (*)RocksaltPbSe1114793281
Cleusonite  (*)CrichtonitePb(U4+,U6+)Fe2+2(Ti,Fe2+,Fe3+)18(O,OH)384114781,114786,114790,11479114
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)82114785,1147931756
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS3114785,114789,114790966
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O2114783,114788382
Copper  (*)CopperCu2114788,1147903846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS7114784,114786,114787,114788,114791,114792,1147934165
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O161114787599
Cualstibite  (*)HydrotalciteCu2Al(OH)6[Sb(OH)6]11147886
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S31114788802
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O3114781,114788,1147912970
Cuprosklodowskite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·6H2O111478158
Cyanotrichite  (*)CyanotrichiteCu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12(H2O)22114785,114788179
Devilline  (*)DevillineCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O1114788366
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S11147931027
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211147909895
Eclarite  (*)Kobellite(Cu,Fe)Pb9Bi12S28111478918
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS21114781246
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11147808173
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O2114788,114789484
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O4114780,114788,114789,114790814
Felsőbányaite  (*)NoneAl4(SO4)(OH)10·4H2O111478866
Ferrisymplesite  (*)SymplesiteFe3+3(AsO4)2(OH)3·5H2O111478921
Fibroferrite  (*)Not in a structural groupFe3+(SO4)(OH)·5H2O1114780107
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F11147882740
Fraipontite  (*)Clay Serpentine(Zn,Al)3(Si,Al)2O5(OH)4111478849
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS7114781,114784,114786,114787,114788,114791,11479224243
Galenobismutite  (*)KobellitePbBi2S41114789192
Gladite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBi5S9111478967
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)3114781,114788,1147907437
Gold  (*)CopperAu111479330554
Goslarite  (*)EpsomiteZn(SO4)·7H2O1114787188
Graphite  (*)NoneC11147882812
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS1114788717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O5114780,114782,114783,114788,1147896890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl11147931398
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O1114783409
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O36114780,114785,114786,114788,114790,11479314640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O4114784,114788,114791,1147921689
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te1114793804
Heterogenite  (*)NoneCo3+O(OH)2114780,114790111
Hisingerite  (*)Kaolinite ClayFe2Si2O5(OH)4·2H2O1114788144
Hörnesite  (*)VivianiteMg3(AsO4)2·8H2O1114789103
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O1114788341
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)64114784,114788,114791,1147921066
Idaite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3FeS41114792142
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O311147895433
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)611147892228
Kolfanite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(AsO4)3·2H2O11147897
Krupkaite  (*)MeneghinitePbCuBi3S62114784,11478980
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O1114788593
Lazarenkoite  (*)NoneCaFe3+As3+3O7·3H2O11147893
Leadhillite  (*)NonePb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)22114788,114791265
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)2114788,114793581
Linarite  (*)LinariteCuPb(SO4)(OH)23114788,114791,114792987
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs21114789762
Magnesiocopiapite  (*)CopiapiteMgFe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O2114783,11478854
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O45114780,114786,114788,114790,11479314899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)29114780,114781,114784,114785,114786,114787,114788,114791,11479212537
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O1114783915
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl5114784,114786,114788,114791,1147921107
Mixite  (*)MixiteCu6Bi(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O1114789168
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211147935800
Molybdofornacite  (*)FornaciteCuPb2(MoO4)(AsO4)(OH)111478617
Mottramite  (*)DescloizitePbCu(VO4)(OH)2114790,114793362
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22114781,11478817380
Natrojarosite  (*)AluniteNaFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61114782254
Orthoserpierite  (*)NoneCaCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O111478840
Osarizawaite  (*)AlunitePb(Al2Cu2+)(SO4)2(OH)6111478864
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS2114789,114790767
Parasymplesite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O1114789124
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]1114781249
Pharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteKFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O1114789428
Pickeringite  (*)HalotrichiteMgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O2114782,114788265
Picropharmacolite  (*)NoneCa4Mg(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2·11H2O111478999
Posnjakite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·H2O2114788,114791309
Preisingerite  (*)NoneBi3O(AsO4)2(OH)111478953
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS211114780,114781,114782,114783,114784,114785,114786,114788,114789,114790,11479239462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S84114780,114782,114783,1147889056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO211114781,114784,114785,114786,114787,114788,114789,114790,114791,114792,11479361156
Reevesite  (*)HydrotalciteNi6Fe3+2(CO3)(OH)16·4H2O111479048
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)1114785969
Rhomboclase  (*)Not in a structural group(H5O2)Fe3+(SO4)2·2H2O111478353
Römerite  (*)RömeriteFe2+Fe3+2(SO4)4·14H2O1114783115
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)22114788,114791454
Roxbyite  (*)NoneCu9S5111479327
Rozenite  (*)StarkeyiteFe2+(SO4)·4H2O1114783293
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO22114790,1147935614
Sabelliite  (*)NoneCu2Zn(AsO4)(OH)311147886
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs21114789317
Schulenbergite  (*)Ktenasite(Cu,Zn)7(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O1114787142
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O2114788,1147891153
Segnitite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)61114786134
Senaite  (*)CrichtonitePb(Mn,Y,U)(Fe,Zn)2(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)18(O,OH)38111478628
Serpierite  (*)DevillineCa(Cu,Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6·3H2O1114788292
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)11147896417
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S41114790249
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs31114789531
Slavíkite  (*)Not in a structural group(H3O)3Mg6Fe15(SO4)21(OH)18·98H2O111478244
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)4114784,114788,114791,1147922473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS6114784,114786,114788,114791,114792,11479321482
Spionkopite  (*)NoneCu39S28111479373
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O1114788456
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS1114788332
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS11147882045
Symplesite  (*)SymplesiteFe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2O111478992
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S137114781,114784,114786,114788,114791,114792,1147931803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S136114784,114786,114788,114791,114792,1147935317
Theisite  (*)NoneCu5Zn5(AsO4)2(OH)143114784,114786,11479158
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O3114785,114788,1147904899
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O1114785433
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O2114784,114786245
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO211147812718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O1114781890
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O1114788652
Wallkilldellite  (*)NoneCa2Mn2+3(AsO4)2(OH)4·9H2O111478620
Winchite  (*)Amphibole   (NaCa)(Mg4Al)Si8O22(OH)22114788,11478951
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS32114787,114793297
Wroewolfeite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O3114788,114791,11479295
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO44114784,114786,114788,1147921655
Yarrowite  (*)NoneCu9S8111479370
Yukonite  (*)NoneCa2Fe3+3(AsO4)3(OH)4·4H2O111478929
Zincalstibite  (*)HydrotalciteZn2Al(OH)6[Sb(OH)6]11147886
Zincrosasite  (*)Malachite(Zn,Cu)2(CO3)(OH)22114784,11478828


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R061019Bella Tola, Saint-Luc, Anniviers Valley, Valais, Switzerlandhttps://rruff.info/R061019

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