Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Curnera Valley, Tujetsch (Tavetsch), Vorderrhein Valley, Grisons, Switzerland

mindat Locality ID: 30764
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-30764.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Curnera Valley, Tujetsch (Tavetsch), Vorderrhein Valley, Grisons, Switzerland": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Cavradi Gorge
Curnera Quarry
Piz Tanelin

Latitude: 46°36'27"N
Longitude: 8°42'48"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.6075,8.7133333333333

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Brochantite	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Digenite
Fluorite	Gadolinite	Malachite	Meneghinite	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Tetrahedrite	Tourmaline	Zircon

Aikinite ()*	Anatase ()*	Anilite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bergslagite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cervelleite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Digenite ()*
Djurleite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Geerite ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Kainosite-(Y) ()*	Malachite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*
Spionkopite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*	Strontianite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*

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 B Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H Na O P Pb S Si Sr Te Ti Y

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Brochantite Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Digenite
Fluorite Gadolinite Malachite Meneghinite Monazite None Not in a structural group Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Tetrahedrite Tourmaline Zircon

35 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	114104	315
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	114104	2162
Anilite ()*	Digenite	Cu₇S₄	1	114104	88
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	114104	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	114104	3250
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	114104	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	114104	11547
Bergslagite ()*	Gadolinite	CaBe(AsO₄)(OH)	1	114104	9
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	114104	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	114104	1633
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	1	114104	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	114104,114105	27770
Cervelleite ()*	None	Ag₄TeS	1	114104	42
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	114104	27198
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	114104	1027
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	1	114104	300
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	114104	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	114104	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	114104	24243
Geerite ()*	None	Cu₈S₅	1	114104	38
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	114104	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	114104	14640
Kainosite-(Y) ()*	None	Ca₂Y₂(SiO₃)₄(CO₃)·H₂O	1	114105	99
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	114104	12537
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	114104	945
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	114104,114105,114106	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	114104	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	114104	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	114104	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	114104	5186
Spionkopite ()*	None	Cu₃₉S₂₈	1	114104	73
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	1	114104	332
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	1	114104	589
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	114104	1803
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	114104	939

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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